All saints who are united to Jesus Christ, their head, by his Spirit, and by faith, although they are not by this made one person with him, have fellowship in his graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory. Also, being united to one another in love, they have communion in each other’s gifts and graces, and are obligated to the orderly performance of such public and private duties as lead to their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man.
Saints, by their profession are bound to maintain a holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God and in performing such other spiritual services as advance their mutual edification. They are also to give relief to each other in outward things according to their different needs and abilities to meet them. This communion or fellowship, though chiefly exercised by saints in their immediate circle of fellow believers such as families and churches, is also to be extended (according to the rule of the gospel) to all the household of faith, as God gives the opportunity. This means all those who in every place call upon the name of the Lord Jesus. However, their communion with one another as saints does not take away or infringe the personal ownership that each man has of his goods and possessions.