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  • Ron Ferguson avatar

    Dealing With Tensions And Conflicts In Churches And Church Organisations - Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 16, 2024
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    Our study continues with a few serious matters. The place of PRIDE and GOSSIP is opened up, plus some thoughts on MONEY; and the way some like to dominate others. They all cause tensions in churches. Faithful, honest preaching is vital to reduce potential conflicts.

    DEALING WITH TENSIONS AND CONFLICTS IN CHURCHES AND CHURCH ORGANISATIONS – PRACTICAL EXAMINATION AND SUGGESTIONS – PART 2 Last time we began a list of issues that I have seen over my lifetime that can cause tensions and conflicts in the church. In this second message we continue that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Too Good To Be True

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Jul 31, 2005
    based on 57 ratings
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    The church is a place of change.

    TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE Acts 5:12-16 S: Miracles C: God brings change Pr: THE CHURCH IS A PLACE OF CHANGE. Type: Narrative, Inductive PA: How is the change to be observed? • Be a place of change. • Be a place where lives are made better. • Live up to our potential instead of settling. Version: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Culturally-Relevant Church Series

    Contributed by Bob Hostetler on Jul 11, 2001
    based on 114 ratings
     | 6,374 views

    Casting the vision for a culturally relevant, twenty-first century church

    The Catalytic Church: The Culturally-Relevant Church Scripture Reading: Acts 17:16-34 Dave and Diane had just moved, because of Dave’s job, to the small town of Catoosa, Oklahoma. The young couple had been struggling in many ways before, but the move made things worse. Diane had no ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Is Church? The Meeting Series

    Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Nov 29, 2012
     | 4,335 views

    We are a people group whose essential business is to love others as Jesus loved us and who routinely come together to share faith, enjoy testimony and most importantly pray with confidence, boldness and power. We are the people group of Jesus Christ and

    Two weeks ago we introduced the question, “What is church?” and we started with the first part of the answer, which is, “the church is a people group.” Last week we continued to ask the same question, “What is church?” and we added to the answer, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    I Will Be A Servant In The Church Series

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Mar 10, 2007
    based on 45 ratings
     | 8,973 views

    I preached this sermon at the oridnation of three deacons, but directed more as a charge to the church to be servants as well. We are all called to serve and sometimes we need to take off our bibs and put on our aprons.

    “I Will Be A Servant in the Church” Introduction: Today, we have ordained three men into the position of deacon. Many times as events like this take place we fail to catch and see the meaning of what is taking place. First of all, it is important that we understand that word “ordain” simple ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Church Of My Dreams

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 9, 2009
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    The church as God intended it will be affirmative of one another’s gifts, evangelical in spirit, inquiring in mind, comprehensive in compassion, and empowered by Christ.

    I have two requests to make of you this morning as we continue. Two things I need for you to do: First, I am going to ask our ushers to distribute a little document that I have prepared for you. It is something of an outline of today’s message, but it is also a starter kit for your vision of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pergamos: The Compromising Church

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on May 17, 2009
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     | 34,396 views

    Like Pergamos, today’s church seems to keep only a moderate distance from the world, but both the world AND the church are moving downhill in tandem, and further away from Jesus. Link inc. to formatted text, audio/video, PowerPoint.

    Pergamos: The Compromising Church Rev. 2:12-17 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/Pergamos.html [map] Before 1974, there was a huge portion of land in the northern part of Australia that belonged to the superstitious Aborigines. That land was covered w/ green ants. The Aborigines believed that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Church: The Body Of Christ

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jul 28, 2018
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    This sermon is from a sermon series entitled, "What We Believe." In this study we look at how the church is the body of Christ, and exactly what that means, looks like, and entails.

    What We Believe The Church: The Body of Christ As we continue through our series on what we as Christians say we believe in, we’ll be looking at a number of different doctrines, or teachings, of the church. And it is my hope that everyone will not only grow in their understanding, but also in ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    It's Our Church Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Mar 12, 2015
     | 6,689 views

    When phrases like "At my church..." or "I was at her church and..." remain unchallenged, they fill our sub-consciences and begin to subtly affect our attitude about the church.

    “Cross Currents: It’s Our Church” Colossians 1:18-29 “At our church…” “Well my church…” “I was at Swindoll’s church and…” “She was saying that at her church…” Familiar phrases – ones we’ve ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Church, God's Family

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Sep 16, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,884 views

    This message looks at what it means to be the family of God

    The Church, The Family of God Over the past couple of years the media has made having a hay day with the news that fewer and fewer Canadians are attending church on any giving Sunday. They cite statistics that as a people Canadians seem to be becoming more spiritual, that is they pray more and ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    The Cost Of Church Growth

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Sep 9, 2012
     | 5,827 views

    We all want our churches to grow but are we aware of what that will cost and are we willing to pay the price

    It’s funny but in church life we often have a few different “Brand New Years”. The first Sunday in January we celebrate the “New Year” with the rest of Canada often with a sermon on forgetting the past and looking ahead to what God has in store for us. At Cornerstone ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Christopher Arch avatar

    3 Admonitions For The Church

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on May 4, 2024
     | 594 views

    Series from I Thessalonians 5

    Title: 3 Admonitions for the Body. Script: I Thes. 5:19-22 Type: Expository Where: GNBC 5-5-24 Intro: What should I do? We ask ourselves this question a lot, from eating breakfast in the morning (“What should I eat?”) to driving to the store (“What road should I take?”) to choosing a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Happened To Chapter 29? Series

    Contributed by James Lee on Nov 4, 2014
     | 3,933 views

    After praying for guidance God led me to Pastor Jerry Shirley's Acts series and the messages in this series has been revised to fit the circumstances we have been facing at EBC.

    What Happened to Acts Chapter 29, pt. 1 Acts 1:1 Turn in your Bibles to Acts 29: 1 [no such chapter!] You’ll notice there are only 28 chapters…but I wonder if you have ever noticed how the book of Acts ends. READ Could this really be the end? Is there or should there be more? The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Church That Glorifies God - Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Feb 9, 2015
    based on 7 ratings
     | 17,038 views

    Part 2 of a Church that glorifies God

    A Church that Glorifies God - 2 A Church that Glorifies God… Recognizes God’s Blessings – Acts 5:12-16 Relies on God’s Direction – Acts 5:17-32 Rejoices in Suffering for God’s Name – Acts 5:33-42 Slide Negatives This past week we had a few tough ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    An Unstoppable Force Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 8, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 13,916 views

    God heals, puts us in conflict situations, and invites us to NOT fight against Him but rather join His unstoppable force.

    An Unstoppable Force: Experiencing Biblical Community Acts 5:12-42 Intro: Have you ever been in a situation where doing the right thing was going to get you in trouble? Where you had a choice, and it was clear which option was right, and it was also clear that if you did that thing, there was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist