Sermons on Witness For The Church:

What Is The Church? Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Aug 11, 2007

This sermon is the first in a short series of messages on the church, and it examines what the church of Jesus Christ is.

Scripture For the next four weeks or so I would like to interrupt my series in Paul’s letter to the Romans and preach a short series of sermons on the church. I am doing so for the following reason. Over the course of this past year the Session of the Tampa Bay Presbyterian church has been ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

What Is The Church?

Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Jun 2, 2007

This was a sermon i preached 4 years back when i began serving at a new place of service as pastor.

1. We are called to be a confessing Church. V. 18, Jesus says it is “My Church” - My college BSU director would often correct our BSU President when he would say something about "My church"...he told him that it wasn’t "his church", it was Jesus’ church and He allowed him to serve there. Some ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20

Denomination: Baptist

What's A Church? Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 31, 2007

Exposition of 1 Peter 2:9-10

Text: 1 Peter 2:9-10 Title: What’s a Church and What’s It Supposed to do? Date/Place: LSCC, 8/28/05, AM I. INTRODUCTION A. Opening illustration: Tell about the other night at Gary’s house where we were looking at the different antiques on the wall, and him giving us a guess or two on each ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

Church Growth

Contributed by Leslie Sun on Feb 12, 2007

This is a teaching about how to grow a church. It is not based purely on personal experience and not based on others’ successful stories but based on a friend’s personal experience in growing a church with biblical principles and causes it to be still gro

Church Growth Church Growth is a very popular topic that even non-Christians heard of this term before. In the past, people looked to the west for examples of growing a church. Recently however, people shifted to the east as well for examples of church growth. In church growth, we should not copy ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Church Order

Contributed by Mike Gillett on Feb 28, 2007

Corinth has been long noted as a church with problems… and one of those problems was disruptions, disruptions during worship.

I read Warren Wiersbe exposition of this passage and some of the comments are from him and Richard Pratt, "Holman New Testament Commentary." I Cor. 11:1-16 "Church Order" He came shuffling in… the service had already begun… almost no one noticed him yet everyone noticed him. He smelled of B.O., ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Entertainment In The Church

Contributed by Donna Kazenske on Jun 22, 2007

The body of Christ loves to be entertained. If it doesn’t have a beat or doesn’t arouse our flesh, most of us don’t like it. We call it boring. Teenagers don’t know what to do with themselves when they go to church because they think it’s boring most of t

By: Donna Kazenske I went to a church service at a particular church a short time ago and was totally amazed at what I heard and saw. I have been to many church services throughout the years that were very similar to this one, but for some reason God opened up my spiritual eyes to see in a way ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: *other

Challenges For The Church

Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jun 22, 2007

This message was birthed out of a heart to evangelize our community for God.

Challenges for the Church by: Donny Granberry Acts 20:27-32 NIV For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God. 28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:27-32

Denomination: Assembly Of God

In A Kingdom Church Series

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jul 1, 2007

Why doesn’t the church look anything like the Kingdom Jesus spoke about? Here are a few things that need to change.

Dakota Community Church July 1, 2007 Kingdom of God IV In A Kingdom Church This morning I want to continue our series of messages about the differences between the “Kingdom of God” and its citizens and the “Kingdoms of this world” and their citizens. The focus this week will be on the local ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:5-12

Denomination: Mennonite

The Dying Church Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Oct 19, 2006

The church was dying and did not even know it.

INTRODUCTION  SLIDE #1  The greatest criticism of the Church today is that no one wants to persecute it: because there is nothing very much to persecute it about. -- George F. MacLeod, Leadership, Vol. 2, no. 4.  This statement could be the story of the church that we are ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

We Are The Church Series

Contributed by Bill Lyle on Oct 23, 2006

A Study in First Peter

I. The shift seems sudden, but the theme is the same. vss. 4-5 A. A shift from infants to stones vss. 2-3 verses vs. 4 The image changes but the theme is the same B. Notice the language: 1. Living stones vs. 4 (Christ) This is a paradox – stones have no life Adding the word living to this is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-8

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Faithful Church Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Oct 24, 2006

This church received good news from Jesus!

INTRODUCTION  SLIDE #1  We are now at letter number six of the seven letters.  This letter is written to a church that has done it right; this is a church that we would want to make sure we emulate.  This letter is written to the church at Philadelphia. The city was ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:7-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Is The Church? Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Nov 1, 2006

This sermon views the church as a Fellowship, a Family, a Body, and a Flock.

What Is The Church? “When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, ‘Who do men say that I, the son of man, am?’ So they said, ‘Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ He said to them, ‘But who do you say that I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Lost Church.

Contributed by Anthony Smith on Nov 7, 2006

In todays world we see many, Members, Clergy and Ministers, who have lost their first love and have gone after strange spirits. Many have lied, manipulated and deceived their congregations and each other.

The Lost Church. In the Times of the End. In todays world we see many, Members, Clergy and Ministers, who have lost their first love and have gone after strange spirits. Many have lied, manipulated and deceived their congregations ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:15-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Joseph Church

Contributed by Bill Burnett on Nov 8, 2006

An Old Testament paralell to what the church should look like

SEVEN MARKS OF A JOSEPH CHURCH Life of Joseph – Parallel to the church 1. A church that has grasped it prophetic destiny – Gen 37:5,7,10 2. A church that has successfully passed spiritual testings – Gen 50:20/ Ps 107:17-19 3- A church that has become a spiritual storehouse – Gen 41:56 4- A ...read more

Denomination: Foursquare

Portrait Of The Church Series

Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Nov 8, 2006

This is the first sermon in a series addressing the need for the Church to preserve its nature and purpose the way Christ intended it. This sermon speaks largely to the meaning of true fellowship.

PORTRAIT OF THE CHURCH Some of you may ask why I titled this study on Corinthians “Preserving the Church in a Pagan World”. You may even object to the word “preserving” as sounding too much like maintaining or holding out against the world when the Church should be boldly invading our world. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Denomination: Mennonite