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How to Build a Contagious Church

How to Build a Contagious Church. What will keep people here?. Building a Contagious Church. 101 Ways to Build a Contagious Church. Contagious. “Communicable by contact; catching – spreading from one to another” We call it evangelism – but it is contagious spreading from one to another

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How to Build a Contagious Church

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  1. How to Build a Contagious Church What will keep people here?

  2. Building a Contagious Church 101 Ways to Build a Contagious Church

  3. Contagious • “Communicable by contact; catching – spreading from one to another” • We call it evangelism – but it is contagious spreading from one to another • Who spread the message that changed the world? • – Acts 8:1-4 • Where were the apostles? Scott McCown

  4. To Build a Contagious Church: • We Must Connect People with Jesus and His Word • Acts 4 (Peter before the Sanhedrin) • Concerning the lame man of Acts 3 • Peter preached that the man was healed because of Jesus • Key is Acts 4:13 • Bold, Unlearned, Ignorant – yet they had been with Jesus Scott McCown

  5. To Build a Contagious Church . . . We Must Be Contagious Leaders Scott McCown

  6. How to Build a Great Church • Gen 11:6 – Four Lessons from Babel about Building a Contagious Church • First, the people are ONE – Unity • Second, the people have one language – TRUTH • Third, the people “begin to do” – Work • Fourth, the people had a purpose - Dream Scott McCown

  7. To Build a Contagious Church • We Must Show We Care About People • Practice the MMFINA Principle • Make • Me • Feel • Important • Needed, and • Accepted Scott McCown

  8. To Build a Contagious Church • We Must Set Worthy Goals • Abraham looked for a city whose builder and maker was God. • What Was Moses’ goal for the Children of Israel? • What was Jesus goal (were His goals) while on earth? Scott McCown

  9. Building a Contagious Church • Connect People with Jesus / Word • Be Contagious Leaders • Be United not Untied • Demonstrate Concern for People • Set Worthy Goals • Work TOGETHER for God’s Glory Scott McCown

  10. Working Together • Choose one of the following: • $1,000/day next month, or • $0.01 on first day, .02 second day, .04 third day, .08 fourth day for 31 days? • Which did you choose? Scott McCown

  11. Working Together • Which one? • $1,000/day = $31,000 • Double pennies = $10,737,417 • How does this apply to being CONTAGIOUS? Scott McCown

  12. Working Together • If we would double in conversions • 200 this year • 400 next year • 800 the following year • If we grew by ten and double each year? • 10 in in year one = 175 • 20 in in year two = 195 • 40 in year three = 235 . . . Scott McCown

  13. Working Together • The word is “Synergy” • The simultaneous action of separate agencies which, together, have greater effect than the sum of their individual parts. • More gets done when we work together. • 2 Tim 2:2 Scott McCown

  14. Working Together • 1885 Worlds Fair • Mule Team Competition in Chicago • Winning team pulled 9,000 lbs • 2nd place team a little less • Total pulling separately nearly 18,000 lbs • Teamed together they pulled 31,000 lbs Scott McCown

  15. Working Together • Ecc 4:9-12 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. (10) For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! (11) Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? (12) And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him--a threefold cord is not quickly broken. (ESV) Scott McCown

  16. Building a Contagious Church • Connect People with Jesus / Word • Be Contagious Leaders • Be United not Untied • Demonstrate Concern for People • Set Worthy Goals • Work TOGETHER for God’s Glory Scott McCown

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