Many of us feel overwhelmed and deeply disconnected from meaningful relationships. One major reason? Social media. When we choose virtual connection, we often miss out on real, face-to-face connection. The apostle John understood this when he wrote: "Though I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that your joy may be made complete" (2 John 12).

This kind of personal connection is one of the key reasons community groups matter. We need accountability and correction to grow and mature in our faith. Without real connection, there’s no real accountability. And when we’re isolated, we’re more vulnerable to the enemy’s attacks. That’s why we need each other—because spiritual growth doesn’t happen alone.

Ephesians 4:11-16 makes this clear:

11 And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. 14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of people, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; 15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, that is, Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.