What Kind of Community Is Crew?

Church planter/blogger Tim Chester asks us to diagnose our communities:

Comm. of Performance

Community of Grace

the leaders appear sorted the community appears respectable meetings must be a polished performance identity is found in ministry failure is devastating   actions are driven by duty conflict is suppressed or ignored the focus is on orthodoxy and behavior (allowing people to think they’re sorted)

the leaders are vulnerable the community is messy                                                        meetings are just one part of community life identity is found in Christ failure is disappointing, but not devastating                                                                            actions are driven by joy conflict is addressed in the open the focus is on the affections of the heart (with a strong view of sin and grace)

I personally think vulnerable, messy, community (not meeetings), identity in Christ, failure, joy, conflict, heart, sin, and grace hits on the head for us. I’m encouraged, but still humbled. Your take? Be honest now.