Book Club Etiquette

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BTB Guiding Principles for a Life-Giving Book Club

These guiding principles for fellowship with one another help to create and protect healthy, life-giving and Christ-centered friendships within your book club:

• What is shared in this group is confidential and will not be judged.

• This group is a safe space to come for support, prayer and assistance.

• We value one another’s trust.

• We do not name call, swear or use inappropriate language (we use our honey words!).

• We rejoice with our sisters and celebrate their victories as our own.

• We mourn with our sisters, praying for them in their grief, suffering or trials.

• We pray for one another regularly and fervently.

• We share authentically but avoid negativity.

• We love one another enough to gently and compassionately address sin.

• We do not gossip.

• We encourage one another in our sanctification.

• We prioritise the Bible above all other books.

• We assume the best of one another and forgive one another.

• We admit when we’ve made mistakes and work through them together.

• We acknowledge and value these guidelines and choose to follow them as healthy boundaries.

Our friendships will never perfect this side of eternity, but our Christian Book Clubs can be a safe space, a shining light in a dark world and an opportunity to glorify God.