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Have you ever been less than enthusiastic about doing something? Perhaps you’ve been tapped to be part of leadership for a community group, the local school PTSA, here at our church, or even for our presbytery. When you’re tapped out, what is your typical response? One of the things I love about Moses…

Intro: Last week we looked at “A Model Church”. Even though the Thessalonian Church was not a “Perfect Church”, they had several characteristics that we can and should be imitating. Paul, Silas and Timothy even exhorted the Thessalonian believers for imitating them and the Lord. As we consider the social…

Fall of Saul: When the sacrifice of a leader gives way to entitlement of the leader, his tenure is short-lived.

Congregational Involvment

Deacons

Elders

Is Authority Good?

Previously: Malachi’s burden ( Mal 1:1 ) God’s love for Israel ( Mal 1:2-5 ) God condemns polluted sacrifices ( Mal 1:6-14 ) This chapter starts by giving direction to the priests. We can apply this teaching to leaders at all levels. PRAYER 1 “And now, O priests, this command is for you. 2 If you will…

Just this past week, we have been hit with unexpected news…from our point of view. But nothing surprises God. He is infinitely amazing and endlessly fascinating—altogether unique. He is the LORD God of Israel, the God who hears, listening to the cries of the oppressed. He is the God who speaks, revealing…

It is common knowledge that the creators of Superman modeled the famous superhero after Jesus himself. Their inspiration came from the gospels and the gospels fueled their stories. Superman was the role model for generations of kids. In the first Superman movie, released in 1978, the young man Clark…

1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. 2 And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. 3 For though absent in body, I am present…

Introduction This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle,…

Opposition continues Some quick reminders where we just came from. 37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of…

1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! 3 It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the Lord has commanded…

Would you agree that a disciple-maker is a leader? 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God.…

Housekeeping Before we begin looking at today’s message, I have an item I want to bring to your attention. I call these times housekeeping. The fall is rapidly approaching and as we look forward to this, there are some things I want to begin to prepare you for. As church is starting to come back together,…

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward…

Who are elders and what do they do? In this message, Pastor Steve examines the leaders of the church.

Welcome back! Today we are continuing our series titled The Church: Standards and Leadership and will be looking at 1 Timothy 4:11-16 this morning. It’s a continuation from the passages of past two weeks. If you remember two weeks ago Paul warned the church against false teachers, seeking to draw Christians…

Live like Leaders. How’s it going? Daniel/Discipline. Leadership is using your influence. What would you look for if you were responsible for hiring the next boss of a major company? what traits/features would you look for in a new company boss? Experience, education, strong personality, dresses well,…

Intro Over the last two weeks we have reset our expectations on what it is to be God’s Men and Women. The slides we have used subtly point at the sort of understanding we are to have of church. Like a chord wrapped up really tight, we are to understand how we are, in a sense to wrap around each other’s…

Influencing Change. Called to Lead: The Grounded Leader. Presented by OrLando Yarborough III Opening passage: Matthew 4:18–20 (NKJV) · At the age of 6 when I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I knew my life was changed but I didn't know the full extent of that change. · I knew I was saved…

Key Verse Ephesians 4:12–13 “for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;” Three lists of…

The past couple of weeks we have been talking about leadership. Everyone is a leader in some way. We’ve been talking about leadership through the experience of characters from the Bible. We talked about Daniel and his disciplined life the first week. Last week we talked about the heart/character of David.…

Live Like Leaders Today, we are going to begin a new series, looking some of the most important people whose lives are recorded in the Bible. One thing you will notice about all of these people is that they made some pretty bold moves while following God, and their loyalty to God was one thing that helped…