Focus on what your church does well. Add a worship service. Plant a church. Reinvent your Congregation. Read more at: 4 Options When Your Church Doesn’t Match the Community: see also www.disciplemaking.net
Here is an excellent audio (MP3) that will encourage you to make discipels as the mission of the church and the way God Glory is uniquely displayed in the church today. What Is the Mission of the Church?: “Posted by C.J. Mahaney Kevin DeYoung’s message “Rethinking the Mission of the Church” is the best I’ve heard on this topic, which is why I asked him to deliver it at the recent Sovereign Grace Pastors Conference. Kevin provides sharp theological discernment on this topic. In the conclusion of his message, Kevin said, So what is the mission of the church? The mission of the
Here is a good series on our tendency to engage in historical drift into liberalism: How churches lose the plot and go liberal , Part I How churches lose the plot and go liberal, Part II How churches lose the plot and go liberal , Part III How churches lose the plot and go liberal, Part IV see also www.disciplemaking.net
Beginning with Moses – BT Articles – Is the Church a House of Worship? An interview with Don Carson, by Tony Payne TP: What does the Bible say about what we call ‘worship’? DC: In large terms, I do agree with David Peterson (in his book Engaging With God) and others who have argued that the move from worship under the Old Covenant to the New, is the move from the temple-centred cultus of sacrifice and designated priesthood and high feasts and holy times, to a stance where worship under the New Covenant is bound up with the limitless extent
Pragmatism: Modernism Recycled: “(By John MacArthur) Is Pragmatism Really a Serious Threat? I am convinced that pragmatism poses precisely the same subtle threat to the church in our age that modernism represented nearly a century ago. Modernism was a movement that embraced higher criticism and liberal theology while denying nearly all the supernatural aspects of Christianity. But modernism did not first surface as an overt attack on orthodox doctrine. The earliest modernists seemed concerned primarily with interdenominational unity. They were willing to downplay doctrine for that goal, because they believed doctrine was inherently divisive and a fragmented church would become
Here is an encouraging article by Jim Elliff for pastors who may be struggling. What You CAN Do When Your Church is Failing: “by Jim Elliff You’re stuck. The church you once loved is now sliding downhill. Some are disgruntled, leadership is faltering, attendance is low, fellowship is almost non-existent, and interest in improvement is weak. Even the building reflects the neglect of dispassionate saints. What should you do? I realize the problem is systemic, but there are some things that may yet be done to revitalize the church. I’m not going to give you the main things (restoring regenerate
Howdy, Here is a good video on “Decision Making in the Local Church.” If you cannot see this video please just click the Title to view in on YouTube. see also www.disciplemaking.net
Is Church Membership Important?: see also www.disciplemaking.net
Here is a great article from Time in the Word ministry distinguishing beteeen the immediate purpose of the church to evangelize the lost, the intermediate purpose of the church is to stimulate one another to love and obedience and the ultimate purpose of the church is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. The Cycle of Church Growth by Philip M Way: Daily Scripture Reading – Acts 2 Verse of the Day – Ephesians 4:12 …for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ… Devotional Thoughts In the coming days
I appreciate much of this perspecive of evangelism and church life. Having served in a parachurch organization, I have always see Scripture placing the home of evangelism in the community life of the local church. I have been preaching and calling people to submit to the Bible alone (Sola Scriptura, not Sola Scriptura) as the authoirty for all of life, but it seems that people today are satisfied with a partial, truncated, and reductionistic Gospel that makes Evangelism into a huministic endever by defining the Gospel on their own authority. I see many local churchs today who claim to be
I am first of all a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ. I affirm Evangelical Christian beliefs as well as Gospel driven in philosophy of ministry. I am married to Ann and am raising 2 wonderful boys – Jonathan and Andrew. My purpose is to build disciplemaking disciples that are becoming fishers of men in fully displaying of God’s Glory in all things. Learn more