Rhythms: Gospel Motivated

Not only do we segregate our spiritual life from our everyday life, but when we do try to pursue God, so many of us attempt to live out the life of Christ from non-gospel motives. We are often “doing” because of guilt, shame, performance-driven hearts or from the belief that we need to justify ourselves before God or man (the leadership, our peers, our community). This dichotomy between the gospel message and our actual lives ultimately leads to burnout, disillusionment with the gospel, and outward moralistic actions which lack any supernatural power.

Gospel-Motivation Callout

We are learning that the gospel always begins with Who God Is, What He Has Done in and through the person and work of Jesus, and then moves on to Who We Are In Christ. Only then does the gospel begin to instruct us about how we should live.

This means our Doing does not justify our Existence or give us identity. Rather His Work gives us our existence, identity and meaning—Our Being. Then, our Doing proceeds out of our Being, which in turn is the result of Who God is and What God has done.

Practically, this means we always seek to begin with our Gospel Identities (what God in the gospel has done and made us to be):worshippers,learners, missionaries, and family. The Gospel Message leads to Gospel Motivation grounded in our New Identity in Jesus Christ. Thus, the gospel motivates us out of our love and gratitude to God for Who He Is and What He Has Done and Who He Makes us to Be.

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eat

We eat in light of our gospel identity, learning that our physical AND spiritual hunger is satisfied in Jesus.

work

We work in light of our gospel identity, learning to produce for the blessing of others rather than our own consumption.

play

We play in light of our gospel identity, learning to enjoy and create out of our freedom in Jesus.

rest

We rest in light of our gospel identity, learning that Jesus is in control and we don’t have to be.

  1. The Plaza

Gathering Sundays: 10am

Directions | What to Expect

Sunday Gatherings

  • Sunday Worship Gathering: 10am

Weekly Gatherings

  • Missional Communities (gospel communities on mission): gathering throughout the week
  • Fight Clubs (discipleship triads): gathering throughout the week
  • Fellowship Kids: 10am, Sundays during the school year
  • FSM (Youth 7th–12th): Wednesdays, 6:30–8pm
  • The Turn (college adults): weekly Missional Communities & gatherings

Location & Directions

1801 Woodsprings Rd | Jonesboro, AR 72404 | Phone: 870.974.9900


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What to Expect at Fellowship

Each Sunday we gather as the church to celebrate our hero—Jesus.

  1. We CELEBRATE Jesus through singing.
  2. We HEAR from Jesus through His Word.
  3. We RESPOND to Jesus through singing, communion, baptism, or sharing.
  4. We GO FOLLOW Jesus in our everyday lives as we leave the gathering.

A Typical Sunday Environment

  • Gospel-centered preaching motivated by Jesus’ good news (usually through a book of the Bible)
  • A welcoming environment to explore the claims of Christ without feeling like an outsider
  • Casual dress
  • Deep, Christ-exalting, contemporary worship through music
  • Ordinary people learning to BE the church for one another and our city (young families, college adults, empty-nesters, singles, in all walks of life)
  • One single hero, Jesus Christ