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  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Principles, Practices, And Steps Of Church Growth

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 13, 2001
    based on 77 ratings
     | 14,966 views

    Jesus said, ``I will build my church and the gates of hell (all evil opposing forces) will not prevail against it!’’ (Matt. 16:18) Since, the church is Christ’s body, it is His work to see that it grows qualitatively and quantitatively. We can belief,

    Using Principles, Practices, & Steps of Church Growth & Planting Principles, Practices, and Steps of Church Growth and Church Planting Learning Objectives 1. The students will be able to explain how the Holy Spirit helps the church grow. 2. The students will be able to state five mission ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Sound Church Equals Sound Believers

    Contributed by David Jenkins on Jul 30, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,128 views

    Sound Church equals Sound Believers

    Acts 2:42, "They joined with the other believers and devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, sharing in the Lord’s Supper and in prayer." An essential in every sound biblically based church will be the devotion to God’s Holy written Word. It is sound theology that ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Clearing The Air: Misconceptions About The Church Series

    Contributed by Jason Cole on May 9, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 9,174 views

    There are many misconceptions about the church that need to be corrected in people’s minds.

    Clearing the Air, Common Misconception About…the Church Introduction: There are many common misconceptions if the world. For example, French fries probably originated in Belgium and not in France. The name comes from the cooking term "to french" which means to cut food into strips, hence they are ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Last 100 Years Of Church History Series

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Jul 11, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,389 views

    The past hundred years have brought many negatives including the social gospel movement. However, there have been movements to combat these with the truth. This lesson looks at both the good and bad of the past century.

    Over the course of the past 14 weeks, we have examined some of the most important periods in Church History. From the ancient creeds of the early church to the formal confessions of the protestant reformation, we have seen that throughout her existence the Church has always had people within who ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Deacons: Shared Service In The Local Church

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Oct 12, 2014
     | 5,088 views

    A sermon on the role of deacons and their responsibilities.

    Deacons: Shared Service in the Local Church Chuck Sligh September 7, 2014 TEXT: Please turn in your Bibles to Acts 6 INTRODUCTION Today we’re going to jump ahead three or four chapters in our study through Acts to introduce our deacon selection process. By the time of Acts 6, the early ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Is Your Church A Cruise-Ship Or A Battleship?

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jan 5, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 16,932 views

    Which image better describes a church? Your church? I know, it’s a metaphor. All metaphors break down at some point. When making a choice, our natural inclination is to choose the cruise ship over the battleship any day.

    Opening illustration: watch an illustrative audio-video clip Introduction: On the surface we would believe that the early church in Acts was blessed with outstanding growth due to the anointed preaching of the apostles; their balanced practices that would evolve into much of our church programming ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Meeting The Challenge At Grace Baptist Church

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 18, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,363 views

    A challenge to the church before launching a building program requiring laymen to help.

    Meeting the Challenge at Grace Baptist Church Chuck Sligh April 29, 2007 TEXT: Turn to Isaiah 26 INTRODUCTION --In October 2003, some people began to meet with Susan and me for a Bible study on Wednesday nights with the intention of eventually becoming a church. --In May of 2004, we began ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christ's Army - The Church Series

    Contributed by Doug Fannon on Jul 13, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,567 views

    We do not have to fight the spiritual battles of this life alone. Jesus gave us the church and we have one another as the earthly body of Christ and we have Jesus as our head.

    This country is in a civil war. It’s not the north and south like the conflict that was fought 160 years ago. This civil war is for the hearts, minds, and for the very soul of America. And it would appear that America is losing its heart, mind, and soul to the dark forces of the world. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Why You Need A Church Family

    Contributed by Rick Warren on Sep 22, 2008
    based on 159 ratings
     | 265,759 views

    Pastor Rick presents his Annual Purposes of the Church Message to remind his church why we do what we do. He looks at God’s five purposes for our lives and how the church helps us to fulfill those purposes.

    For other sermons and tools to grow your ministry, visit SaddlebackResources.com WHY YOU NEED A CHURCH FAMILY Annual Purposes Of The Church Message Rick Warren Oct. 18-19, 2003 Each week over 110 million people go to church somewhere in America. Let me put that into perspective. If you take ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How Ministers Serve The Church And The Gospel Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Aug 7, 2008
     | 4,425 views

    The way to serve God in the church, is to build it up by proclaiming the gospel, by helping those who come to faith to grow, and by encouraging them to become mature believers who in turn can bring others into God’s kingdom.

    Lee is a 19 year old Uni Student. He’s been a Christian for some 5 or 6 years, having been converted through his youth group and he volunteers as a leader of the youth group on a Friday night. Violet is a 70 year old retiree. She’s still energetic enough, in bursts at least, to be keen to ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    How Christ Grows His Church Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on May 18, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,045 views

    Ephesians 4:7-14 shows us how Christ grows his church.

    Scripture We are currently in a series of sermons in Ephesians 4:1-16 that I am calling, “Unity in the Body of Christ.” In this section of Scripture, the Apostle Paul has been teaching the church to maintain unity, to use their spiritual gifts, and to grow in spiritual maturity. In other words, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Building A Temple Series

    Contributed by Neil Olcott on Jul 9, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,649 views

    Today I want us to take a look at what God says is to be the way a true Temple for God should look like.

    Date: May 24, 2009 Title: Building A Temple Bible Text: Ephesians 2:11-22 Subject: Complement: Main Idea: Intro: Building a temple is pretty serious work! People travel all over taking pictures of various temples and religious structures. They stand back and look at the architecture and say ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Blessed Are Those Who Mourn Series

    Contributed by Rich Young on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 100 ratings
     | 4,498 views

    Second in a series of sermons on the Beatitudes - developing Christian character

    Blessed are Those Who Mourn TEXT: Mat 5:4 INTRODUCTION · Read book recently; author said Xns too busy - learning & doing Õ BS, Conf, Tapes, Books, doing this & that Õ Overlook developing Xn Character · What J was talking ab in the Beatitudes Õ "Being" rather than "doing" Õ Conduct flows ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • David Gauthier avatar

    When Christ Speaks… Churches Listen! Series

    Contributed by David Gauthier on Jun 19, 2001
    based on 154 ratings
     | 11,242 views

    Why the church would do well to carefully listen to Christ’s assessment of His church.

    · What do you think of our church? (Opinions will vary greatly person to person…) · More importantly, What do you suppose Jesus Christ thinks of our church? Do you remember the old E.F. Hutton TV commercials? The setting was typically a busy restaurant or other public place. Two people would ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Chuck Brooks avatar

    Church Discipline – Spanking Ourselves So God Doesn’t Have To – Part 4

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Sep 28, 2020
     | 2,264 views

    My first experience with church discipline…

    My first experience with church discipline… My first experience with church discipline came in the mid 1980’s when my family and I were members of a church where we were asked to pray for a sister who had left her husband and young daughter to live with her lover. Each month during communion we ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible