Northland Church
Empowered: Band of Brothers Becomes the Bands of Brothers: Multiplying Mission Efforts through Disagreements
A message from Senior Pastor Josh Laxton
Locations & Times
Northland Church
522 Dog Track Rd, Longwood, FL 32750, USA
Saturday 5:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
Welcome to Northland!
Northland Church exists to glorify God as we participate in His mission of redeeming a people from all peoples by engaging neighbors and nations to be fully alive in King Jesus through the power of the Spirit.
NorthlandChurch.net
Northland Church exists to glorify God as we participate in His mission of redeeming a people from all peoples by engaging neighbors and nations to be fully alive in King Jesus through the power of the Spirit.
NorthlandChurch.net
What's Current
NIGHT OF WORSHIP (N.O.W.)
Sunday, March 3 at 6:30 P.M. in The Rink
Bring a heart of expectation to our first Night of Worship of 2024. Experience this intimate gathering "in the round" with our church family, as we worship and seek the Lord together!
SIGN UP FOR SERVE DAY!
Saturday, March 9
Sign up for a project today. Serve inside and outside the walls of the church!
Sign up online at NorthlandChurch.net/ServeDay.
HOLY WEEK SERVICE TIMES
Good Friday Service - March 29 at 7 P.M.
Easter Celebrations - Saturday, March 30 at 5 P.M. and Sunday, March 31 at 9 and 11 A.M.
Sunday, March 3 at 6:30 P.M. in The Rink
Bring a heart of expectation to our first Night of Worship of 2024. Experience this intimate gathering "in the round" with our church family, as we worship and seek the Lord together!
SIGN UP FOR SERVE DAY!
Saturday, March 9
Sign up for a project today. Serve inside and outside the walls of the church!
Sign up online at NorthlandChurch.net/ServeDay.
HOLY WEEK SERVICE TIMES
Good Friday Service - March 29 at 7 P.M.
Easter Celebrations - Saturday, March 30 at 5 P.M. and Sunday, March 31 at 9 and 11 A.M.
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Giving fuels the life change we see every day at Northland!
https://pushpay.com/g/northlandchurch(Sometimes) God prompts leaders to split over sharp disagreements about strategy that multiplies mission efforts.
(Sometimes) God allows for disappointments that develop
us for later duties.
(Sometimes) God allows for disappointments that develop
us for later duties.
1. Leaders can both be right, and their rightness can cause a rift in the partnership and thus a multiplication of ministry and mission.
Who’s right? They both are.
How? This is not a matter of church unity but of a missional strategy to fulfill a missional purpose.
How? This is not a matter of church unity but of a missional strategy to fulfill a missional purpose.
Paul wanted someone dependable.
Barnabas saw someone to develop.
Barnabas saw someone to develop.
- Personalities of Leaders
- Purpose of the Mission/Project
- People you need on the Team
- Purpose of the Mission/Project
- People you need on the Team
“Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.”
(Possibly Job Title: Missionary Discipleship Catalysts)
(Possibly Job Title: Missionary Discipleship Catalysts)
- (Paul) You can put the wrong person on the team that isn’t ready, and how you are wired and what you are asking from them will crush them.
- (Paul) You can miss putting the right person on the team that isn’t quite ready, and how you are wired and what you are asking from them will challenge them and cause them to grow exponentially.
- (Barnabas) You can put the wrong person on the team that is more than ready, and how you are wired and what you are asking from them will frustrate them because it won’t be challenging enough for them.
- (Barnabas) You can put the right person on the team that takes advantage of how you are wired and what you are asking them to do and thereby enable them to be lazy and stagnate in their development.
- (Paul) You can miss putting the right person on the team that isn’t quite ready, and how you are wired and what you are asking from them will challenge them and cause them to grow exponentially.
- (Barnabas) You can put the wrong person on the team that is more than ready, and how you are wired and what you are asking from them will frustrate them because it won’t be challenging enough for them.
- (Barnabas) You can put the right person on the team that takes advantage of how you are wired and what you are asking them to do and thereby enable them to be lazy and stagnate in their development.
When do leaders need to consider parting ways?
- When there is NO AUTHORITY and NO AGREEMENT, you may need to go your separate ways.
- When there is AN AUTHORITY but NO AGREEMENT, the subordinate will either need to submit humbly or graciously withdraw.
- When there is NO AUTHORITY and NO AGREEMENT, you may need to go your separate ways.
- When there is AN AUTHORITY but NO AGREEMENT, the subordinate will either need to submit humbly or graciously withdraw.
Our DIVISION can be God’s MULTIPLICATION.
2. Although you have a rocky start—don’t give up—you can still rock it and finish well!
1. Everyone has ROCKY STARTS.
2. Everyone needs ROCKS in their LIFE.
3. Everyone can still ROCK IT.
2. Everyone needs ROCKS in their LIFE.
3. Everyone can still ROCK IT.
- God will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Failures and rejections don’t define you but develop you.
- Fail forward, not backward.
- Latch on to people who know you and still believe in you.
- Failures and rejections don’t define you but develop you.
- Fail forward, not backward.
- Latch on to people who know you and still believe in you.