EPISODE · Jan 14, 2024 · 32 MIN
The Future of the Church | Future Church | Week 1
from Grace Church Sermons · host Grace Church
Some Shifts in our Church Remodel: Less attraction more mission. Less big more small. Less new more old. Less telling more training. Less counting attendance more counting discipleship outcomes.Less slick more authentic. Less performance more presence. Less noise more space. Less solo more family. Why Change? The Internal Problem: We’ve replaced discipleship with assimilation.The external problem: Christianity is in crisis in America. Cascading SendingGod sends Jesus. (John 3:17) God and Jesus send the Spirit. (John 15:26-27)God, Jesus, and the Spirit send us (John 20:21-22)God, Jesus, and the Spirit send the Church. (Matthew 28:18-20)John 17:14-19The old slogan: Christians should be IN the world but not OF the world. 2 Problems: the wrong WORDthe wrong ORDERA better slogan: Christians are not OF the world, but have been sent INTO the world.
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Some Shifts in our Church Remodel: Less attraction more mission. Less big more small. Less new more old. Less telling more training. Less counting attendance more counting discipleship outcomes.Less slick more authentic. Less performance more presence. Less noise more space. Less solo more family. Why Change? The Internal Problem: We’ve replaced discipleship with assimilation.The external problem: Christianity is in crisis in America. Cascading SendingGod sends Jesus. (John 3:17) God and Jesus send the Spirit. (John 15:26-27)God, Jesus, and the Spirit send us (John 20:21-22)God, Jesus, and the Spirit send the Church. (Matthew 28:18-20)John 17:14-19The old slogan: Christians should be IN the world but not OF the world. 2 Problems: the wrong WORDthe wrong ORDERA better slogan: Christians are not OF the world, but have been sent INTO the world.
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