In Preaching Articles: "Church Body of Christ" showing 1-15 of 93

Is The Body Of Christ In Trouble?

By Barry O. Johnson on Aug 3, 2018

Barry Johnson offers some helpful insights into the state of the Church in America, and offers a loving call for pastors to take bold steps of faith wherever God has planted them.

Tags: Gospel, Truth, Preaching, Body of Christ

Death By Ministry

By Eugene Cho on Mar 21, 2018

Is pastoral ministry a dangerous profession? Eugene Cho shares the facts.

Tags: Ministry, leadership, pastor, Servanthood, Pastors, Church Body of Christ  (view more)  (view less)

Who Is Lord Of The Church?

By John Macarthur on Jun 16, 2022

The church today is badly in need of reformation again. And Christ’s lordship over His church is still the central truth we must recover, which requires the unleashing of His Word among His people again. We cannot merely float along with the latest evangelical trends and expect things to get better.

Scripture: Acts 10:42

Tags: Church, Body of Christ, Christ the head, Lord Of The Church, church  (view more)  (view less)

5 Myths About The Miracle At High Desert Church

By Tom Mercer on Aug 30, 2010

Veteran pastor Tom Mercer explains the concept of oikos, a revolutionary concept in biblical community and ministry.

Scripture: Colossians 1:25

Tags: Community, Holy Spirit, Growth, leadership, Preaching, pastor, Church Growth, Church Body of Christ  (view more)  (view less)

How The Oikos Grew High Desert Church To 11,000 Attenders

By Tom Mercer on Mar 22, 2010

Tom Mercer shares the remarkable story of how his church grew exponentially through the power of a biblical concept in community called oikos.

Scripture: Acts 15:19, 2 Corinthians 11:3

Tags: Spirit, Community, Church, Growth, relationships, Church Growth, Formula, Sola Scriptura, Church Body of Christ  (view more)  (view less)

12 Reasons Why Church Membership Matters

By Jonathan Leeman on Apr 21, 2018

Jonathan Leeman: "Membership is the church’s affirmation that you are a citizen of Christ’s kingdom and therefore a card-carrying Jesus Representative before the nations."

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:20

Tags: Preaching, Membership

5 Spouse Killers In The Ministry

By Charles Stone on Feb 22, 2019

Eight in ten pastors’ wives say they feel unappreciated or unaccepted by their husband’s congregations. Charles Stone and his wife give insight into how to protect your spouse and your marriage during the sometimes difficult calling of pastoral ministry.

Tags: Ministry, stress, Marriage, wife, family, relationships, priorities, home, Spouse, Church Body of Christ, Marriage General, Trials and Difficulties  (view more)  (view less)

Five Ways To Keep Your Church Small And How To Overcome Them

By Dr. Larry Moyer on Jul 18, 2020

God wants a church to grow because it's winning the lost to Christ and discipling them to reach others.

Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:7

Tags: Preaching, Church Growth, Growth in Christ

The Church Must Preach Christ

By Sermoncentral on Apr 8, 2022

Widely diverse philosophies of preaching vie for acceptance among contemporary clergy.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:23-25, 1 Corinthians 1:25, Romans 1:16

Tags: Preaching, Preach Christ, gospel proclamation, preaching

10 Global Churches Larger Than America's Largest

By James O. Davis on Jun 5, 2020

In the last six years, the Global Church has witnessed more than 1.4 million new church plants with more than 250 million coming to Christ. The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is growing faster than any other time in history.

Scripture: Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:19-20

Tags: Evangelism, Church, Leader, Missions, Global, Church Growth, Evangelism The Lost, evangelism  (view more)  (view less)

Milk, Meat And The Malnourished Church

By Steven Furtick on Sep 1, 2011

"The crisis facing the church today isn’t what people are getting fed on Sundays," says Steven Furtick.

Scripture: Hebrews 5:13-14

Tags: Church, Growth, Preaching, Maturity, Growth in Christ  (view more)  (view less)

Leading *chreasters* To Christ: 8 Ideas

By Sermoncentral on Apr 3, 2020

Here's how you can reach the people who attend your church only on Christmas and Easter.

Tags: Church, Outreach, New, interest

Craig Groeschel: Ministry Competition

By Craig Groeschel on Jul 25, 2011

Craig Groeschel discusses the need for church leaders to stop competing and work together for Christ.

Tags: Preaching

If The Church Is God's Idea, Who Are We To Dismantle It?

By Jeff K. Clarke on Feb 25, 2022

I wonder if we have allowed our contemporary definition, understanding, and experience of the church to be shaped more by the post-modern impulse of individualism and self-centeredness, than by Christ’s and Paul’s emphasis on the gathered community from every race, tribe, and tongue?

Tags: individualism, church community, Listening, unity and diversity

Stop The Revolution. Join The Plodders.

By Kevin Deyoung on Jan 24, 2022

It’s sexy among young people—my generation—to talk about ditching institutional religion and starting a revolution of real Christ-followers living in real community without the confines of church.

Scripture: Ephesians 6:21, Romans 16:8

Tags: Church, Commitment, endurance, Faithfulness, church  (view more)  (view less)