What is the kind of church in which true community can be forged? What are the essential ingredients? Is it the lights? The pastors hairdo? The skill of the worship band? Bouncing off of the last discussion, we take a moment to look at the core ingredients of the church that can grow in real life and faith together.

What we find in this discussion is that, just like with family, there are many different kinds of "good churches". The families of the followers of Christ come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors. And yet, amidst the diversity, there are core characteristics that give rise to true life. And these core characteristics are often not what we would first expect.