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Building Christian Community. Small Group Ministry in Today’s Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Building Christian Community. SESSION TWO LIFE-CHANGING SMALL GROUPS: SOME DEFINITIONS. Building relationships between believers
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Building Christian Community Small Group Ministry in Today’s Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Building Christian Community SESSION TWO LIFE-CHANGING SMALL GROUPS: SOME DEFINITIONS
Building relationships between believers Building relationships with those outside the family circle Small Groups: Designed to Develop Kingdom Community
OHP 1.1 Building a church without walls
In the Minds of Many People… ...the building is the “church”
The Truth Is... …the people are the church!
The Effective Cell or Small Group Is… (1)…holistic It’s a small number of people (3-12) who meet together for Bible study to: • grow in their relationship with God • grow in their relationship with each other • reach out to share what they have with others
Christ’s Holistic Community Worship Evangelism Service Edification Spiritual Warfare Bible Study Discipleship Fellowship
A Small Group Mission Statement “To connect people relationally in groups for the purpose of growing in Christ-likeness, loving one another, and contributing to the work of the church, in order to glorify God and make disciples of all nations.”
The Effective Small Group is… (2)...the Basic Building Block of the Church
What the Cell is to the Body... …the small group is to the church
(3) …interactive Not the same as preaching Not the same as teaching Everyone learns from everyone else The Effective Small Group is...
The Effective Small Group is... Holistic Small Group Support Sub-Group Study Sub-Group JESUS IN CENTRE Task Sub-Group Leadership sub-group (4)… a basic Christian community
A Small Group Church is Like a Two-Winged Bird Corporate Wing (large) Community Wing (small)
Overall Coordination Celebration Worship Teaching the Word Unity of the Body Resourcing ministry Supporting Leaders Reaching the World Public Evangelism Financial Oversight Corporate Wing Functions: Corporate Wing (large)
Abiding in Christ Body Life Fellowship Edification of the Body Equipping the Saints Ministry to the hurting Witnessing to the lost Community Wing Functions • Care of the “new babies”! • Mutual accountability • Application of the Word • Leadership development • Leadership co-ordination • Prayer mobilization Community Wing (small)
Small Group Ministry Is Not Simply One of Many Programs
It’s a System for a People-Centred & Community-Based Ministry
And a Small Group Church is Not a Collection of Independent House Churches
It’s a structure which connects people with people in order to release the power of the available ministry in your church
The Small Group Church Provides a System… MOTHER CHURCH Essential Departments …through which departments support the ministry of the groups
Every member in ministry Cost effective Exponential growth Faithfulness in stewardship Holistic ministry Continuous harvesting Small Groups: not Just a Good Idea, but a GOD idea
Building Christian Community Small Group Ministry in Today’s Seventh-Day Adventist Church