Session 1: Keys to a healthy church

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Session 1 Keys to a healthy church
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Session 1 Keys to a healthy church
1 Corinthians 12 12-31
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What is a Healthy Church?

• Def. Robust, vigorous, flourishing!
• Gods desire not broken, but vibrant!
• Every member ministry
• Recent survey the key The Church Community
• What Paul found in Corinth was a Sick Church -
  hence the letter!

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Bible view

• A Healthy Church is A united and living
  organism, celebrating diversity in gifts, and
  loving each other as servants of God, so that we
  may mature and grow up into Fully mature adults,
  fully developed within and without, fully alive
  in Christ!
• Ephesians 413

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The Church Many Members, One
Body

• 1 Corinthians 12 12-31

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We are the Body of Christ1 Cor. 1212-27
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The body has many members1 Cor. 1212-27
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• Miraculous Spiritual Gifts
• Different gifts 124
• Different ministries 125
• Different activities 126
• The Same Spirit,Lord God!

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Each member of the church1 Cor. 1212-27
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• Is Vital, 1214-19
• Is Needed, 1220-22
• Is Honorable, 1223-24
• Deserves Mutual Care,1225-27

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Apply the principle1 Cor. 1212-27
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• Respect our Head (Christ) Col. 317
• Do our part Eph. 416
• Keep unity among us 1212, 25 Eph. 43

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We are the body of Christ!1 Cor. 1212-27
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None of us can do everything, but all of us can
do something!
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