Four Characteristics of a Kingdom Building Church

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Four Characteristics of a Kingdom Building Church
Acts 18, 1119-30, 131-3, 1421-23
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What is a Kingdom Building Church?
A reproducing community of disciples living
authentic lives as ambassadors for Christ,
proclaiming the gospel and transforming their
world.
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1. A Kingdom Building Church sees
missions as the ESSENCE of its EXISTENCE.
Acts 18 (NIV) You will receive power when
the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
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2. A Kingdom Building Church does not
have a PROGRAM for missions they
PARTICIPATE in missions.
Acts 1119-30 reveals 6 ways they participated
in missions.
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People Focused (19-20) Christ
Centered (21b) Spirit Empowered (21a)
Grace Conscious (23) Well Known
(26c) Financially Generous (29-30)
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3. A Kingdom Building Church is not satisfied
to SEND SUPPORT They emphasize BEING DOING.
Acts 131-3 (NIV) In the church at Antioch
there were prophets and teachers Barnabas,
Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen
(who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch)
and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and
fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me
Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have
called them." So after they had fasted and
prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent
them off.
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4. A Kingdom Building Church is not content to
MAINTAIN They must MULTIPLY.
Acts 1421-23 (NIV) They preached the good
news in that city and won a large number of
disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium
and Antioch, strengthening the disciples and
encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We
must go through many hardships to enter the
kingdom of God," they said. Paul and Barnabas
appointed elders for them in each church and,
with prayer and fasting, committed them to the
Lord, in whom they had put their trust.