Fellowship, or experiencing lives together with other men, helps keep a proper perception of our life. Only in a small group can we experience authenticity, not surface-level chit-chat. Teleios promotes genuine, heart-to-heart, sometimes gut level sharing. It happens when we get honest about who we are and what is happening in our lives. We share our hurts, reveal our feelings, confess our failures, disclose our doubts, admit our fears, acknowledge our weaknesses, and ask for help and prayer. We agree in each group that what is said in the group stays in the group, holding to a high level of confidentiality. There are very few relationally safe places in our culture.

We need others in our life. Gal. 6:2 tells us to “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Teleios helps us maintain this proper perspective in our lives.

It is important to belong to a Church where we can worship every week. We also need a place to integrate our faith. Life is meant to be shared. In small groups there is an atmosphere of honesty, humility, and mutual accountability. We rid ourselves of our masks, we lower our guard, and we do not act as if everything is rosy in our lives. There is no pretending, role-playing, superficial politeness or shallow conversation, which is the death of fellowship. We experience life together. We can become open about our lives and can experience real fellowship. Our small group of friends helps us to grow our faith in God and pull us through when needed. Most important, our faith grows by participation in Teleios like Paul said in Rom. 1:12 “….you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith”.