Sermons About Church-growth
Charis Life: Growth (Part 2 of 2)
The topic of church growth often assumes a horizontal or vertical focus. Horizontal growth usually involves the number of people coming to your church. And, it's assumed bigger is better. Vertical growth tends to focus on each individual and their relationship with God to the exclusion of the rest of the church. In our second message of a 2-part series on life at Charis, we explore what it means to grow as a community and the impact that can have on both horizontal and vertical growth.
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Vision of PBC - Raising the risk level
What is God calling PBC to be? Here, Pastor Wayne begins our special three week series and reminds us all of what we're here for.
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The Roots of Our Church
HOW the church grows is just as important THAT the church grows. Luke gives us four indispensable elements of a biblical church.
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Interview with Mark Allen Combs
In this Treasure the Word Podcast, Matthew Perry interviews Mark Combs, pastor of the Salem Baptist Church, Salem, KY.
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Being Built Up As A Spiritual House - 1 Peter 2:4-10
How is the church built up? We find part of of the answer in this scripture passage.
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Enlarging the tent - leaders day 2006
In this teaching, Wayne shares from the heart about the vision of PBC to the leaders on a special leaders day in 2006.
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The Hungry Church
Part of CityWest Church’s Vision: A force demonstrating morality, integrity and purity. Understanding our position in Christ, we live committed to honouring God. People that please Him and are evidence of God’s blessings upon those that are in full submission to Him. A Bride fit for the King.
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The Influential Church
"We should not underestimate the significance of the small group of people who have a new vision of a just and gentle world. The quality [or the standards] of a culture can be changed when 2 percent of its people have a new vision." Robert Bellah – Sociologist
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The Huge and Gigantic Church
“God, I see a church that is Huge numerically and Gigantic Spiritually.”
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Don't Look a Gift Morse in the Mouth
Most churches and many pastor’s for that matter believe that the pastor is the one responsible for building the church. He is the chief servant, missionary, trustee, visitor, etc. This being the case, most pastors resort to the ‘whatever works’ mentality. If my paycheck depends on people coming in and the appearance of numerical growth then I will do whatever it takes. I have been asked to kiss a pig, cut my hair off, and preach from the roof of the building. I know of churches that give away cars, offer week-long vacations, cash prizes, and various other enticements in order to ‘build’ the numbers in the church. That is not what we see here.
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