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  • Jim Butcher avatar

    What A Church Should Be: Why Is Church So Often So Boring? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Feb 19, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,720 views

    True or false: God loves to party?

    A Common Problem: Church is boring. - Why is church so often a joy-less affair? - Ask for participation on boring services they’ve been to. My story: the guy in Louisville who fluffed up his jacket, laid down in the pew, and went to sleep. - Further, why are Christians so often long-faced, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You Here Because You Need The Church Or Because The Church Needs You?

    Contributed by Dr. Joseph Foster on Feb 27, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,124 views

    This Sermon speaks not only to the Church and the staff but, to the congregation and there role and need within the Church.

    ARE YOU HERE BECAUSE YOU NEED THE CHURCH OR BECAUSE THE CHURCH NEEDS YOU? So many times we hear Ministers on TV or in our Congregation preach nothing about the true word of God because they are so busy teaching on how to make tithes and offerings to the Church. It's true, "We all need the Tithes ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    8th Church Anniversary Arise & Shine -River Of Life Church

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Nov 10, 2024
     | 2,017 views

    This sermon is for a church's eighth anniversary. The congregation is a West African Church from Liberia and focuses in on the pastor and his struggles.

    8th Church Anniversary Arise & Shine -River Of Life Church By Rick Gillespie- Mobley Isaiah 60:1-3 Summary: This sermon is for a church's eighth anniversary. The congregation is a West African Church from Liberia and focuses in on the pastor and his ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Is Official, Or Formal Church Membership In A Local Church According To Scripture? – Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 2, 2025
     | 283 views

    This begins a 4 part study of local church membership in the New Testament. Is a formal church membership biblically required in our churches? Was it required in the first century churches? We will examine scriptures and practices for those answers.

    IS OFFICIAL, OR FORMAL CHURCH MEMBERSHIP IN A LOCAL CHURCH ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE? – PART 1 What is church membership? What does the New Testament teach about church membership? Is this a requirement for us in local churches or must we submit ourselves to a practice of man and denominational ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Is Official Or Formal Church Membership In A Local Church According To Scripture – Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 3, 2025
     | 374 views

    Formal church membership that involves special membership and voting rights is contentious. In this Part 2, I open up the matter to show how out of sync the matter is with the membership of the one Body of Christ, and the discrimination. We delve into some scriptures to bring this out.

    IS OFFICIAL OR FORMAL CHURCH MEMBERSHIP IN A LOCAL CHURCH ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE – PART 2 In Part 1 we looked at the practice some churches have of there being an official local church membership that divides “members”, adherents and attendees into “MEMBERS” and “NON-MEMBERS” depending if one has ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Is Official/Formal Church Membership In A Local Church According To Scripture? – Part 3 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 7, 2025
     | 255 views

    Regarding this matter of formal church membership, it is examined alongside mainly Ephesian verses. The subject is opened up to understand the New Testament practice of being members of one another and the equality in the Body of Christ. Membership of Christ’s Body covers it all.

    IS OFFICIAL/FORMAL CHURCH MEMBERSHIP IN A LOCAL CHURCH ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE? – PART 3 Part 3 (there are 4 parts) continues to look at various scriptures in this study of formal church membership over and above the one membership that unites all believers into one Body, and makes them all ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Is Official/Formal Church Membership In A Local Church According To Scripture? – Part 4 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on May 7, 2025
     | 294 views

    This is the final part and we look at a numbers of issues here as well as two statements from Internet sites on why membership is important. Over and over I am opposing this notion that commitment is connected with official membership. It is judgemental and untrue. I hope this is of some value.

    IS OFFICIAL/FORMAL CHURCH MEMBERSHIP IN A LOCAL CHURCH ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE? – PART 4 We have been looking at some passages of scripture from Paul’s writings and in vain, do we look for even the slightest suggestion that a church has official membership that discriminates among the Christians ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Remeber Series

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Feb 19, 2013
     | 4,107 views

    This message was given at annual meeting to allow th econgregation to remember the focus and purpose of what we do and help others see what the church is to look like.

    In these last days 2 Timothy 3:14-3:17 Introduction- Please turn to 2 Timothy Chapter 3 We continue in our lessons learned from Apostle Paul series. Apostle Paul gives advice, straightens out our difficult thinking, and today in his word to the church offers us a warning and the chance to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    The Jesus Gathering

    Contributed by Mark Engler on May 19, 2015
     | 4,825 views

    When Jesus said He would build His church did He have in mind putting on a Sunday service or did He have in mind His people coming together in authentic relationship with each other? Is the church today doing what He intended. Not so sure we are.

    The Jesus Gathering Matthew 16:13-20 INTRO: The church. That can mean a lot of different things today. It can mean the building in which we come to on Sunday mornings. It can mean the institution of the church. It can speak of a denomination. The Methodist Church, the Baptist Church, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What A Survey May Not Show

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Jan 20, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,255 views

    Despite all that is broken, the Church is called to be God's holy people in whom and through whom God is at work.

    Title: What a Survey May Not Show Text: I Corinthians 1:1-9 Thesis: Despite all that is broken, the Church is called to be God’s holy people in whom and through whom God is at work. Introduction An airline pilot brought his plane down onto the runway out at DIA… actually he hammered ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Examination - #1 Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Jul 6, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,293 views

    A series of Wednesday evening messages based on the book, "Why Churches Die" by Dr. Brunson & Dr. Caner. Truly interesting study!

    The Local Church Is it Dead, Dying, or Dynamic? Part 1 – “The Examination” Matthew 16:13-16 * Several years ago I read a book co-authored by Dr. Mac Brunson (Pastor of FBC, Jacksonville, FL) and Dr. Ergun Caner (President and Dean of Liberty Baptist Seminary). The book was entitled “Why ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Available For Impossible Dreams Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jul 19, 2003
    based on 76 ratings
     | 7,575 views

    In observance of my 17th anniversary as pastor; to worship is to become available for God’s purposes, which mean being sent to unreceptive and impossible situations. Can we dream impossible dreams about our church’s building, properties, ministries with

    If what you expect to receive and what someone wants to give you are not the same thing, you are doomed to disappointment. If you want a particular thing, but the person you are dealing with is determined that you shall have something else, it is going to be tough. The other day ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    The Devoted Became The Devotees Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 8, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,839 views

    This sermon explains that if we want to experience the abundant blessings that the first church received, we must devote ourselves to the same things they devoted themselves to.

    The Devoted Became the Devotees Acts 2:42-27 February 3, 2002 Intro: A. [Church Growth, Church Depth, Citation: Vance Havner in On This Rock I Stand. Christianity Today, Vol. 30, no. 13.] I heard of a preacher the other day who was asked, "What’s the size of your pastorate?" he said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Nobodies

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 20, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,817 views

    We as the church, facing today's challenges, think of ourselves as nobodies. But we are God's kind of nobodies, those in whom He has been at work to make changes, and we are needed by the world around us.

    (Originally preached at Luther Rice Memorial Baptist Church, Silver Spring, MD, Aug. 12, 1973; subsequently, with variations, at Woodbrook Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD, Aug. 19, 1973; Viers Mill Baptist Church, Rockville, MD, Sept. 9, 1973; Bethesda First Baptist Church, Bethesda, MD, Oct. 14, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pack Your Pew

    Contributed by Guy Glass on Jan 30, 2024
     | 2,710 views

    This message was preached for our "Pack Your Pew" Sunday with the emphasis of why coming/going to church was important. One of my emphases was that coming here is not nearly as important as going somewhere.

    PACK YOUR PEW Why Do I Need To Go To Church Anyway? Hebrews 10:25 OPENING ILLUSTRATION: This story deals with a rather old fashioned lady, who was planning a couple of weeks vacation in Florida. She also was quite delicate and elegant with her language. She wrote a letter to a particular ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist