Encounter Church
Sunday, September 15, 2024
(Part 3) (Prepare for the Encounter!)
Locations & Times
Encounter Church Sedalia
1201 William Parkhurst Dr, Sedalia, MO 65301, USA
Saturday 5:00 PM
Love: Love God, Love People
Reach: Reach in, Reach up, Reach out
Empower: Invest in those that attend our church
We must learn to function as a body, not as individuals.
Four steps to fulfill our God-given purpose: I will give you the first of four today and then next week, we will look at the remaining three.
Step #1: It all starts with evaluation.
Nine vitally important questions we must ask:
1. Why do we exist?
1. Why do we exist?
2. Where are we going?
The moment the church stops moving forward is the moment the church approaches death’s door.
3. How will we behave?
4. How will we get there?
Just because it is a different route than we’ve taken before doesn’t mean that it is a bad route, it is simply a new way of getting to our God-given destination.
5. How will we engage new people?
6. How will we help them connect with God?
The church is not a man-made building, but a people that have dedicated their lives to follow Jesus in all they say and do.
7. How will we disciple them?
8. How will we train them to serve?
It is time for the church to so love serving that we have more volunteers than we have places to put them.
9. How will we inspire them to be missional?
Missional: To live a life that adopts the posture, thinking, behaviors, and practices of a missionary in order to engage others with the good news of Jesus Christ!