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When the Church Was a Family: Recapturing Jesus' Vision for Authentic Christian Community Rosa Walston Latimer " noted Harper′s essayist GarretSpiritual formation occurs primarily in the context of community. But as the modern cultural norm of what social scientists call "radical American individualism" extends itself, many Christians grow lax in their relational accountability to the church. Faith threatens to become an "I" not "us," a "my God" not "our God" concern. When the Church Was a Family calls believers back to the wisdom of the first century, examining the early Christian church