1. Join the Movement! Acts 2

2. Do you see Christianity at its core as a MOVEMENT to be advanced or as an INSTITUTION to be maintained?

3. I. CHRISTIANITY IS A MOVEMENT: Acts 2:41 (Acts as a Whole)

4. Institutions Matter: The HOME, the CHURCH, the GOVERNMENT Institutions Matter: The HOME, the CHURCH, the GOVERNMENT But, they are NOT THE POINT But, they are NOT THE POINT

5. Institution: Institution: We GO to Church We GO to Church Movement: We ARE the Church

6. Institution: Institution: The church is a hotel for saints The church is a hotel for saints Movement: The church is a hospital for sinners

7. Around the world today God is MOVING!

8. II. Christianity is a FOCUSSED MOVEMENT Acts 2:42

9. Institution: Institution: Everything depends on technique Everything depends on technique (PROGRAMS) (PROGRAMS) Movement: Everything flows from TRUTH (A PERSON)

10. Truth does not change EVER How we present truth changes OFTEN CREATIVITY:ServantEvangelism

11. Music and Evangelism SBC Evangelism Global Evangelism

12. Entrepreneurial Evangelism…

14. III. Christianity is a God- sized MOVEMENT III. Christianity is a God- sized MOVEMENT Acts 2:43 Acts 2:43 Tozer: “If the Holy Spirit left most churches today, 95% of what we do would continue…if the Holy Spirit left the early church, 95% of what they did would fail!” Tozer: “If the Holy Spirit left most churches today, 95% of what we do would continue…if the Holy Spirit left the early church, 95% of what they did would fail!”

15. IV. Christianity Is a Life- Changing Movement IV. Christianity Is a Life- Changing Movement A. Changes one’s WALK vv. 44- 45

16. B. Changes one’s WORSHIP v. 46-47b

17. C. Changes one’s WITNESS v. 47b