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A Church that Equips for Ministry

A Church that Equips for Ministry. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength…Love your neighbor as yourself...” (Mark 12:30–31, NIV) . A Church that Equips for Ministry.

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A Church that Equips for Ministry

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  1. A Church that Equips for Ministry “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength…Love your neighbor as yourself...” (Mark 12:30–31, NIV)

  2. A Church that Equips for Ministry “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you…” (Matthew 28:19–20, NIV)

  3. A Church that Equips for Ministry Our aim is to be a church that… Exalts Christ Encourages Friendships Evangelizes the Lost Edifies for Growth Equips for Ministry

  4. A Church that Equips for Ministry “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45, NIV)

  5. A Church that Equips for Ministry “…got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.” (John 13:4-5, NIV)

  6. A Church that Equips for Ministry “A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for the student to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master…” (Matt. 10:24-25, NIV)

  7. A Church that Equips for Ministry “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.” (Luke 9:23, NIV)

  8. A Church that Equips for Ministry 2 Steps to Servanthood: Prioritize Servanthood Prepare for Servanthood

  9. A Church that Equips for Ministry “…clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” (Col. 3:12, 14 NIV)

  10. A Church that Equips for Ministry “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34-35 NIV)

  11. A Church that Equips for Ministry “For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:10 NIV)

  12. A Church that Equips for Ministry Important Truth: We are saved to serve.

  13. A Church that Equips for Ministry 3 Results of Christian Service: God’s Love is Seen “…Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love.” (John 13:1, NIV)

  14. A Church that Equips for Ministry 3 Results of Christian Service: 2. Our Character is Tested

  15. A Church that Equips for Ministry 3 Results of Christian Service: 3. God is Glorified “Dear friends, God is good. So I beg you to offer your bodies to him as a living sacrifice, pure and pleasing. That's the most sensible way to serve God.” (Romans 12:1, CEV)

  16. A Church that Equips for Ministry 4 Implications for FBC: We are Called to Service We must Prepare for Service We must Serve while we Can We must Depend on the Lord

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