the definition of the church part 1

The Center for New Testament Church Development ONLINE TRAINING MODULES:

Committed to restoring first century values and structure to the 21 st Century Church The Center for New Testament Church Development ONLINE TRAINING MODULES Kingdom Word Publications 978-0-9712916-0-9 Available at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.com, Christian Book Stores and this website!

Training Module 1.1 Understanding the Definition of New Testament Church :

Training Module 1.1 Understanding the Definition of New Testament Church The Definition The Values The Kingdom Mandate Chapter 4: The Definition, The Values and the Kingdom Mandate Chapter 11: The Values of the New Testament Church Chapter 13: The Kingdom Mandate

A Summary of the Definition, the Values and the Kingdom Mandate:

A Summary of the Definition, the Values and the Kingdom Mandate The DEFINITION The VALUES The KINGDOM MANDATE It describes WHAT the church is - more than what it does The values reveal the CULTURE of the church The Kingdom Mandate is the sole mission of the church

The Definition of the New Testament Church:

The Definition of the New Testament Church The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers, committed to the Kingdom Mandate, who gather one or more times each week under the Headship of Jesus Christ; who are submitted to each other in love; who support each other’s on-going work of being and making disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ; who edify, exhort and comfort one another; who submit and relate to elders, ministry gifts and apostolic leaders; who participate in planting and supporting new assemblies of believers to do the same with their prayers, time, finances and material resources.

8 Key things in the definition that help you discover the New Testament Church…:

8 Key things in the definition that help you discover the New Testament Church… The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers Committed to the Kingdom Mandate Who gather one or more times each week… Who are submitted to each other in love Who support each other’s discipling… Who edify, exhort and comfort one another Who submit and relate to leadership Who participate in planting and supporting new assemblies…

1. The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers…:

1. The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers… Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill (Matthew 5:17)

1. The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers…:

1. The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers… But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. Deuteronomy 8:3

1. The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers…:

1. The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers… The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. Luke 4:18-19 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, … Isaiah 61:1-3

1. The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers…:

1. The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers… A New Testament Church models the VALUES PRINCIPLES PRACTICES Taught and demonstrated by Jesus Christ The Founding Apostles and the first century believers…

1. The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers…:

1. The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers… The apostles often referred to Old Testament text to teach, make decisions and explain their activities Embracing the New Testament is not at the exclusion of the Old Testament Our guide is the whole counsel of scripture from Genesis to Revelation

1. The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers…:

1. The New Testament Church is an assembly of believers… All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. (2Timothy 3:16-17)