June 23, 2024

We Are the Church

Week 1: The Kind of Church We Will Be

Pastor Trevor Sudheimer | In We Are the Church

Our mission is to REACH people and LEAD them into a GROWING relationship with Jesus Christ.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. Acts 2:42-47 NIV

1. We will be an intensely devoted church.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2:42 NIV

proskartereo: to live in a constant state of relentless pursuit; persistent, ongoing, obstinate devotion

2. We will be an irrationally generous church.

… And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 34 that there were no needy persons among them. ... Acts 4:33-34 NIV

  • We will lead the way with irrational generosity.

  • We truly believe it is more blessed to give than to receive.

3. We will unapologetically share the love of Jesus.

... And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. Acts 2:47 NIV

  • Read God’s Word.

  • Pray daily.

  • Serve in church.

  • Join a LifeGroup.

  • Start tithing.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21 NIV