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Koinonitus

The ancient Greek word for intimate fellowship is koinonia. In the church, we can suffer from what might be called koinonitus: fellowship turned in on itself; cliques and enclaves and tight-knit groups that become little cul-de-sacs of relationship. The difference between the life-giving Sea of Galilee and the salty-enough-to-float-on Dead Sea is that the Dead Sea has no outlet for the life flowing into it. Intimacy without outimacy (church is something you are, out there) leads to stagnation and death.