There is a correlation between a church’s willingness to serve and a church’s unity and maturity

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Worship is our response to the revelation that God is at work in our midst.

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Discipleship that focuses on knowledge provides people new information about Jesus but fails to transform them to be more like Jesus

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Our Goal is not to have people attend church services; Our goal is for people to belong to the grace-filled community known as First Church

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A faith that stays in Jerusalem and that doesn’t confront kingdoms of the worlds is a faith that refuses to declare the good news that all nations and all people are invited to surrender their independence and power and then pledge their allegiance to Jesus Christ and Christ alone.

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It wasn’t a set of religious beliefs that Got the Early church in trouble. It was their way of life that was so radically different than the world around it that caused them trouble.

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Being set apart does not mean being isolated, or alone. Nor does it mean you get to choose your own adventure, be the hero of a story that you dictate, that you control. 

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Be Open so you can hear God again calling you to take your next step.  

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We will change the world, not by forcing it to be what we want it to be, but by living the way Jesus taught us and enduring the suffering that comes with it. 

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