Sermons on The Departure Of The Church:

The Watchful Church-Part 2

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 14, 2003

Part 2 of a 3-part sermon. Jesus rebuked the church in Sardis for maintaining a mere semblance of life in Christ. The church of God must exhibit a vitality inherent to life in Christ. What does a watchful church exhibit? The Watchful church exhibits...

THE WATCHFUL CHURCH-II—Revelation 3:1-6 Jesus rebuked the church in Sardis for maintaining a mere semblance of life in Christ. The church of God must exhibit the vitality inherent to life in Christ. The church of God must exhibit more than a semblance of life in Christ. How does a church exhibit ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

2003 State Of The Church Address

Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Jan 28, 2003

This is a call to hear what God is doing and calling our particular church to be and do. I submit it as a sample of how one might go about communicating God’s vision to the congregation.

2003 State of the Church Address (Topical) I. God Is Doing a New Thing II. Based on His Eternal Plan III. To Move Us Toward Embracing Our True Identity IV. So, Where Do We Go from Here? A. A commitment to a corporate lifestyle of dependency B. A commitment to becoming healthy C. A commitment to ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11, Isaiah 43:18-19

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

10 Characteristics Of Healthy Churches

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jan 29, 2003

The characteristics of a healthy church compiled from nine of the most significant church health studies to date.

During the last 20 years there has been a tremendous focus on church growth. Unfortunately this has created a tendency to be more analytical than prescriptive, more quantitative than qualitative. Rick Warren writes in “The Purpose-Driven Church”; (Zondervan) "the key issue for churches in the ...read more

Scripture: 3 John 1:2, 3 John 1:1-2

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Yes The Church No?

Contributed by David Parks on Jan 30, 2003

Many claim to love Jesus but despise his church. Is this bilblical or logical?

JESUS, YES! THE CHURCH, NO? INTRODUCTION: 1 We are living in an age that has seen the rise of license and the decline of responsibility. 2 Today many seem to be desperately looking for some strange type of Utopia in which there is happiness without responsibility. 1) Many children expect their ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:16-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How To Have A Dynamite Church

Contributed by Tracy Thompson on Feb 11, 2003

Preached this sermon to challenge our Church to access God’s Power for ministry.

Intro: In the passage of Scripture we read, We see in Acts 1:8 that Jesus told the Disciples that they would receive power when the Holy Ghost came upon them. In verse 4 Jesus commanded them to stay in Jerusalem and to “wait for the promise of the Father”. Then we read of the disciple going to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-13, Acts 1:4-8

Denomination: Baptist

A Tale Of Seven Churches: Intro Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Feb 13, 2003

This is the first of eight sermons dealing with the Seven Churches of the Revelation

One letter, seven churches. Most of us are familiar with the Revelation of John, the last book in the New Testament, or at least we think we are. We’ve breezed through it pausing on the sensational bits, dragons, beasts with seven heads and ten horns and locust the size of Volkswagens. But for ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:17-20

Denomination: Wesleyan

A Tale Of Seven Churches: Ephesus Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Feb 17, 2003

Part two of an eight part message looking at the 7 churches of Asia

It was the first of the seven. Out of all the church in all the countries Jesus singled out these seven to originally receive the message of the Revelation, but before they were to read the book Jesus had a message for them. You ever wonder why? Why not just jump in with all the weird and ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Church Of The Living Dead - 1 Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 20, 2003

Jesus calls a church on life support back to life

CHURCH OF THE LIVING DEAD REV 3:1-6 AMAZING STATISTIC: Imagine a company that has more than 500 employees and has the following record: 29 accused of spousal abuse 7 arrested for fraud 19 accused of writing bad checks 117 directly or indirectly bankrupted 3 ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:1-2

The Church Of The Living Dead - 2 Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 20, 2003

How can a church be revived back to life

The CHURCH OF THE LIVING DEAD – 2 Revelation 3:1-6 PREACHER found a shoe box in a closet. Opened it and found strange contents. Inside was an egg carton with 5 eggs inside. Next to the eggs was a stack of bills that totaled over 10,000 dollars. As soon as his wife walked thru the door he ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:1-6

Witness In Jerusalem – Power Of The Church Series

Contributed by Paul Long on Feb 21, 2003

5 week series on the book of Acts. How the church began.

WITNESS IN JERUSALEM – POWER OF THE CHURCH (Acts 1-2) Prologue: * Beginning a 5-week series on the book of Acts. * If you check the sermon titles of this series given to me, you would notice that the series is arranged under the headings: 1. Witness in Jerusalem, 2. Witness in Judea and ...read more

Denomination: Brethren

Witness In Jerusalem – Power Of The Church Series

Contributed by Paul Long on Feb 21, 2003

5 week series on the book of Acts. How the church began.

WITNESS IN JERUSALEM – POWER OF THE CHURCH (Acts 1-2) Prologue: * Beginning a 5-week series on the book of Acts. * If you check the sermon titles of this series given to me, you would notice that the series is arranged under the headings: 1. Witness in Jerusalem, 2. Witness in Judea and ...read more

Denomination: Brethren

A Tale Of Seven Churches: Smyrna Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Feb 24, 2003

An eight part series concerning the Seven Churches of the Revelation and their relevance for us.

It happened 1848 years ago this very day. February 23, 155. His name was Polycarp and he was the bishop of the city of Smyrna. As a young man he had been a disciple of the Apostle John, but he was no longer a young man as a matter of fact he was eighty six years old. And February 23rd would be ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:8-11

Denomination: Wesleyan

Witness In Jerusalem – Progress Of The Church Series

Contributed by Paul Long on Feb 24, 2003

2nd part of 5 week series on ACTS: WITNESS IN JERUSALEM – PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH

WITNESS IN JERUSALEM – PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH (Acts 3-6) Introduction: Last we began our 5-week series on Acts where we saw that the Church began well under the topic: Witness in Jerusalem: power of the church (chap 1-2) This morning we continue with Witness in Jerusalem: progress of the church ...read more

Denomination: Brethren

What Is Missing In Our Church?

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Feb 26, 2003

How Jesus met what we needed to find God

What have we missed in our Church? What first comes to your mind when you hear the name Jesus? There is a story that is going around of a son of a pastor whose mother told him he needed to go was his hands because they were covered with germs. He had heard this before. Not wanting to go wash he ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Denomination: Wesleyan

A Tale Of Seven Churches: Pergamum Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Mar 5, 2003

This is the third in an eight part series on the seven churches of the Revelation

It was the third of seven. The city of Pergamum, or Pergamos as it is called by some translations (It’s the same name simply the masculine and feminine forms) didn’t have the beauty of Smyrna nor the commerce of Ephesus however it was still a great city in it’s own right, a city of culture and ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:12-17

Denomination: Wesleyan