Relationship/Fellowship

 

  

Relationship:  1. The way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected.  2. The way in which two or more people or groups regard and behave towards each other.  3. An emotional and sexual association between two people. ~ Oxford Dictionary

 Fellowship:  1. Friendliness and companionship based on shared interests.  2. A group of people meeting to pursue a shared interest or aim. 3. The status of a fellow of a college or society.  ~  Oxford Dictionary 

 

 

 

 

Kinship:  Socially recognized relationship between people who are or are held to be biologically related or who are given the status of relatives by marriage, adoption, or ritual.

 

 

 

 

Fellowship:  As found in the thesaurus:  club, community, gild, lodge, order, society, companionship, company, comradeship

COMPARISON

Relationship is a state of Being   Love expressed on basis of  Relationship   It takes cognitive process to break a Relationship   Relationship is generated by God   Relationship may be defined by Covenant   Honor is given in Relationship   We are either born or adopted into Relationship   True accountability can be found in Relationship   Inheritance only happens in Relationship   Relationships cannot be measured by numbers In Relationship training is personal impartation

Fellowship is a process of  Doing  Fellowship not a basis for  expression of Love   Fellowship can be broken  simply by neglect   Fellowship is generated by Man   Fellowship in not defined by Covenant   Respect is given in Fellowship   We are not born or adopted into Fellowship  No genuine accountability  in Fellowship   There is no inheritance through Fellowship   Fellowship is usually measured by numbers   In Fellowship training is primarily group teaching