#2 in a series devoted to sending churches. The content of this post is adapted from BMW’s 6-hour apoLuo workshop. Numbered articles are intended to be read sequentially for maximum benefit. (This article originally posted in 2012 and is being republished for new readers that may have missed it–Editor). Did your parents ever ask you,…
#1 in a series devoted to sending churches. The content of this post is adapted from BMW’s 6-hour apoLuo workshop. Numbered articles are intended to be read sequentially for maximum benefit. (This article originally posted in 2013 and is being published again for new readers that may have missed it.–Editor.) That’s apo-luo, not apo-luau. No…
Can you quote the mission statement for your church? You are way above the average church member if you can. The most foundational declaration about your church is the purpose statement (or, mission statement). This one sentence explains “WHY” your church exists. Everything else your church does should be built on this statement. Every…
The Christian life is (or at least should be) a contented life. All needs, desires, and ambitions are satisfied by the Lord Jesus Christ. The prevailing thought, though, is that Christians are not content enough in their relationship to God through Christ because if they were, there would be no need to find sufficiency in…
Note: This is the last of seven articles on becoming a sending church that started with “Cancel the Missions Program”. A third “domino pusher” is the people in the church. The entire congregation can get involved. There is a tendency to view the “call” into ministry as a solo act. Our independent spirit views going…
Note: This is the sixth of seven articles on becoming a sending church that started with “Cancel the Missions Program”. A previous post (Pushing Dominoes 8/16/17) used the metaphor of falling dominoes for preparing and sending out a missionary and the first person who could push a domino to start the process is the family….
Note: This is the fifth of seven articles on becoming a sending church that started with “Cancel the Missions Program”. In Romans 10:13 we read that “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved”. Paul then presents a row of dominos that must fall for this to happen. “How then will…
Note: This is the fourth of seven articles on becoming a sending church that started with “Cancel the Missions Program”. Centripetal force is the opposite of centrifugal force which pushes things outward. Churches have a natural tendency that is centripetal. Instead of thrusting outward it which draws toward the center. The natural tendency for churches…
Note: This is the third of seven articles on becoming a sending church that started with “Cancel the Missions Program”. What, therefore, is the purpose of the church? However you word your answer, the Great Commission (Matthew 28;19-20) is at the core and this includes making disciples BOTH locally and around the world. The local…
Note: This is the second of seven articles on becoming a sending church that started with “Cancel the Missions Program”. At the core of this discussion is the doctrine of ecclesiology. Since that is a huge topic, it is the intent of this article to address only the issue of the purpose of the church….