Church Growth
Every member of your congregation wants your church to grow. In this group of lessons we will review the basics of church growth principles along with practical ideas to help churches grow according to God's Word.
32 sermons
Religious Education
How many people here went to Catholic school as children? I ask this because I want to see how many people here today can relate to my own experience growing up in Montreal and going to Catholic school. One of the features of my early education was the presence of religious training.
Growing Pains
When I was, 25 years old, I was 6 foot 2. I'm shorter now for some reason, but must've included my hair in those days, but I was 6 foot 2, and I weighed £100 and about £38. That's skinny, it used to...
The Half-Full Church
Wonderful day. What a great day. A blessed day. Had a wonderful I I want to think that every worship service is wonderful because we worship a wonderful God. God's always the same. His people are not...
Miracle Grow
It's springtime, planting time, farming time, and, makes me, think of, or rather, provides a good introduction to the lesson this morning. And one of the ideas of that lesson, and that is one of the ads...
The Cost of Church Growth
Wanna thank, a lot of people, did a lot of work to prepare for this special day. Of course, the Howells are out there, I think they're still at the park. Overnight, as a matter of fact, cooking I don'...
The Counterfeit Church
One of the, basic tenets of Christianity is that of faith. We talked about faith. I talked this morning, in our Psalms class. We studied the 23rd Psalm. We talked about faith following after the Lord....
Proverbs 14:15
Small Beginnings
Like you to open your bibles to the book of Zechariah. Book of Zechariah in the old testament. I'll let you find it because we're gonna be preaching out of this particular text this morning, so we'll...
Zechariah 4:1-10
Characteristics of Church
Christ, we have always held to the principle that the Bible contains the inspired teachings, the inspired inferences, the inspired examples necessary to provide us with patterns that would guide us in...
It's Our Turn
Discover the transformative role awaiting each of us as we take on the responsibility to live and share the message of faith for future generations.
The Dream Church
A lot of things happen at this time of year. A lot of things going on on TV. Beginning or end of the season, of various sports, I think a lot of us were disappointed that our favorite son, favorite football...
A Welcome Mat Church
Spend a couple of weeks talking about the plans that we have for the future, as you know. And you saw the the plans that Dave has drawn up, based on a lot of suggestions and ideas that came from various...
Realizing the Vision
The last couple of weeks, the elders and I have presented to you the vision that we have for 1997, such as it is such as a vision that we may have that God has granted us. And I'd like to review some...
The Growth Bug
Well, last week, this week, you know, sometimes you get into a series without even knowing it. I preached a lesson last week and then decided I had more I wanted to say on the subject. And then, so I...