Koinonia

The Greek word for fellowship is koinonia. Koinonia is more than friendship it is having something in common. It amazes me how you can meet Christians from another culture and event though you don't speak their language you know that there is a common bond and that is our Saviour. The first man you see is Kuya Rudy from Manila. He is a man I got to know in the squatter area near where we lived. Kuya Rudy loved the Lord and wanted to give Him his best so he used his talents to build a squatter church.

The couple in the second picture I met last year in Ecuador. They are church planters from Chile, the opposite side of the world from Manila. Again they didn't speak any English and I didn't speak any Spanish but we both loved the Lord and there was koinonia. That is what is meant by fellowship.

The amazing thing about being a Christian is that fellowship crosses age, race, financial and any other barriers that the world wishes to establish. Where else but in Christian fellowship can a fifteen year old Native Canadian boy have something to share with an 80 year old Russian woman.