Session 2
Purpose
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind…Love
your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the
Prophets hang on these two commandments.
Matthew 22:37-40
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Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you; and , lo, I am with you
always, unto the end of the world. Amen
Matthew 28:19,20
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Is your church driven by
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Tradition
Finances
Programs
Personalities
Events
Seekers
Buildings
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According to Rick Warren,
for a church to be healthy
it must become a
Purpose-Driven Church.
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Five-Part Strategy to enable your
church to grow:
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Warmer through fellowship
Deeper through discipleship
Stronger through worship
Broader through ministry
Larger through evangelism (Invitational
ministry)
From Acts 2:42-47
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Make the shift from programs
to a people-building process and
Invitational Ministry.
God will build the church.
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Unless the driving force behind a
church is scriptural, the health and
growth of the church will never be
what God intended.
Strong churches are not built on
programs, personalities, or gimmicks.
They are built on the purposes of
God.
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Five purposes Christ ordained for the
church
• Love the Lord with all your heart: WorshipMagnify
• Love your neighbor as yourself: MinistryService
• Go and make disciples: Evangelism-Mission
• Baptizing them: Fellowship-belongMembership
• Teaching them to obey: Discipleship-Maturity
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The Promise
“Again, I tell you that if two of you on
earth agree about anything you ask
for, it will be done for you by my
Father in heaven. For where two or
three come together in my name,
there am I with them.” Matthew 18:19-20
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The Promise
Where two or three are gathered together
in my name, as touching one thing, behold,
there will I be in the midst of them; even so
am I in the midst of you.”
Doctrine & Covenants 6:15b
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The New Testament
Experience
 Acts 2:46-47
 Acts 5:42
 Acts 12:12-16
 Romans 16:5
 I Corinthians 16:19
 Colossians 4:15
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The Purpose
 Hebrews 10:23-25
 Ephesians 5:19-20
 Colossians 3:12-17
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The Purpose
And the church did meet together oft,
to fast and to pray, and to speak one
with another concerning the welfare
of their souls: and they did meet
together oft to partake of bread and
wine, in remembrance of the Lord
Jesus;
Moroni 6:6
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Small (Cell) Group Meeting
Agenda
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Food
Prayer
Good News
Activity
Prayers
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A Great Commitment
to the Great Commandment
and the Great Commission
will grow a Great Church!
Rick Warren The Purpose Driven Church pg 102
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