Community Groups exist to see the people of Emmaus Church experience gospel-centered belonging, discipleship, and commission with one another for the glory of God. Community Groups meet regularly in homes for the primary purpose of belonging. We believe every person has a need to know others and be known by others deeply. Groups are intended to be less of an event to attend and more of a family to which we belong. We seek to connect with one another by creating opportunities to build friendships, sharing our stories with others so that we know more than surface-level information, and discussing each week’s sermon and what it looks like for us as individuals and us as a church family to apply the truths of Scripture to our lives. As we take this journey together, you will make new friendships, find new freedom in being known, and realize the joy of knowing and loving others. Ultimately, our groups exist to help us all love Jesus and love each other more. We’d love to have you join us this week!

Community Groups aid Emmaus in discipling our members by providing opportunity for strategic formation to take place. This happens through:

• Sermon-based conversations, which help our members to apply the preached Word to our ways of thinking and living
• Confession of sin, which creates space for real healing. Scripture tells us to confess our sins not only to the Lord, but also to one another. Groups are designed for the sermon discussion to draw out confession of various sins (disbelief, doubt, fears, actions, apathy, disobedience, etc.). As our members confess to one another, they experience the truth of one of our mantras: confession only ever yields life.
• Gospel response to each other—Ephesians 4:11-16 says that the Church’s leaders are to equip the saints for the work of the ministry (i.e., building one another up in the gospel to maturity in Christ). In CGs, the members of Emmaus have the opportunity to do this work and build one another up by pressing each other on toward maturity in Christ. This means that when believers confess sin, it rests on other group members to speak gospel truth. In this way, we link arms with one another and help the confessor find freedom from sin through the gospel. Because of this, our groups are hospitable to the confession of sin, and absolutely inhospitable to the practice of sin.
• Testimonies of God’s grace—we not only want to confess our sins, but to celebrate God’s grace and goodness to us by telling each other how God has answered prayer and sanctified us week by week.

See our Open Community Groups on Emmaus Church Center:

Should you Join a Community Group?

• Are you a covenant member of Emmaus? Then yes: you have covenanted with us to be active in community.
• Do you believe that Emmaus is the church that you should call home? Then consider joining a CG to dive deeper into the faith-family called Emmaus. (And plan to attend the next Discover Emmaus to begin the process of membership!)
• Are you signed up for or planning to attend Discover Emmaus? Then join a community group! Groups are strongly encouraged and expected for covenant members.
• Are you simply looking for a Bible study to be a part of? We would say that CGs are not the next step for you. We’d love to have you join us for one of our classes or Bible studies that we offer.
• Are you still looking around at churches and not yet ready to make Emmaus your church home? Then we’d recommend that you not join a group yet as they are designed for commitment to each other.
• How is childcare handled at Community Groups? Each CG is responsible for its own childcare.