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Category Archives: Church growth
A closer look at Colossians 3:11-14
Among those who have been forgiven through Jesus Christ, a new identity has been formed — one that overcomes differences that separate people from each other. Our new identity also transforms the way we relate to and respond to other people. Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, attitudes of unity, Church, Church growth, Church Leadership, Church membership, Conflict, Disciple-making, Discipleship, elders in the Church, Local Church, Spiritual transformation, Unity, Wisdom
Tagged Church unity, Colossians 3, small group study, Spiritual change
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Our Mission
The zeal of God’s people is this—that without exception (every knee and every tongue)should acknowledge the supreme honor given to Jesus. Continue reading
Five-fold path to spiritual renewal
Five commands to help shake off spiritual indifference and hypocrisy. Continue reading
The hypocritical dead Church, pt. 1
You have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church building, Church growth, Church history, Church Leadership, Church membership, elders in the Church, Emergent Church, Local Church, Market-Driven Churches, Mega Church, Revelation 2-3, Seven Churches
Tagged 3, Church growth, Revelation 2, Seeker Churches, Seven Churches
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Friendship between the friends of Jesus of Nazareth
How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things? Continue reading
Encountering God in Church
Do we want people walking out of Church saying, “That was pretty cool.” or “It didn’t even feel like Church”? Continue reading
How God uses His people to keep you faithful
Here is a truth we don’t hear much about: “God’s plan is to use the accountability of Christian fellowship as a means for helping his saved ones persevere.” Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church discipline, Church growth, Church Leadership, Church membership, Local Church
Tagged Accountability, church life, Fellowship
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A big threat to unity in the church
A free resource (for now) on an important subject for churches. Continue reading
Church – structured and spontaneous
The Church is an organism, not just an organization. This truth cautions against overly structuring the life of a body of believers. As an organism, the spiritual life or life generated by the Holy Spirit should lead to spontaneous ministries … Continue reading
Church: belonging and removal
Is it possible to be so casual about what it means to belong to a Church that belonging loses its effectiveness and removal becomes irrelevant? Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church discipline, Church growth, Church Hoppers, Church Leadership, Church membership, Church Planting, Ecclesiology 101, Elders, elders in the Church, Leadership, Local Church, Qualifications for leadership, Wisdom
Tagged church leadership, Church Membership, I Corinthians 5
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