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  • Bill Sullivan avatar

    Help Wanted

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Nov 18, 2010
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     | 10,804 views

    When we need help to get the job done, we put out a Help Wanted sign. When Jesus recognized the need for more workers for His harvest, He told us to pray

    Help Wanted The Labor Challenge TCF Sermon November 7, 2010 If you’re the owner, manager or boss of a business, and you need more help because, maybe you’re having a grand opening, and there’s so much business, you cannot do it yourself, what do you do? Chances are, you might ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Spiritual Thermodynamics Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on May 4, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,819 views

    We grow and multiply through faith, oppression, and obedience as God's ancient people did when they experienced harsh treatment in Egypt.

    In The Last Days Newsletter, Leonard Ravenhill tells about a group of tourists visiting a picturesque village. They walked by an old man sitting beside a fence, and one of them asked, “Were any great men born in this village?” The old man replied, “Nope, only babies.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Multipying By Addition Or How Churches Grow

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Apr 7, 2013
     | 4,689 views

    A sermon detailed why the NT church grew and what we can do to grow too.

    “Multiplying By Addition or How Churches Grow” Acts 2:41-47 Act 2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. I’ve been a minister now for better than 39 years and one of the main focuses of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    People The Church Cannot Do Without

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Mar 2, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,779 views

    Adapted from another pastor on SC, this message speaks to the need of the local church to have a special breed of people,

    People the Church Cannot Do Without Ephesians 5:1-17 / 1 Peter 2:9-10 * It was in the hill of Caesarea Philippi as recorded in the 16th chapter of Matthew where Jesus initially mentioned the church. In the everyday vernacular Jesus turned to Peter, who had just expressed a strong, supernatural ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Church For The Churched

    Contributed by Steve Hereford on Aug 25, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 17,347 views

    Who is the church for? Believers or unbelievers? Or to use more contemporary terms - churched or unchurched. Listen today as Pastor Steve addresses who is the church in the midst of the seeker-sensitive movement.

    Recently I was invited to attend a church planters conference in Lake Yale. At that conference I was exposed to various teaching and methods for reaching the unchurched. As I sat there and listened and took notes, I couldn’t help to think how we have somehow missed it when it comes to the purpose ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Bigger Is Better

    Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Aug 31, 2020
     | 2,645 views

    The needs of the body of Christ are abundant but God has taken care of that by strategically positioning the members in the body in order to meet the needs.

    Have you ever done any renovation? I remember a friend of mine who was good at renovating--sometimes too good. He and his wife bought an old house in Catonsville and began to renovate it. He was the kind of guy that would go into a job with a sledgehammer, smashing all the old stuff, making way ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Profitable Endeavor

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Apr 23, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,236 views

    Many today seek the latest method for spiritual renewal among the church, and church growth. There are countless new conferences, books, and blog articles annually. While I appreciate the hunger for growth, I fear we have over-complicated the matter.

    A Profitable Endeavor Acts 8: 5-8 Our text today deals with a time of great excitement for the early church, and yet there was great uncertainty as well. Stephen had been stoned for preaching the Gospel. Saul continued to persecute the church, scattering them throughout the world, but they ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Growth In Giving Means Personal Growth" Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jan 23, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,340 views

    As we learn to obey God’s call to support his work through our giving, the result will be personal growth.

    As Christians, we are called to grow in our faith. We are called to be disciples of Jesus Christ, which means that we are to grow through the practice of certain spiritual disciplines: Bible study, prayer, witnessing, forgiveness, and the discipline we will consider over the next few ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Growing Up Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Nov 15, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,522 views

    We consider what is involved in growing up together into Christ our Head.

    Introduction We have been looking the past several weeks at the first half of Ephesians 4, in which the Apostle Paul discusses what the church is to be about. After three chapters extolling the blessings of God shown to believers in Christ Jesus, he now addresses how we live in response to those ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Gift God Promised

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 21, 2002
    based on 35 ratings
     | 8,739 views

    The significance of the Pentecost. We need the rely upon the Holy Spirit for church growth. Purpose of church is to communicate God’s love to a lost world.

    Acts 1:4-9; 2:1-12 The Gift God Promised Jesus died and rose again on Easter Sunday. He spent 40 days on earth with His disciples. Acts 1 recorded His last words to His followers. And He was taken up before their very eyes - that was His ascension. Jesus specifically asked them to "wait for a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    God Wants Our Church To Grow! Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Jun 24, 2017
     | 9,798 views

    God wants our church to grow! 1. So He stresses that no one is saved without Jesus (vs. 1-2). 2. He seeks to save the lost (vs. 3-8). 3. He stretches us to reach new people (vs. 9-16). 4. He sets-up divine appointments for us (vs. 17-23).

    God Wants Our Church to Grow! Acts 10:1-23 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Feb. 16, 2014 *Does God want our church to grow? There is no doubt about it. The Scripture makes this truth clear in many places. For example, 1 Timothy 2:3-4 says that: "God our Savior" desires all men to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Are We Made Of? Part 1: The Source Of Our Strength Series

    Contributed by Stephen Collins on Aug 10, 2009
     | 4,768 views

    A vision-casting 4 part series on our core values as a church.

    What Are We Made Of? The DNA of Millville Avenue † Key Thought † Key Scripture: Colossians 1:15-29 Icebreaker: Today, I want to lay a foundation for what we’re going to talk about for the next 3 weeks. Intro: The desire of God’s heart is that in everything Jesus Christ might have the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Robert Fa’atoia-Collins avatar

    Jesus Calls Us To Be Part Of Our Church Family Series

    Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on May 10, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,006 views

    Each one of us has different talent and gifts that God has blessed us all with to enhance the work of His Church

    As memebers of God’s Church; three things we must pay attention too: 1. We must KNOW Jesus calls us to be part of the body of Christ 2. We must FEEL excited about being needed by our church family 3. We must RESPOND by agreeing to take respondsibility when asked A disciple of Christ is ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Are We Ready To Go

    Contributed by Ron Theis on Jul 8, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,848 views

    Sure we want to win people to Christ, but are we ready to recieve them? Five marks of a healthy church.

    Are We Ready To GO? Romans 15:1-6 A. I couldn’t help but think about this message all day yesterday. 1. Car Care Clinic. a. Tire pressures were checked, b. Anti-freeze levels checked. c. Oil levels checked. d. Transmission fluid levels checked. e. Windshield washer levels ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • T.J. Conwell avatar

    Romans, Part 1 Series

    Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Jan 10, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,465 views

    Paul’s incredible letter to the church in Rome begins with an explanation of who he is, and an encouragement that he desires to visit and work alongside them.

    Romans, Part 1 Romans 1:1-13 Introduction - Paul is writing this letter to the church in Rome, to the believers living there - Paul is writing this letter in about AD 57 - At this time he is actually in Corinth (in Greece), teaching the church there - He is writing because he desires to visit the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational