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# Why We Need Community
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/why-we-need-community/
- Published: 2018-08-01T09:00:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-06T20:26:48.000Z
- Description: Community isn’t only helpful for spiritual growth. It may be the clearest sign of what it means to bear the image of a God who has always lived in perfect relationship.
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Christian Living

I was asked a question on a podcast interview, and I blew the answer.

The question: Why is community so important for growth?

I wasn’t expecting the question. I responded by stating some true points: that the Bible is directed towards groups rather than individuals; that we need others to grow; and that we cannot fully practice the numerous one-another commands found in Scripture if we do not live in community.

I missed the most basic answer of all. We need community because we’re made in the image of God. God lives in community, and he’s created us in his image to live in community as well.

In [*The Reason for God*](https://amzn.to/4pYAITw?ref=dashhouse.com), Tim Keller writes:

> …if God is triune, then loving relationships in community are the “great fountain… at the center of reality”…

> Ultimate reality is a community of persons who know and love one another. That is what the universe, God, history, and life is all about … We believe the world was made by a God who is a community of persons who have loved each other for all eternity. You were made for mutually self-giving, other-directed love.

It’s *because* we are made in the image of God that it’s important for us to live in community. In [*How to Grow*](https://www.gospelforlife.com/how-to-grow/?ref=dashhouse.com), we offer three core habits that are foundational to all spiritual growth. One of them is to pursue worship and fellowship within a church community. We never outgrow this habit. It’s essential to our growth. It’s messy, sometimes disappointing, and hard, but it’s also joy-filled and absolutely necessary for us to grow. God made us to need each other.

We need community for its benefits, but that’s not the primary reason. We need community because we are made in the image of God. God made us to need community because he made us to be like him.