Sermons on Call Of The Church:

The Call To Discipleship Series

Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Jun 15, 2016

Every believer is called to be a disciple of Christ. It is up to us individually to heed the call to follow the Lord as His disciples.

The Call to Discipleship Matthew 4:19 As much as it hurts to admit, I truly believe the church has failed miserably in one vital area of ministry. Throughout the 80’s and 90’s there was a concerted effort to reach unbelievers with the Gospel, and the church rose to the call to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:19

Denomination: Baptist

A Call To Action Series

Contributed by Mark Elkins on Jan 27, 2011

A call to living holy lives

A CALL TO ACTION 1 Pet. 1:13-15 13 Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; 15 but as ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-15

Denomination: Baptist

The Call To Discipleship Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 27, 2018

This is the introductory message on discipleship.

INTRODUCTION • VIDEO CLIP WE Praise Him- Facing the Giants • SLIDE #1 • What is the main thing in life? What is the main focus of the church supposed to be? • What is the most critical mission of the church and for all Christians? • Where do many churches and individual Christians focus their ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Deacons: Servant Leaders

Contributed by John Raulerson on Nov 7, 2007

A call to deaconship is a call to serve. Deacons are called to minister to the body of Christ and not act as a ruling body.

DEACONS: SERVANT LEADERS ACTS 6:1-7, 1 TIM 3:8-12 When Jesus came to earth He turned conventional theological understanding and religious hierarchy upside down. Before Jesus came places of position, power, and influence were sought after in the religious. As a matter of fact, those in places ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Call For Prayer

Contributed by Tony Searles on Jul 7, 2001

A call to heed the need for prayer in the individual, as well as, the Body.

“A Call For Prayer!” “Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found” Ps. 32:6 ILLUSTRATION: The Posture Of Prayer A certain person couldn’t find the right posture for prayer. He tried praying on his knees, but that wasn’t comfortable; besides, it wrinkled his slacks. He ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 32:6

Denomination: Other

A Missionary Call Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Mar 1, 2025

Acts 16:6-10 teaches us that God sovereignly directs the spread of the gospel.

Introduction On March 17, we will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Patrick was born in 373 A.D. on the banks of the River Clyde in what is now Scotland. His father was a deacon and his grandfather a priest. When Patrick was about 16, raiders descended on his little town and torched his home. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:6-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Called To Commitment Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Jan 2, 2008

This sermon calls for four areas of committment. 1. Commitment to FELLOWSHIP. (Membership) 2. Commitment to LEARNING. (Discipleship) 3. Commitment to MINISTRY. 4. Commitment to OUTREACH.

[Note: Our church has a discipleship program known as CLASS. Christian Life And Service Seminars. This is a four step process to help Christians grow. Here are the courses: CLASS 101 - Discovering My Membership (Fellowship) CLASS 201 - Discovering Maturity (Discipleship) CLASS 301 - ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:17-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Community-God's Church

Contributed by Jim Caswell on Jan 17, 2017

We as followers of Jesus are called to be the church. What would God think of the church today and what it is doing? What would Jesus want us to do as the church? What would Jesus think of our service? What would He notice?

Title: Community-God’s Community Date: 1/29/17 Place: BLCC Text: 1 Corinthians 1.2 CT: We as followers of Jesus are called to be HIS church. [Screen 1] FAS: I read an interesting book recently by J.D.Vance. (A young man in his 30s). It is titled, “Hillbilly Elegy”. It caught my interest by ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church

Called To Be Different

Contributed by Derrick Thompson, Sr. on May 26, 2012

Let's not try to be like everbody else, we are different, and God knew exactly what He was doing when He made us. We are all uniquely made by God, and it is time to accept ourselevs as different, and stop being insecure about who we are.

First Church of God in Harvey Sunday Morning, March 18th, 2012 Let us pray Welcome.... This is the day which the Lord hath made; two days before the first day of spring, the first day of the rest of our lives, we will rejoice and be glad in it. Do you have something to praise God for? Then ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Denomination: Church Of God

A Call To Grow!

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jul 8, 2006

God calls us to grow in our intimate relationship (if we are married), in our brotherly love, and in our attitude to work.

We have just read from a portion of the Bible which could be seen as impossible for a ‘Priest’ to relate to. After all (you might think to yourself), what would a ‘Priest’ know about the intimate relationship between a man and a woman! After all (you might think to yourself), what would a ‘Priest’ ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

Denomination: Anglican

Called To Serve

Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 13, 2013

Every believer is called to serve with the gifts they have been given

Called to Serve Matthew 25:14-30 September 1, 2013 Morning Service 14 "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. 15 To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Church Of God

The Call Of Jeremiah

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 13, 2022

Jeremiah was called to a most painful and difficult ministry and was faithful.

The Call of Jeremiah Jeremiah 1:4-10 We will take a look this morning at the call of the prophet Jeremiah who served in one of the most painful times of the history of Jerusalem and Judah. He got to see the backsliding of the nation from the reforms King Josiah had put in place to the seige of ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Call To Commitment

Contributed by Tom Tarpley on Sep 20, 2011

Challenge of Commitment

The last time I spoke with you if you remember I used Romans 12:1-2 as my text and since then I have been really struggling with exactly what this text means to me. Let me read it to you again and I want you to pay attention to what it says. And so dear Christian friends, I plead with you to give ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: *other

Call 911

Contributed by Vera Hughes on Feb 21, 2008

We had many 911 situations in this generation. Let this sermon show you how we can handle these situations to encourage this generation.

We have just read in the above scripture a 911 situation. We found a boy vexed by a foul spirit and no one could deliver Him but Jesus. We all sat in shock as we saw two planes crash into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. These were absolutely terrorist attacks at its worst. God showed me ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:37-43

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Call To Help

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jan 9, 2014

These verses show how Paul took Timothy under his care to develop and grow him.

AUG 11 2013PM A Call to Help Acts 16:1-16:11 Paul and Barnabas have parted ways since they couldn’t agree on whether to include Mark on the 2nd missionary journey. The disagreement was so sharp that Barnabas took Mark and went his way, while Paul took Silas with him to start his 2nd ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:1-11

Denomination: Baptist