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The Purpose Of The Church
Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 17, 2003 (message contributor)
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1. The Purpose Of The Church- Worship
Contributed on Jul 17, 2003
One of the purposes of the church is to Worship God
INTRODUCTION Purpose Driven Church. What drives the church? Are we tradition driven? Are we personality driven? Financially driven? Program or building driven? Event driven? Seeker driver? Explain the reason for having a purpose. The starting point for every ...read more
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2. The Purpose Of The Church- Discipleship
Contributed on Jul 25, 2003
The church is not to stop once we get a person in the door and on the church roll. Our work just begins at that point
INTRODUCTION • Talk about the goal of a baseball team. Get people across home plate. Don’t push the details of the analogy. • Does a team cheer and quit when it gets a person to 1st base or 3rd base? They will cheer because they expect to bring that person around the bases to score. • At ...read more
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3. The Purpose Of The Church- Fellowship
Contributed on Jul 25, 2003
Is fellowship more than eating dounuts together? It is an important part of the mission of the church
INTRODUCTION Last week we talked about the reason for having a purpose. The Church needs to define its purpose; this must start from God’s word. The first Purpose of the church that I we looked at last week was Worship. Last week I said that I believe that ...read more
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4. The Purpose Of The Church- Service
Contributed on Aug 1, 2003
Are we supposed to serve or be served?
INTRODUCTION As we have looked at the question “What is the Purpose of the Church, thus far we have identified three areas of that should be included in the purpose of the church, worship, fellowship, discipleship. Today I want to look at an area that a lot of churches struggle with. It is ...read more
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5. The Purpose Of The Church- Evangelism
Contributed on Aug 8, 2003
This sermon looks at 3 principles that Jesus used to earn the right to present the gospel to people
INTRODUCTION • What is one of the most intimidating things God calls us to do as Christians? What is the one thing that we are asked to do that sends shivers up most of our spines? • Evangelism is one of the most intimidating of the purposes of the church. The command to tell everyone about ...read more
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6. The Purpose Of The Church- Prayer
Contributed on Aug 14, 2003
Prayer is a very important purpose of the church.
INTRODUCTION • As we finish the purpose of the Church series, I hope that it has inspired some thinking from each one of us about what our purpose is and what we can do to better fulfill our purpose at ACC. • I want to finish this series with a purpose that does not seem like one that invokes a ...read more