Friday, November 6, 2010
Read Matthew 28:19
By Steve Tucker
One of the most successful and well-known college football coaches, Bear Bryant, strongly believed in the basics. It is told that one of the keys of his success was that during spring practice he emphasized nothing but the basics of the game, (ball handling skills, running, tackling, etc) even though they had been playing football since an early age.
In The Simple Church, the authors, through in-depth research, found that the churches that were growing and successful in their ministry were churches that had returned back to the basics in the direction of their ministry through three steps. First, they bring people in by teaching them to love God through worship services. Second, members are encouraged to be discipled through small groups (Sunday School). Third, members are encouraged to minister to others, (outreach).
Applying the Truth as an Individual
One of Jesus’ last instructions to his disciples was to simply go forth and make disciples. When was the last time we as individual Christians have made the effort to disciple a new believer?
Applying the Truth as a Church
Are we as a church going in so many different directions of ministry that we are overlooking the basics?
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