the challenge for the church 1 corinthians 9:19-23
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
The Challenge for theChurch
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
![Page 2: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
The Challenge for theChurch
• Church often has to be reactive to crises
• This is perhaps the most challenging time in American history for growing great families
• The church (our church) must be PROACTIVE
![Page 3: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Time
• Southern Baptist churches have had a similar format for many decades
• We have been “program based”
• We have a similar schedule
![Page 4: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Time
• Sunday– “Brotherhood” (1X month) early– Sunday School (9, 9:15, 9:30)– Worship (10:30; 10:45:11:00)– CT (5:00 or so) Youth and Children’s Choirs– Worship (6:00-6:30)
• Wednesday– Missions Programs; “Prayer Meeting”– Choir Practice
![Page 5: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Time
• THAT WAS 50 YEARS AGO
• What do we see today?
• We have kept the same format with a little rearrangement of the deck chairs
![Page 6: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Time
• The Result?
– We are not reaching the current generation
– We are not keeping up with the birth rate
– We are losing the ones we have
![Page 7: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Time
• Part of the reason is TIME
• The life pattern of the American family has changed; we have not adjusted and we are often trying to force families into models that do not work for them.
![Page 8: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Time
• What Can We Do?
– Study where they are and how we can help them
– Expand our format– Cut where necessary– Streamline
![Page 9: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Fragmentation
• We are ministering to a fragmented generation
– People growing up without wisdom of grandparents
– People with trust issues– People with ignorance regarding basic family
life (life skills)
![Page 10: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Fragmentation
• Blended families with their own set of problems
• We are following models of ministry that reflects an old context
• We segment our ministries (Titus 2:3-7)
![Page 11: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Fragmentation
• We need families together more when we are here
• We need to deliberately structure ministry so younger people can be around older people
![Page 12: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Dissonance
• There is discord in how families today put the faith together.
• They don’t see how faith and life fit together
• We don’t integrate well the whole picture for them.
![Page 13: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Dissonance
• That is one reason our families are not holding together in the faith.
• We must build models that give them the big picture; We must prepare them for assaults on their faith (apologetics)
![Page 14: The Challenge for the Church 1 Corinthians 9:19-23](https://reader035.vdocuments.mx/reader035/viewer/2022062301/5697bffa1a28abf838cc097f/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Dissonance
WE MUST HELP THEM SEE THE MISSION OF THE KINGDOM OF WHICH THEY ARE A PART