SermonCentral Logo SermonCentral Logo Sermon Central
Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on Church Councils:

showing 1,141-1,155 of 148,256
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

Popular Preaching Resources

New Sermon Series Now Available

Everything you need for your next series

AI Sermon Generator

Generate sermon ideas with a safe, secure tool for solid preaching.

Biblical Sermon Calendar

Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching

Sermon Research Assistant

Free custom sermon in 5-10 minutes!

Topical Sermon Calendar

Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year

Funeral Sermon Generator

Create a personalized, heartfelt funeral sermon

Sermon Kits for Preaching

Faithful to the Finish

Peter's final call to a young and growing church

Grace and Glory

A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter

Entrusted

Gifts, risk, and the return of the King

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Warnings For The Church thumbnail

    Warnings For The Church PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 12, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 783 views

    This sermon encourages believers to combat false beliefs, deepen their understanding of biblical truths, and remain vigilant against modern philosophies that contradict God's Word.

    Welcome, dear brothers and sisters in Christ. We gather here today, not as strangers meeting for the first time, but as a family joined together by the love of our Savior. We share a common bond, a common faith, and a common purpose – to know Him more and make Him known. Today, we gather to open ...read more

    Scripture:

    Topics:

  • God's Church thumbnail

    God's Church PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 28, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 943 views

    This sermon emphasizes our Christian calling to actively contribute to God's church, welcoming the weary, healing the broken-hearted, and providing rest for the troubled.

    Good morning, dear brothers and sisters. It's a blessing to be with you all today in this sacred space, where we gather as a family in Christ, united in our pursuit of understanding and living out His truths. Today, we stand on the precipice of a profound understanding, a realization that will ...read more

    Scripture:

    Topics:

  • Grievances In The Church thumbnail

    Grievances In The Church PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 12, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 430 views

    This sermon explores confronting sins, cleansing from unrighteousness, and claiming our kingdom inheritance through understanding and applying Paul's message in 1 Corinthians 6:1-11.

    Good morning, beloved family of God, gathered here today in this sacred space, where the presence of our Lord is palpable and His grace is abundant. We are here, not by coincidence, but by divine appointment. Our hearts are eager, our spirits are thirsty, and our souls are yearning for a fresh ...read more

    Scripture:

    Topics:

  • Church Is Habitual thumbnail

    Church Is Habitual PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 26, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 87 views

    Trusting God in trials, resisting temptation, and living out our faith through obedient action shapes us into Christlike people who impact the world.

    Some weeks feel like a head-on collision with life, don’t they? The calendar crowds you. The headlines haunt you. The phone rings and your heart sinks—another bill, another doctor’s report, another hard conversation. In moments like these, James steps into our living room with a calm, steady voice ...read more

    Scripture:

    Topics:

  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    Is Your Church Loved

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Apr 27, 2023
     | 819 views

    Beware of popularity.

    If everyone loves your church you are doing something wrong because all that live godly SHALL suffer persecution yet if you are suffering persecution you may be doing something wrong because you may be suffering for your own faults not for the cause of Christ. Check yourself and if you are ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr.W.Samuel Legon avatar

    A Spirit Filled Church

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Sep 5, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,086 views

    How is your spirit doing?

    A SPIRIT FILLED CHURCH Acts2: 41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. 42And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Claude Alexander avatar

    Letter To The Church In Thyatira

    Contributed by Claude Alexander on Jun 19, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,456 views

    For some people today tolerance is the only real virtue and intolerance the only vice. The message to Thyatira goes against the grain of modernity by setting limits to tolerance.

    Letter to the church in Thyatira Rev. 2:18-29 In the opening pages of Revelation, our Lord introduces Himself as heaven’s holy warrior (1:12–20) who would prepare His people to overcome their enemies (2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21) by exhorting them to hear what the Spirit has to say in the letters ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    Week Four The Church Series

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Apr 28, 2023
     | 1,645 views

    A SHORT COURSE IN ECCLESIOLOGY

    THE CHURCH OR A SHORT COURSE IN ECCLESIOLOGY I. INTRODUCTION This lesson addresses the importance and history of the church. Doctrines are often misunderstood or abused, and the doctrine of the church is no exception. Differences in understanding church membership and its importance can be ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Kapteyn avatar

    The Church Takes A Stand

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 95 ratings
     | 11,673 views

    Introduction 1.

    Introduction 1. Today we consider at one of the most crucial decisions in the history of the church of Jesus Christ. Iit took place 1950 years ago - in the year 49AD. Today we are also facing what amounts to the same crucial decision. Within the RCA and within many denominations. As we consider ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    A Great Day--Because Of Divine Mercy Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 3, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,097 views

    It's a great day to be a Catholic, and to begin fulfilling the promise of the Council through our worship and witness.

    Divine Mercy Sunday April 11, 2010 Our Sacred Liturgy–the Hermeneutic of Continuity This is a great era in history to be a Catholic. What? “A great era to be a Catholic?” Just now, when some of the dust has settled over the abusive histories of 2% of U.S. priests, we begin to ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • ROBERT SIMMONS avatar

    Dynamics Of A Prevailing Church

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on Feb 24, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,780 views

    Essential Characteristics of a Church that Prevails against kingdom of darkness

    GOD WILL HAVE A CHURCH IN THIS CITY THAT WILL PREVAIL AGAINST THE STRONGHOLDS OF DARKNESS. WE WILL BE ARMED AND ANOINTED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, LAUNCHING A MILITANT ASSAULT ON THE KINGDOM OF satan. THE SUPERNATURAL POWER OF GOD WILL BE AT WORK IN THE MINISTRIES OF HIS CHURCH. DARKNESS WILL BE ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Ron Ferguson avatar

    Parables Of The Kingdom – The First - The Sower Or Rather The Soil – Part 7 Of 7 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 1, 2025
     | 220 views

    In the conclusion to the Parable of the Sower we consider two things. One is the connection between this parable and the Church at Ephesus (Revelation 2), and the other is seeing how this Parable connects with the Apostolic period of Church History.

    PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM – THE FIRST - THE SOWER OR RATHER THE SOIL – Part 7 of 7 This final message is covering some new ground for you. We have been looking at the Parable of the Sower and now look into its position in Church History. It is a shorter message. TWO INTERESTING, IMPORTANT ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    The Church's Healing Mission Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 8, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,676 views

    Jesus healed the whole person; so the Church has the mission to bring the world to His healing touch through the sacraments.

    December 10, 2012 Monday of 2nd Week in Advent Gaudium et Spes Let’s be very clear about one thing in today’s lesson from Isaiah–the Judean desert is nothing to joke about. Hot, desolate and arid, it devours lost travelers just as easily as its scarce rainfall. The people ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • Dr. Craig Nelson avatar

    Did The Catholic Church Give Us The Bible + Doctrine? - Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Mar 23, 2024
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,465 views

    A look at Early Church History, the Bible Alone as the Final Authority, the Canon of Scripture, Sola Scriptura, Apostles, and Pastor-Teachers, Papal Infallibility, Pentecost, Absolution

    PART ONE When I was young, God called me into ministry, so I went through Catechism and prepared to enter the priesthood. However, over 50 years ago, I had a radical encounter with Jesus and became Born-Again, which changed everything! I am not a Catholic or Protestant. I am a Born-Again Christian ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Kayode Omotoso avatar

    The Future Of The Nigerian Church

    Contributed by Kayode Omotoso on Jan 29, 2015
     | 3,492 views

    In the warm up to the presidential election to be held on February 14, 2015 in Nigeria, I wish to call the attention of the Nigerian Church to some scriptural points on what really can be the undoing of a church.

    In the warm up to the presidential election to be held in February 14, 2015 in Nigeria, there is fear expressed from certain quarters of the Nigerian Church as to the emergence of a Muslim candidate who may end up exterminating Christianity in Nigeria or at least prepare the ground for such ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Pentecostal