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Rules for Walking in Fellowship: Puritan Treasures for Today
What good is a church community if it lacks loving fellowship?
In Rules for Walking in Fellowship, John Owen supplies struggling congregations with biblical guidelines for making church life in the present a foretaste of heavenly fellowship to come. He discusses both the responsibilities congregations have toward pastors as well as the duties members have toward one another. Together, Owen presents twenty-four rules for fostering gospel fellowship, supporting them with numerous proof texts, brief explanations, and words of motivation to keep them. His simple approach makes this book ideal for personal or small group study. Here, then, is a collection of indispensable biblical rules that will challenge Christians in any given congregation, of whatever denomination—a little gem that is at the same time doctrinal, practical, and ecumenical.
In Rules for Walking in Fellowship, John Owen supplies struggling congregations with biblical guidelines for making church life in the present a foretaste of heavenly fellowship to come. He discusses both the responsibilities congregations have toward pastors as well as the duties members have toward one another. Together, Owen presents twenty-four rules for fostering gospel fellowship, supporting them with numerous proof texts, brief explanations, and words of motivation to keep them. His simple approach makes this book ideal for personal or small group study. Here, then, is a collection of indispensable biblical rules that will challenge Christians in any given congregation, of whatever denomination—a little gem that is at the same time doctrinal, practical, and ecumenical.
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Published March 13, 2024
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John Owen
1,368 books422 followersJohn Owen was an English theologian and "was without doubt not only the greatest theologian of the English Puritan movement but also one of the greatest European Reformed theologians of his day, and quite possibly possessed the finest theological mind that England ever produced" ("Owen, John", in Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, p. 494)
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March 28, 2026
A good book. I liked and agreed with all of its propositions, it had good advice on how to have patience with fellow Church members and how to organise acts of charity, though I found what it had to say about schism a little unclear and possibly contradictory.
I do need to read more of the puritan’s writings, though I do find they can be somewhat repetitive at times, and the saying is very true that we English are not a philosophical race.
I do need to read more of the puritan’s writings, though I do find they can be somewhat repetitive at times, and the saying is very true that we English are not a philosophical race.
December 14, 2025
Wonderful! Would love everyone to read and savor this book!
December 27, 2025
Read like an older 9 Marks of a Healthy Church. Scripture heavy. Highly recommend.
February 20, 2026
Thorough, thoughtful, and timeless expositions and reflections. It is permeated with Scripture all throughout.
March 3, 2026
5 ⭐️
This was a wonderful listen. I would love to read this again in the future and take notes.
This was a wonderful listen. I would love to read this again in the future and take notes.
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