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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
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Ready & Faithful
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Why Suffering?
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The church leadership will determine the direction and spirituality of the church. Let’s pray that we have the right leaders in these last days.
The Wonderful Church Leadership Sunday, August 19, 2007 – PM By Pastor Jim May 3 John 1-14 Have you ever wondered what kind of spiritual giants led the early churches? These men and women of God were called by God to lead the baby church to fulfill the Great Commission. It had been only a few ...read more
Scripture: 3 John 1:1-14
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Qualifications for church leadership.
Church life always involves leadership. We must understand spiritual leadership - whether we are becoming leaders - or choosing leaders. Over the past couple of weeks we have been looking at what is involved in becoming and making disciples. 1. Because Jesus told us to go make disciples - that ...read more
Scripture: Titus 1:1-9
Denomination: Baptist
3 Tier look at church leadership
Sermon Text: Exodus 3:1-14 Scripture Reading: Hebrews 13:17-18 says, “17 Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 13:17-18
1 Peter 5:1-5 Gives us a great overview of what church leadership is all about
INTRODUCTION Today is a special day for us at Auburn Christian Church. Today we will dedicate and install our leadership team for the 2001-year. Today we will lift up those men that we have chosen to lead and serve this Church. It is good to know that we have men who love the Lord so much that ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-5
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Character traits of leadership are necessary to be a leader in the church and in the Kingdom of God.
Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 2:7-8, Matthew 7:12
More on Leadership Characteristics necessary in the church.
Scripture: 1 John 4:4, Matthew 5:40-41
This message presents an overview of the types of leaders that God wants for the church.
George Bernard Shaw is quoted as saying, “Some people see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not?” Many churches across America are in desperate need of visionary leadership. Leaders who refuse to settle for the way things are and are willing to press on ...read more
Scripture: John 21:15-16
How the Lord appoints leaders for His body
Leadership for the Church Ephesians 4:11-16, Acts 20:17-31 A Christian is someone who responds to Jesus and His invitation to receive the free gift of Eternal Life from Him. 1 John 5:11 this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 1 John 5:12 He who has ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16, Acts 20:17-31
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
This sermon takes a look at the advice Moses’ Father-in-Law Jethro gave him and how it applies to church leadership today.
Title: Shared Ministry Text: Exodus 18:13-27 Date: 5/27/07 Location: Sulphur Spring Baptist Church Introduction: Next Sunday we will be electing 3 new Deacons. Deacons serve a very important role here at Sulphur Spring Baptist Church. I consider the Deacons of this church to be my Partners ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 18:13-27
God's plan for the leadership of the local church is shared leadership by a group of godly elders.
The mission of our church is: To develop mature disciples who follow, serve and proclaim Jesus as Messiah. As the elders developed that mission statement at our retreat almost two years ago, we also began to develop a Biblical structure for the organization and leadership of our church that would ...read more
To explore the role of spiritual shepherds in guiding the church and its members through their faith journey, emphasizing the importance of praying for these leaders, understanding their role, and submitting to their guidance.
Good morning, family. I'm so glad to see you all here today, ready to dive into the Word of God. Today, we're going to be talking about shepherds, and no, not the kind that watch over sheep in a physical field. We're talking about spiritual shepherds, those tasked with guiding us on our journey of ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-4
Topics: Church Leadership
The church today has a real lack of true biblical leadership. This sermon takes a look at that issue.
Leadership in the Church Overlooked position in church Don Stephenson Train staff to serve others & fire the leader Must have good leadership to grow Who are the leaders? Biblically- elders 4 main sources: Acts 20; 1 Pet. 5; Ja. 5; 1 Tim. 3 & Ti. 1 You find 3 main things the elders are ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:1
Talents (Gifts) are not the root but the fruit of our salvation. God has given us gifts, so we can be useful in His kingdom. There are no excuses for not being fruitful.
Leadership In the Church Text: Matthew 25: 14-30 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. 15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30
Denomination: Church Of God
In today's lesson we are warned against a wrong view of the ministry, particularly of church leadership. We are reminded of the true nture of the church and church leadership.
Scripture We continue our study in The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians in a series I am calling Challenges Christians Face. One of the challenges that Christians face is a wrong view about the ministry, particularly with respect to church leadership. Let’s learn about this in a ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:5-17
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
This message compares the biblical plan for leadership with some of the wrong turns we have taken in the area of church leadership.
Over the years we have managed to lose sight of God’s plan for leadership in the church. In fact we have modeled the leadership structure of the church more after our nation’s government than the Biblical plan. Our leadership strategies have the tendency to look more like corporate America instead ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:5
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