Sentence:  The process of coming to faith and growing in the life of faith is fundamentally a process of participation. ... The Presbyterian "Confession of 1967" says that "the new life takes shape in a <WSD>community</WSD> in which [human beings] know that God loves and accepts them in spite of what they are." In words that capture an older language, God uses the <WSD>community</WSD> of faith as "means of grace." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.