The Church is more than just a building.
1. Church is a fellowship where a small group meets.
ACts 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles's doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in prayers.
- top priority in a fellowship is unity and harmony
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with on another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son Cleanses us from all sin.
Hebrews 10:25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the ore as you see the Day approaching.
2. Church is a family with sense of belonging.
Ephesians 2:19 so Now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. you are citizens along with all of God's holy people. You are members of God's family.
3. church is a body for service.
1 Corinthians 12:37 now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
- we function on the basis of spiritual gifts, not positions.
4. church is a flock as we submit to each other.
1 peter 5:1-2 The elders who are among you i exhort, i who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is amond you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly;
- 3 kinds of leaders:
[a] poimen -shepherd(pastor, cg leaders)
[b] presbuteros -elder(spiritual maturity)
[c] episkopos -bishop(overseer),Management duty, committee
5. Church is an Army as we win against spiritual warfare.
2 timothy 2:1-4 you therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus . And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
you therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
- The main purpose of the church is to reach out to the lost and bring them into the church.
Matthew 16:18 and i also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
6. Church is God's house where the supernatural is experienced
- life touched, healed, transformed and changed for the better.
coming to church is all about empowerment and revival in spirit, soul and body.
Where are we in the church body?
1. community
2. Crowd
3. Congregation
4. Committed
5. Core
1. Church is a fellowship where a small group meets.
ACts 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles's doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in prayers.
- top priority in a fellowship is unity and harmony
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with on another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son Cleanses us from all sin.
Hebrews 10:25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the ore as you see the Day approaching.
2. Church is a family with sense of belonging.
Ephesians 2:19 so Now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. you are citizens along with all of God's holy people. You are members of God's family.
3. church is a body for service.
1 Corinthians 12:37 now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
- we function on the basis of spiritual gifts, not positions.
4. church is a flock as we submit to each other.
1 peter 5:1-2 The elders who are among you i exhort, i who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is amond you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly;
- 3 kinds of leaders:
[a] poimen -shepherd(pastor, cg leaders)
[b] presbuteros -elder(spiritual maturity)
[c] episkopos -bishop(overseer),Management duty, committee
5. Church is an Army as we win against spiritual warfare.
2 timothy 2:1-4 you therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus . And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
you therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
- The main purpose of the church is to reach out to the lost and bring them into the church.
Matthew 16:18 and i also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
6. Church is God's house where the supernatural is experienced
- life touched, healed, transformed and changed for the better.
coming to church is all about empowerment and revival in spirit, soul and body.
Where are we in the church body?
1. community
2. Crowd
3. Congregation
4. Committed
5. Core
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