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Signs of a Healthy Church
Northeastern Conference Elders, Deacons, & Deaconesses Camp Victory Lake October 31—November 2, 2014 Steve Case, Involve Youth
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What are your church’s priorities right now?
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__ Functions __ Facilities __ Finances __ Friends __ Family __ Faith
P R I O T Z E __ Functions __ Facilities __ Finances __ Friends __ Family __ Faith __ Fun
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What are your church’s priorities right now?
What would you like for the priorities to be?
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__ Functions __ Facilities __ Finances __ Friends __ Family __ Faith
P R I O T Z E __ Functions __ Facilities __ Finances __ Friends __ Family __ Faith __ Fun
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the body is connected to the head.
A “healthy church” is a church in which the body is connected to the head.
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If Jesus DIDN’T show up at your church next Sabbath,
what would be different?
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what would be different?
If Jesus DID show up at your church next Sabbath, what would be different?
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The mark of God’s people What is it?
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Rev. 12:17
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What does it mean to “keep the Commandments of God”?
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What does it mean to “have the testimony of Jesus”?
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John 13:35
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What is the context of “having love for one another”?
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Measuring the LOVE in your congregation
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Measuring the LOVE in your congregation IMMUNITY
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Measuring the LOVE in your congregation
IMMUNITY Forgiving others and giving them a clean slate, and repentance when asking forgiveness of others;
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Measuring the LOVE in your congregation
IMMUNITY Forgiving others and giving them a clean slate, and repentance when asking forgiveness of others; opposite of holding grudges or keeping score.
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Measuring the LOVE in your congregation INVOLVEMENT
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Measuring the LOVE in your congregation
INVOLVEMENT Participation counts more than performance, a place for each one with experimentation to discover giftedness;
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Measuring the LOVE in your congregation
INVOLVEMENT Participation counts more than performance, a place for each one with experimentation to discover giftedness; opposite of spectator.
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Measure the LOVE in your congregation
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IS THE PROBLEM: what happens at church? the people leaving? the people staying? something else?
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What can be done about it?
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