WHAT IS “PARTNERSHIP”?
Philippians 1:4-5
“In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your PARTNERSHIP in the gospel from the first day until now…”
The word “partnership” is a powerful Greek word, koinonia. It communicates deep sharing, intimacy, & participation; a close association between persons; each one having part in the other. It is amazing who a Christian has koinonia with: God the Father (I John 1:3, 2 Peter 1:4), God the Son (Romans 11:17, 1 Cor. 1:9), God the Holy Spirit (Philippians 2:1, 2 Cor. 13:14), one another as the church (1 John 1:7, Acts 2:42), and we have koinonia in gospel work Philippians 1:5).
Koinonia is most often translated “fellowship.” Unfortunately, in our day, the word has lost most of its power; “fellowship” tends to mean merely eating a meal together. We want to reclaim the deep and active participation of koinonia, so we are homing in on this word “partnership” in this new season of ministry!
