PowerPoint Presentation: What will it take?
PowerPoint Presentation: Theology first before methodology As far as church planting is concerned…
PowerPoint Presentation: A church is a group of Saved People … …with a Single Purpose … …a Selfless Pursuit … …a Small-group Perspective … …and a Servant Posture … …who together are pursuing Steady Progress in the Lord… …until they become a Shining Proclamation of Christ wherever they are.
PowerPoint Presentation: A group of friends who gather regularly to learn how to live, love, and lead like Jesus.
PowerPoint Presentation: What will it take?
PowerPoint Presentation: One or more willing followers of Christ
PowerPoint Presentation: Any follower of Jesus can plant a simple church.
PowerPoint Presentation: Acts 13:2 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them .”
PowerPoint Presentation: Acts 11:20-21 20 Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus . 21 The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
PowerPoint Presentation: The power of God
PowerPoint Presentation: Romans 15:17-19 17 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. 18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done —
PowerPoint Presentation: Romans 15:17-19 — 19 by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
PowerPoint Presentation: Prayer and the Word of God
PowerPoint Presentation: Acts 6:3-4 3 Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 4 and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”
PowerPoint Presentation: Acts 6:7 7 So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly , and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.
PowerPoint Presentation: A simple strategy
PowerPoint Presentation: Luke 10:1-12 1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go .
PowerPoint Presentation: Luke 10:1-12 2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field .
PowerPoint Presentation: Luke 10:1-12 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
PowerPoint Presentation: Luke 10:1-12 5 “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6 If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you .
PowerPoint Presentation: Luke 10:1-12 7 Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
PowerPoint Presentation: Luke 10:1-12 8 “When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you .’
PowerPoint Presentation: Luke 10:1-12 10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near .’
PowerPoint Presentation: Luke 10:1-12 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
PowerPoint Presentation: What will it take?
PowerPoint Presentation: One or more willing followers of Christ
PowerPoint Presentation: The power of God
PowerPoint Presentation: Prayer and the Word of God
PowerPoint Presentation: A simple strategy
PowerPoint Presentation: If you’re willing to obey God can use you today As far as church planting is concerned…