Koinonia (/ˌkɔɪnoʊˈniːə/), communion, or fellowship in Christianity is the bond uniting Christians as individuals and groups with each other and with Jesus Christ. It refers to group cohesiveness among Christians.
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Communion (religion) in the context of Eastern Protestant Christianity
The term Eastern Protestant Christianity (also called Eastern Reformed Christianity as well as Oriental Protestant Christianity) encompasses a range of heterogeneous Protestant Christian denominations that developed outside of the Western world from the latter half of the nineteenth century and retain certain elements of Eastern Christianity. Some of these denominations came into existence when churches originating from Western Protestant missions adopted variants of Eastern liturgy and worship adapted to Protestant doctrine, while others originated from Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox groups who were inspired by the teachings of Western Protestant missionaries and adopted Protestant beliefs and practices while retaining Eastern liturgy.
Some Eastern Protestant churches are in communion with similar Western Protestant churches, and are members of pan-doctrinal communions such as the Anglican Communion, World Lutheran Federation and World Communion of Reformed Churches. Due to the diverse polities, practices, liturgies and orientations within Protestantism, there is no universal communion between the various Eastern Protestant churches.
Communion (religion) in the context of Works of piety
"Works of piety", in Methodism, are certain spiritual disciplines that along with the "works of mercy", serve as a means of grace, in addition to being manifestations of growing in grace and of having received Christian perfection (entire sanctification). All Methodist Christians, laity and ordained, are expected to employ them. The Works of Piety are:
The interior works of piety are paralleled by the external Works of Mercy. John Wesley insisted that the works of piety were important because they "further ensconced believers in a spiritual world of conflict in which humans needed to pursue holiness with the same vigor with which they sought their justification." In relation to soteriology, the grace of God was "all sufficient," and it issued in a universal atonement that made possible a saving "change of heart;" this change of heart required "the influences of divine grace," but it also required "constant exertions."