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Who are we?Who are we?
August 24, 2008
GRACESouthwood
Who Are We?Who Are We?1.1. Command #1- “be strong” v1Command #1- “be strong” v1
““be strengthened / empowered”be strengthened / empowered”
GRACESouthwood
Who Are We?Who Are We?1.1. A People who A People who rely on God’s gracerely on God’s grace
““We exist to introduce people to the We exist to introduce people to the grace of God.”grace of God.”
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Who Are We?Who Are We?1.1. A People who rely on God’s graceA People who rely on God’s grace2.2. Command #2- “entrust” v2Command #2- “entrust” v2• What?What? “the Faith” – our doctrine, “the Faith” – our doctrine,
beliefs, & practicesbeliefs, & practices• To whom? To whom? A leader who raises up A leader who raises up
new leaders…new leaders…
2 Options for Church Growth
10 Pastors Each raise up 100 new
leaders per year
For 10 years 10,000 new leaders
X X =
50 of us each raise up 1 new leader per
year
who each raise up 1
new leader per year
who each raise up 1
new leader per
year…
After 10
years
51,200 new
leaders!
=
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““Raising up Raising up next-generation next-generation leadersleaders to reach our world for to reach our world for
Christ”Christ”
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Who Are We?Who Are We?1.1. A People who rely on God’s graceA People who rely on God’s grace2.2. To raise up next-generation leadersTo raise up next-generation leaders
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Who Are We?Who Are We?1.1. A People who rely on God’s graceA People who rely on God’s grace2.2. To raise up next-generation leadersTo raise up next-generation leaders3.3. Command #3- “Suffer hardship” v3Command #3- “Suffer hardship” v3Tertullian:“No soldier comes to the war surrounded by luxuries, nor goes into action from a comfortable bedroom, but from the makeshift and narrow tent, where every kind of hardness and severity and unpleasantness is to be found.”
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Who Are We?Who Are We?1.1. A People who rely on God’s graceA People who rely on God’s grace2.2. To raise up next-generation leadersTo raise up next-generation leaders3.3. Command #3- “Suffer hardship” v3Command #3- “Suffer hardship” v3
Why bother?Why bother?• v4 – pleases our commanding officerv4 – pleases our commanding officer• v5 – wins the prizev5 – wins the prize• v6 – results in abundant rewardv6 – results in abundant reward
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Who Are We?Who Are We?1.1. A People who rely on God’s graceA People who rely on God’s grace2.2. To raise up next-generation leadersTo raise up next-generation leaders3.3. Suffering the hardships that follow Suffering the hardships that follow
for the sake of eternal rewardfor the sake of eternal reward
GRACESouthwood
Who Are We?Who Are We?1.1. A People who rely on God’s graceA People who rely on God’s grace2.2. To raise up next-generation leadersTo raise up next-generation leaders3.3. Suffering the hardships that follow Suffering the hardships that follow
for the sake of eternal rewardfor the sake of eternal reward
GRACESouthwood
