intro Imagine that someone asked you to describe church using only the bible. What would you say to them?

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1 intro Imagin that somon askd you to dscrib church using only th bibl. What would you say to thm? So many of th things w'v mad church to b arn't ssntial in scriptur. W'r on a journy of r-imagining what church looks lik by stripping away all th fluff and gtting back to th basics. Lt's not limit God to th siz of a budgt or a building. W bliv church should cost nothing and b fr to grow as th Holy Spirit adds to th numbrs.

2 valus Whn w studid th bibl, w found four valus that wr ssntial for church: Family Gathring Th church should lov and tak car of ach othr lik a halthy family. Th church should lov gathring simply to tak communion, pray, rad th word and stir ach othr up. Mission Training Evryon should b making discipls by tlling and showing th lost about Jsus vry day. Nw ladrs should b traind up and snt out to start nw churchs and rach mor popl.

3 room to grow Do you bliv vryon in your church could mak on discipl nxt yar? If our churchs can't handl that growth, somthing is wrong with what w'v cratd. W plan on God failing whn w build churchs that arn't xpandabl if ach mmbr mad on discipl ach yar. x2? Our church buildings can't hold th potntial growth through disciplship x2 x2 x2 x2

4 popl's potntial W bliv that if th Holy Spirit of God is in you, that changs vrything! That mans that ach mmbr of th church has som gift to offr to th family of God. Oftn w want to "maximiz" th gifting of on vry giftd prachr by having 7 srvics ach wknd or stting up many satllit churchs that broadcast his mssag. Whil that dos maximiz on prson's gift, it minimizs (or ignors) many othr popl's gifts. what What if w took this church with vryon coming to har on ladr... And raisd up som of th mmbrs to lad thir own churchs in thir homs

5 mony Hav you vr thought about how much it costs for you to go to $6 million church budgt church? Add up th staff, buildings, sound quipmnt, computrs, kids programs, vans, rnovations, tc. All in all, it costs around $1,500 pr prson to go to church ach yar. That's xpnsiv! 4,000 mmbrs Th scary part is how many nw discipls wr addd to that church of 4,000. $6 million was spnt and 4,000 popl wr traind to mak discipls? Imagin 4,000 popl activly involvd in 25-mmbr churchs mting in homs. Thy'r traind and quippd to mak discipls $6,000 pr family a yar and ar rlasd to start thir own churchs. That's fr and potntially way mor ffctiv!

6 church body On a normal Sunday, ach church family has around ntrprnur popl mting in somon's hom. Whn w kp it this small, it forcs popl in th group to stp up. In most biggr churchs, thr isn't much nd. In ths smallr churchs, vryon is ndd to build up th scholar body. Thr ar so many gifts that usually go unnoticd! W usually sing som songs, discuss th bibl rading for th wk, pray togthr or in groups, har tstimonis, vanglist tak communion, fllowship and at togthr at th nd. tch Whn w rly on vryon's gifts, it dosn't put all th prssur on on prson to mak Sunday morning singr happn. prayr warrior tachr musician

7 l d pastors & ldrs m rr p pastor body t s a ain n i s r t s r o t h g i s r ov a l r / d n i a Ladrs ar dvlopd through disciplship and our curriculum. Onc thy rach a lvl whr th ldrs bliv thy ar rady to b a pastor of a church, thy ar thn rlasd to start thir own body with a fw othr mmbrs of th currnt church. ldr d s body pastor body ldr body Pastors hav ladrship of thir church, but thy ar accountabl to th ldr board that is put in ovrsight ovr thm. Pastors ar bing traind and rlasd to start nw churchs all th tim. Eldrs rmain in ovrsight of 1-3 pastors until, on day, hands may b laid on a pastor and h is thn an ldr.

8 financial structur W tak offring at ach of our local churchs ach Sunday. W want to b transparnt. 80% of th mony gos to an individual account for that spcific 20% church. That 80% is thn usd by ach pastor/church to mt th nds of thir church and th nds around thm. 20% of th offring mony from ach church gos back to W Ar Church to support national and intrnational ministry partnrs and to tak car of th minimal ovrhad. 80%

9 church togthr W bliv th church is a family, not a building. To rmov that distraction, w'v mad a dcision not to hav a building but rathr to mt in homs vry Sunday. Onc vry month or so w gathr all our churchs back togthr as on big group lik a family runion. W mov ths gathrings all around th city. It's fun to occasionally gathr as a big group to worship and fllowship togthr. Ths larg gathrings allow us to har from som of th tachrs in our church and to kp th vision focusd as th groups continu to xpand out.

10 ladrship dvlopmnt It's tmpting to com up with a "bttr" way to dvlop ladrs than th way Jsus did it. H took 12 mn and pourd into thm vryday. Sur, things might look a littl diffrnt now in our cultur, but it is our rsponsibility to hav popl w ar pouring into and training thm up to b pouring into othr popl in th church. Th shphrd isn't rsponsibl for discipling vryon. H and his wif nd to b pouring into a coupl popl who ar pouring into a coupl popl who ar pouring into a coupl popl... S whr this is going? W hav currculim that w tak mn through who ar th nxt round of pastors of nw churchs.