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On Mission: Worship

Providence Bible Church's mission is to worship God in Spirit and Truth, grow in knowledge through discipleship and fellowship, serve one another and the community, and share the gospel.

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On Mission: Worship

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  1. On Mission: Worship Matthew 22:37-40

  2. Providence Bible Church exists to: • WorshipGod in Spirit and Truth • Growin knowledge through discipleship and fellowship • Serveone another and the community • Sharethe gospel.

  3. A mission statement answers the question: What are the main priorities of a church?

  4. Benefits of a Mission Statement • A mission statement keeps you focused on what is important. • A mission statement keeps you balanced • A mission statement is an evaluation tool.

  5. What is Worship? Worship is an expression of reverence or adoration to the Lord

  6. What is Worship? Worship is an expression of reverence or adoration to the Lord OR “Worship is the reverential response of creation to the all-encompassing magnificence of God.” Lexham Theological Wordbook

  7. What is Worship? Worship is an expression of reverence or adoration to the Lord “Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?” Exodus 15:11

  8. True worship is the response of the heart to revelation of God. “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!” Romans 11:33

  9. Worship And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:37

  10. Music is not the beginning of worship, it is the end of it.

  11. “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” Romans 12:1

  12. “Truth is always at the heart of authentic worship. Every kind of enthusiasm or emotion that is not inseparably linked to the truth is ultimately meaningless.” Worship: The Ultimate Priority

  13. Priorities • Faithful Preaching

  14. “Word and worship belong indissolubly to each other. All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His Name. Therefore acceptable worship is impossible without preaching. For preaching is making known the Name of the Lord, and worship is praising the Name of the Lord made known…” Between Two Worlds by John Stott

  15. “Our worship is poor because our knowledge of God is poor, and our knowledge of God is poor because our preaching is poor…” Between Two Worlds by John Stott

  16. “But when the Word of God is expounded in its fullness, and the congregation begin to glimpse the glory of the living God, they bow down in solemn awe and joyful wonder before His throne. It is preaching which accomplishes this, the proclamation of the Word of God in the power of the Spirit of God. That is why preaching is unique and irreplaceable.” Between Two Worlds by John Stott

  17. Priorities • Faithful Preaching • Passionate Worship

  18. Providence Bible Church exists to: • WorshipGod in Spirit and Truth • Growin knowledge through discipleship and fellowship • Serveone another and the community • Sharethe gospel.

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