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August 2024 Sermon Series

August 4: Abide in Christ (John 15:1-14) and Rooted and growing up in Christ (Col 2:6-7)

Big picture: Know spiritual gifts, and passions, identify opportunities to exercise gifts.

Paul describes these gifts/offices within a local church. I believe that this, too, provides a basis of definition of Success for a local church; are we hearing from our apostles and prophets? Are we releasing and equipping our evangelists? Are we raising up and supporting our shepherds/pastors? Are we giving opportunities for our teachers?

August 11: Vision (being defined as ‘preferred future’) Unity and maturity (Eph 4:3-6 and 13-16)

August 18: Using MBC’s vision statement as a starting point, what are we to do? or more precisely, how are we to do it? Through gifted men and women: 5-fold gifting of the church (written for especially leadership, but not exclusively): Ephesians 4:11-12. Some of these help “community of Christ” (pastor, teacher)

August 25: Some help “sharing Christ with communities (apostle, prophet, evangelist)