1. All Things
for the Sake of the Gospel
(A Gospel-Centered Life)

2. and how we answer determine our quest.
The questions we ask ourselves,
and how we answer determine our
quest.

3. The Provocative Question
If our church were to close its doors, would
anyone in the community notice; would anyone
in the community care?

4. The Defining Question How can we be the best church in our community?
How can we be the best church for our community?

5. The Challenge of Mission
The only thing more difficult than getting the church
to go into the community is …
… getting the community to come into the church.

6. The Challenge of Mission
As difficult as it is for the church to engage the
community with words and works of love and
grace, …
it is exponentially more difficult to try to entice
the community into the church.

7. The Challenge of Mission
In 2006, Thom Rainer discovered, “In a recent
survey of churches across America, we found that
95% of the churches’ ministries were for members
alone.”
“Indeed, many churches had no ministries for those
outside the congregation.”

8. the gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of it.”
“And I do all things for the sake of
the gospel, that I may become a
fellow partaker of it.”
I Corinthians 9:23

9. Mission 10:2 “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are
few; therefore beseech the Lord of the
harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”
Luke 10:2
Mission 10:2