ethos

How does a church act when they treat one another as family? “One another” phrases are used fifty-eight times in the New Testament. They describe a caring and respectful family ethos. They help us live together as a Christlike community, applicable in mixed gender relationships. Today, and in future blogs, I'd like to examine several examples of the one another’s in the Bible.

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. (Rom. 12:10)

Ethos is the ministry environment you create. What impacts ethos? Many factors—for example, the depth of the leader’s relationship with God; their spiritual, emotional, and mental health; their view of themselves and others; their view of their role as leader; their comfort empowering others; and, if the team is mixed-gender, their view of the other sex.