1. Who are we? August 24, 2008

2. GRACE Southwoo d Who Are We? 1.Command #1- “be strong” v1 “be strengthened / empowered”

3. GRACE Southwoo d Who Are We? 1.A People who rely on God’s grace “We exist to introduce people to the grace of God.”

4. GRACE Southwoo d Who Are We? 1.A People who rely on God’s grace 2.Command #2- “entrust” v2 What? “the Faith” – our doctrine, beliefs, & practices What? “the Faith” – our doctrine, beliefs, & practices To whom? A leader who raises up new leaders… To whom? A leader who raises up new leaders…

5. 2 Options for Church Growth 10 Pastors Each raise up 100 new leaders per year For 10 years 10,000 new leaders XX = 50 of us each raise up 1 new leader per year who each raise up 1 new leader per year who each raise up 1 new leader per year… After 10 years 51,200 new leaders! =

6. GRACE Southwoo d “Raising up next-generation leaders to reach our world for Christ”

7. GRACE Southwoo d Who Are We? 1.A People who rely on God’s grace 2.To raise up next-generation leaders

8. GRACE Southwoo d Who Are We? 1.A People who rely on God’s grace 2.To raise up next-generation leaders 3.Command #3- “Suffer hardship” v3 Tertullian:“No soldier comes to the war surrounded by luxuries, nor goes into action from a comfortable bedroom, but from the makeshift and narrow tent, where every kind of hardness and severity and unpleasantness is to be found.”

9. GRACE Southwoo d Who Are We? 1.A People who rely on God’s grace 2.To raise up next-generation leaders 3.Command #3- “Suffer hardship” v3 Why bother? v4 – pleases our commanding officer v4 – pleases our commanding officer v5 – wins the prize v5 – wins the prize v6 – results in abundant reward v6 – results in abundant reward

10. GRACE Southwoo d Who Are We? 1.A People who rely on God’s grace 2.To raise up next-generation leaders 3.Suffering the hardships that follow for the sake of eternal reward

11. GRACE Southwoo d Who Are We? 1.A People who rely on God’s grace 2.To raise up next-generation leaders 3.Suffering the hardships that follow for the sake of eternal reward

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