get together presenation 1 october 2009
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Thursday 1 October 2009
Get Together
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What is church?
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What church isn’t
• Not a building• Not a show for entertainment• Not a Sunday morning service• Not a place for doing religious stuff• Not an exclusive members-only club• Not only for the rich and educated• Not passive
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How much of contemporary church is Bible
based?
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What is church then?
Acts 2: 42-47
A group of believers of any size who are committed to one another in order to be
obedient to Jesus’ commands
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What is church then?
• What every we want it to be?• Whatever expression is appropriate for
the culture in which you find yourself?• Some basic and common elements• Acts 2: 42-47; 1 Corinthians 14: 26;
1 Timothy 3: 1-16
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Is the current style of church appropriate for
our contemporary
culture?
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FellowshipTe
ach
Men
tor
FamilySo
cial
ise Friend
Engage Transform
‘Simple’ Church Model
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‘Transform’ Group
• Small group of friends• Usually two, three or four people• Same sex ie group of men or of women• Commit to meet every week• For a minimum of one hour• Encourage each other as disciples of
Jesus
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Typical Meeting Agenda
• Confession of sin to one another• Bible reading – 20 to 30 chapter/ week• Discerning the word together• Prayer – for agreed ‘oikos’ list• Encourage deliberate discipleship• Integral part of daily lives and routines• Emphasise service in community
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FellowshipTe
ach
Men
tor
FamilySo
cial
ise Friend
Engage Transform
‘Simple’ Church Model
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FellowshipTe
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Men
tor
FamilySo
cial
ise Friend
Engage Transform
‘Simple’ Church Model
Cont
act
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FellowshipTe
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Men
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FamilySo
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Engage TransformInvolve
‘Simple’ Church Model
Cont
act
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FellowshipTe
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Men
tor
FamilySo
cial
ise Friend
Engage Transform
‘Simple’ Church Model
Com
mit
Involve
Cont
act
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Are you up for it?
Questions?
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Thursday 1 October 2009
Get Together