“Growing a Local Church”, Church Discipline and Church Growth (Dr. Tom Ascol)

The final session has completed.  This last session was on Church Discipline and Church Growth, by Dr. Tom Ascol.
Tom spoke on the two forms of Church Discipline, Formative and Corrective, as well as the two forms of Church Growth, Numerical and Spiritual
Formative Church Discipline is something that should happen all the time within the church.  [...]

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“Growing the Local Church”, 1 Corinthians 3 (Pastor Steve Garrick)

This session was preached by one of my pastors, Pastor Steve Garrick, on the Foundation of the Church, namely Jesus Christ.  I’ve provided a few quotes below for your digestion, as well as the video of the sermon and some pictures, like always.    Enjoy!  Slán go foill!
1 Corinthians 3
Is it acceptable for us [...]

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“Growing the Local Church” – Evangelism and Church Growth (Pastor Jason Montgomery)

My notes verbatim from “Evangelim and Church Growth” by Jason Montgomery: (remember, my words, NOT JASON’s    )

Did Jesus have to die for the Church to grow?  (first question)
This is a question that needs to be considered by every faithful preacher of the Word of God.
The Gospel is absolutely unexpected.
The Word of the Gospel [...]

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“Growing the Local Church” – The Pastoral Office and Church Growth (Pastor Larry Vincent)

Excellent session from Pastor Larry.
The name of the message was “The Pastoral Office and Church Growth”.  Working from Ephesians 3 and 1 Timothy 3, the primary point that Larry made was the point of 1 Corinthians 3, namely that the minister is called by God to plant and water and rely on the Lord to [...]

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SBFC-SW – Growing the Local Church

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This weekend, my church (Heritage Baptist Church) is hosting the annual Southern Baptist Founders Conference Southwest, on Growing the Local Church.
The main speaker this year is Tom Ascol, Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida and Director of the Founders Ministries.
I will be live-blogging the conference, as well as [...]

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