3. Acts 1: 4-11 Jesus Gives the “Great Mission” He Promises
The Holy Spirit will come to aid in it.
Returns to Heaven

4. What Does A
Gospel-Centered
Church
Look Like?

5. Distinctive #1: Preaching and Teaching of the Gospel is THE Priority.
We faithfully tell The Story of Jesus at all times.

6. is More on What God Has Done Than on What
Distinctive #2:
The Emphasis
of our Message
is More on What God Has Done Than on What
We Are To Do.

7. our secondary teachings flow out from The Gospel.
All of
our secondary teachings
flow out from The Gospel.
They don’t eclipse it.

8. Church Members Demonstrate “God’s Demonstration Community”
Distinctive #3:
Church Members Demonstrate
the Beauty of
The Gospel
in the Community.
“God’s Demonstration Community”

9. were just the “church being the church,” displaying
Many of
these “Signs”
were just the “church being
the church,” displaying
God’s Kingdom
in tangible ways.
* Acts 2: 42-47

10. What “Signs” Helped Demonstrate The Beauty
of The Gospel
in the
Early Church?

11. “Sign” #1:
Love & Unity
in the Church

12. “Sign” #2:
Generosity
with Money
and Possessions

13. Joy in the Midst of Difficulty
“Sign” #3:
Joy in the Midst of Difficulty
and Persecution

14. “Sign” #4:
Miraculous Answers
to Prayer

15. These “Signs” Are Meant to Accentuate The Gospel,
NOT to Replace its Message.

16. Philip’s Preaching of Gospel & Signs
Acts 8: 4-8
Philip’s Preaching of Gospel & Signs
Acts 9: 36-42
“Tragic” Death
and Raising
of Tabitha

17. If Our Church “Died” Tomorrow and Closed Would Our Community Mourn
Its Doors,
Would Our Community Mourn
That Loss?