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2 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive Case Study #1: Book Titles

3 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive by Bruce Wilkinson Multnomah, 2002

4 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive Title Words# of Books “Secrets”192 “Evangelism”111 “Discipleship”105 “Missions”53

5 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive by Ray DiZazzo Sourcebook, 2000

6 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive by Alan Nelson and Stan Toler Gospel Light, 2002

7 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive Case Study #2: Windshield Leaflets

8 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive

9 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive Case Study #3: Christian Retreat Center

10 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive

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12 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive Church’s True Mission Spirituality by Extra Rules Spirituality by Sensual Pleasure Spirituality by Secret Shortcuts 3 PATHS TO MISSION DRIFT

13 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. – Col. 2:6-8

14 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions. - Colossians 2:18

15 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. - Colossians 2:16-17

16 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"? - Colossians 2:20-21

17 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord. - Jude 4

18 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community That’s Being a Bit Possessive Church’s True Mission Spirituality by Extra Rules Spirituality by Sensual Pleasure Spirituality by Secret Shortcuts 3 PATHS TO MISSION DRIFT

19 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build the church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. - Matthew 16:18

20 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. - Colossians 1:18

21 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship God ChurchWorld The Church’s Mission

22 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship UP INOUT God ChurchWorld The Church’s Mission

23 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship UP INOUT God ChurchWorld PrayerBible Reading The Church’s Mission

24 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. - Acts 2:42

25 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship UP INOUT God ChurchWorld PrayerBible Reading Discipleship Need-Meeting The Church’s Mission

26 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship Therefore go and make disciples of all nations. - Matthew 28:19

27 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. - Acts 2:44-45

28 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship UP INOUT God ChurchWorld PrayerBible Reading EvangelismDiscipleship Need-Meeting The Church’s Mission

29 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship … you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. - Acts 1:8

30 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship UP INOUT God ChurchWorld PrayerBible Reading EvangelismDiscipleship Need-Meeting The Church’s Mission

31 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. – Col. 3:12-14

32 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship …Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge – Colossians 2:2-3

33 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. – Colossians 3:3-4

34 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship …you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth – Colossians 1:5b-6

35 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship George Williams First YMCA in U.S. (c. 1850) YMCA Today

36 Life Together - Discovering Christian Community The Community of Christ’s Headship Becoming a People of the Beatitudes

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