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  • Set Apart: How God Launches Movements PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 18, 2025
    based on 4 ratings
     | 184 views

    God moves powerfully when His people worship, fast, and pray together, listening for the Spirit’s direction and responding with obedient, unified action.

    Some of the greatest moves of God begin in the most ordinary rooms. A small circle of friends. A whispered hymn. A hunger that words can’t quite describe. Picture it: believers, shoulder to shoulder, hearts steady and still, waiting in worship. No spotlight, no stagecraft—just saints who want the ...read more

  • A Church Participating In Ministry Series

    Contributed by Stan Rodda on Mar 15, 2006
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,230 views

    This sermon talks about participation in the local church.

    A Church Participating in Ministry! Rosina Hernandez Church history OT to NT to today OT priests- Ex. 28:2 Fancy clothes High Priest Gap between priests and the people That “gap” exists in the church today The preacher is the trained one of God We’ll wait to be ministered to by him A gap ...read more

  • The State Of The Church

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 3, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 11,264 views

    The Church is eternal and will prevail. We need to prayerfully consider what God is directing us to do for His glory through the local church. This message has an outline which can be used with application to your local church.

    · 3 VOLUNTEERS: I need you to answer one of these questions: What is the best thing that happened to you this year, or perhaps the saddest? What is one lesson that you learned in 2002? What would you like to see happen in your life in the new year? Looking back often gives us a chance to ...read more

  • The Practical Purpose Of The Church Series

    Contributed by Stephen Owenby on Jan 12, 2006
    based on 20 ratings
     | 7,969 views

    This sermon is about the 5 practical purposes of the local church.

    „« One day while studying the passage we are looking at this morning, I was praying for help me to come up with a simple way to help people remember the purpose of the church. It was soon after that I was reading in Matt 5:16 where Jesus said ...let your light shine before men, that they may see ...read more

  • The Importance Of Spiritual Renewal Series

    Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Jan 12, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 17,538 views

    The first in the 3rd Annual Week of Renewal Series for 2006.

    “The Importance of Spiritual Renewal” First Baptist Church of Tawas City Michigan Rev. Bruce A. Shields www.TawasBaptist.org WELCOME SCRIPTURE READING Deuteronomy 30:11 – 20 ”11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in heaven, so ...read more

  • Why Are Elders Important

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 12, 2001
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,674 views

    Reasons why God uses a plurality of godly elders to lead the church in making wise decisions

    Why Are Elders Important? (Acts 15:4-23) 1. These elders allowed the church to be administered by a plurality of godly leaders who met the Godly criteria stated in I Tim. 3:1-6. Here is an example of how multiple gifts, abilities and perspectives can synergistically work together for a greater ...read more

  • Becoming A Church Of Excellence:missions Series

    Contributed by James Capps on Jan 30, 2001
    based on 361 ratings
     | 26,956 views

    Missions are the life blood of the local church.

    Church of Excellence: Missions! Acts 13:1-3 1 & Corinthians 16:5-9 Third in a Series We have the last two weeks been looking at how we can become a church of excellence How can we move from being a "nice" church…to a church that makes a difference? A couple of weeks I shared that I have heard ...read more

  • The Importance Of Transition Series

    Contributed by Mike Hullah on Jul 2, 2020
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,342 views

    God is calling his church to move from one spiritual position to another. God is always transitioning or repositioning individuals, nations and even rulers of earthly nations. This sermons examines biblical principles involved in such transitioning, as applied to the Christian. Using Acts 27.

    The Importance Of Transition God is calling his church to move from one spiritual position to another. God is always transitioning or repositioning individuals, nations and even rulers of earthly nations. This sermons examines biblical principles involved in such transitioning, as applied to the ...read more

  • The Deceived Church (Church Of Laodicea)

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jul 25, 2025
     | 497 views

    Some good Bible teachers have spiritualized these letters to the seven churches and made each local congregation represent a particular era of church history.

    But I strongly disagree with some of these good Bible teachers that I have a high respect for and I will explain in a few minutes why I disagree. For example, according to their view… • The first church on the list is the Ephesian church would represent the time when the apostles were alive and ...read more

  • Seven Spheres Of Influence Series (Introduction/Church) Series

    Contributed by Steve Greene on Dec 27, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 12,141 views

    This message is the introduction to a four part series about how the church today needs to be involved in shaping every aspect of American culture.

    Seven Spheres of Influence Series Connecting to our Culture (Introduction – Church) There was a renewed sense of God’s presence and power as well as an awakened sensitivity to His purpose and calling. As a result of Nehemiah’s effort... Those OUTSIDE the walls CHANGED their opinion about who ...read more

  • The Cure- People Matter Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 30, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,411 views

    This is the 147th sermon in the series "Action". This is the 27th sermon from Romans.

    Series: Action [#147] THE CURE- PEOPLE MATTER Romans 16:1-27 Introduction: In a School Administrator’s meeting this week, we went through an interesting exercise- Each person had 5 sticky notes and a paper plate. We were instructed to write a thank you note on each sticky note and stick them ...read more

  • Importance Of Submission In Discipleship Series

    Contributed by Daniel Dennison on Jun 25, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 14,381 views

    This is the 2nd sermon in a series of 8 on the biblical qualities of a disciple

    Submission, 6-10-03 For those of you who were not here last week, we began a study on discipleship. We briefly talked about what it means to be a disciple and how we are called to not only be disciples but to make disciples. I encouraged everyone, including myself, to be in prayer about how we ...read more

  • Importance Of Piety In Discipleship Series

    Contributed by Daniel Dennison on Jun 25, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,918 views

    This is the 3rd sermon in a series of 8 on the biblical characteristics of a disciple.

    Discipleship Series, Sermon #3, purity, 6-17-03 Last week we continued our discipleship study by looking at the principal of submission. We learned the importance of submitting to God and surrendering all areas of our life to him. That was the first principal we looked at, because as we ...read more

  • Understanding Church Life Series

    Contributed by Eric Hanson on Sep 27, 2007
     | 3,392 views

    This 8 part series with application questions after each part deals with what it really entails to be a genuine contributing part of the Lord’s church in any local setting. Timeless Truths.

    UNDERSTANDING CHURCH LIFE An Equipping Course UNDERSTANDING CHURCH LIFE Lesson 1: THE CHURCH AND ITS PEOPLE Since you have received Jesus Christ, you need to learn all you can about Him and His people, the Church. There are two ways of understanding the Church. The first ...read more

  • The State Of The Chruch

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 27, 2004
    based on 20 ratings
     | 4,412 views

    Part 2 of an annual series on the conditio of the local church and direction for the New Year.

    ✎ Winnie the Pooh is once took an evening walk with his friend Piglet. They walked for a long time in silence, but Piglet finally asked, “When you wake up in the morning, Pooh, what’s the first thing you say to yourself?” “What’s for breakfast?” Pooh responds, “And what do you say, ...read more