Luke describes Barnabas' heartfelt response to the needs of fellow believers in only two verses. You could define the human aspect of the first Christian fellowship in one word . . . Barnabas gives us an example. Hospitality makes the church a home. Hospitality is an evangelistic tool, leaving a lasting impression on visitors and breaking down misunderstandings or resistance.
Hospitality meets benevolent needs.
Hospitality serves to strengthen new converts. Hospitality creates fellowship. Pulpit Helps, Jan 1989. In the Kofa Mountains of Arizona, jutting majestically from the red granite sides of a 2500- foot canyon, are the only native palms in the entire state. For years it has been a mystery how those tropical plants can flourish and remain so strong and luxuriant on the dark, almost perpendicular sides of this narrow gorge.