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Spiritual Formation is Corporate Formation

Spiritual Formation is Corporate Formation. Our Corporate Narrative James W. Thompson Sermon Seminar 2014. Phil. 1:3-11: Where are we going?.

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Spiritual Formation is Corporate Formation

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  1. Spiritual Formation is Corporate Formation Our Corporate Narrative James W. Thompson Sermon Seminar 2014

  2. Phil. 1:3-11: Where are we going? • With our changing times, it is appropriate that we ask where this church is going. We face cultural shifts, demographic shifts, etc. Where do we want to be in a decade? Two decades? A generation from now? Five and ten year plans are common at the work place. But what about the church?

  3. The church stands in the middle of a story that is not yet complete. • Stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. • In Phil. 1:3-11 Paul speaks of the God who “began a good work among you and will bring it to completion. • It is a corporate story, not the story of individuals. • The Philippian church (and ours) had a beginning and a history until this moment; God has been at work.

  4. The church stands in the middle of a story that is not yet complete. • We stand in the middle of the story, looking backward and forward, just as Paul did when he wrote to the Philippians. • God will bring our story to completion. • “That your love may abound more and more” • That “you may approve the better things” (i.e., to become more ethical, how better priorities). • “Filled with the fruit of righteousness” • Where is this church going? It is being shaped into the image of Christ.

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