Church For The Churched
Contributed by Steve Hereford on Aug 25, 2006
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Who is the church for? Believers or unbelievers? Or to use more contemporary terms - churched or unchurched. Listen today as Pastor Steve addresses who is the church in the midst of the seeker-sensitive movement.
Recently I was invited to attend a church planters conference in Lake Yale. At that conference I was exposed to various teaching and methods for reaching the unchurched. As I sat there and listened and took notes, I couldn’t help to think how we have somehow missed it when it comes to the purpose ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
The Church Vs. The Church
Contributed by Jack Russell on Feb 7, 2004
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Man’s view of the church is often very different from the one Jesus demonstrated and Paul described.
I can stand anywhere in my back yard and see my church. It sits rather majestically at the apex of our little town. Its stained glass windows chronicle its founders. Inside, a huge chandelier hovers over our pew. I don’t know who appointed us to sit in that particular pew, but it must have been ...read more
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Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
The Church’s Mandate Series
Contributed by Billy Noel on Jan 2, 2010
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The church’s primary function is to win souls
The Church’s MandateMatthew 28:16-20James Stewart says “defective evangelism produces defective Christianity and defective Christianity produces defective churches and defective churches produce defective Christianity and defective Christianity makes for defective evangelism, it’s a vicious ...read more
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Denomination: Christian Church
This Church Is A Pentecostal Church
Contributed by David Mcnally on May 24, 2012
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As we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost we appreciate the ministry of the Holy Spirit, without Whose presence in it, this church, every church, would only be a gathering of people.
SERMON – Every church a Pentecostal churchToday is Pentecost, which some people call Whitsun or White Sunday,because priests and ministers used to wear white robesto symbolise the Holy Spiritwho came down on Jesus in the form of a doveimmediately after he had been baptized by Jordan in ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
The Church’s Companion Series
Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 30, 2010
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The mission of the church is to wait on God’s Spirit, then witness about God’s Son, because Jesus is alive and coming again!
Several years ago, the London Transit Authority had a problem. Buses were going right past passengers who were waiting at designated places to be picked up. They were at the bus stops, and the buses were sailing right past them. The London Transit Authority released a statement to explain their ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical Free
The Church’s Commitments Series
Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jan 6, 2011
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The church grows when we devote ourselves to living out the truth of God’s Word, to sharing our lives together in genuine fellowship, and to joyful worship.
A few years ago, some wag told his friends he wasn’t going to any more ball games. Why? Well he said… a. Whenever I go to a game, they ask for money. b. The other fans don’t care about me. c. The seats are too hard. d. Coach never visits me. e. The referee makes calls I don’t agree ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical Free
The Church’s Context Series
Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 23, 2010
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When times are tough, pray in faith, because you are fogiven. Persevere with hope, because God is faithful. And provoke one another to love, because Jesus is coming. These core values of faith, hope, and love will keep the church on track.
Not too long ago, a real estate listing in Dallas had the simple headline: “Converted Church.” In other words, what had once been a church facility is now somebody’s house. The listing under the heading had this description: “The altar has been adapted for use as a granite and stainless steel ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical Free
Be A Church Not Just In A Church
Contributed by Howard Gunter on Dec 11, 2017
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Church is the PEOPLE, not the building.
Be A CHURCH Not Just In A ChurchColossians 1:1818 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.Acts 11:26And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Let The Church Be The Church
Contributed by Chris Cuthbertson on Jun 6, 2024
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God wants His church to grow and He commissioned us to evangelize, and if the church is doing its job it should grow, but numerical growth in itself is not evidence that God is blessing. It’s important to remember that the goal is to try to restore the church of the 1st century in its principles.
Let the Church Be the ChurchActs 2: 36 – 47A newspaper reporter was doing a story on growing churches, and in preparation for that story he interviewed a number of preachers. I want to share the questions asked of these preachers and then give you my answers to them. One of the questions he ...read more
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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
The Church
Contributed by John Gullick on Sep 1, 2002
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A Sermon that discusses the nature of the church
The Church.In the world today there are many kinds of people.There are many races, classess, occupations - languages and so on.Among a myriad of distinctions that qualify people in different ways to belonging to one group or another there is a distinction of incredible importance. MT 16:13 ...read more
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Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
The Church
Contributed by Kevin Mayberry on Mar 13, 2002
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The true Church Christ established
The ChurchEx.18:19-23,Is.22:20-22,Mt.16:17-19,Mt.28:18-20St.Augustine once said,"I would not have believed the Gospels unless moved by the Church."Why would someone depend on a church that much?The churh he was refering to here is one of the oldest churches in the world,it was founded in ...read more
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Denomination: Catholic
The Church Series
Contributed by Dan Farrell on Jul 10, 2001
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We, as the church (world-wide church), need to become a community.
INTRODUCTION: We are continuing our series on names or titles for the church. Sofar we have covered the church being: a LightHouse, a Bride, a Body, an Army, andthis morning, a Community. A while back someone told me of a “block party” they participated in. The whole blockorganized a ...read more
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Denomination: Pentecostal
The Church
Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Nov 16, 2005
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Understand how we are uniquely related to each other in the church.
The ChurchCornwallSeptember 25, 2005 In our first week together, as Grace Community Church, I spoke about who we are and what we want to be here as GCC. Then we focused on how God works with you personally, as we considered Zacchaeus and Jesus’ calling him by name. Last week, we looked at how ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
The Church
Contributed by Richard Rutledge on Nov 4, 2001
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We have home schools, home business, and home shopping but the church cannot be relegated to the home.
The ChurchHeb 10:25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-- and all the more as you see the Day approaching.I realize that I will be preaching to the choir today but I believe that it is important for us to be reminded from time ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
The Church
Contributed by Bruce Ball on Mar 16, 2006
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Had the church been built upon any other person than Christ, it would never be able to withstand the torment of Hades. It is not one of the wonders of this world - it is THE wonder of this world.
A huge metal structure was built in 1889 for an international exposition. It was larger than anything that was built like it before, and it was considered by many as a ‘monstrosity that was to grotesque to see.’ But the creator, who had spent over a year building it, knew it was destined for ...read more
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