Quotes About Community

As a church member, I am responsible for encouraging and leading my entire family to worship together in the church.

En muchas Iglesias, to que al principio eran las herramientas para transformar la vida, han generado abarrotamiento. En vez de unificar el enfoque, lo diversificaron. Las actividades se convirtieron en fines en si mismas.

We church members must cease and desist becoming "I want" members and become "I will" members.

Lo mismo sucede en una iglesia. Las personas en la iglesia deben conocer el proceso porque son parte integral de su cumplimiento.

The world will know if we are Christians or not by the way we who are believers act toward one another.

Predicadores, lean la siguiente oracion: no alcanza solo con hablar de la vision o del proceso ministerial desde el pulpito. El proceso simple debe transmitirse en las reuniones y alrededor de la mesa. Cuando la gente ve que no se trata simplemente de <

La frase: personas necesitan que se les recuerde mas que se las instruya» es bien cierta. La gente tiende a olvidarse cual es la direccion de la iglesia. Es necesario recordarles a las personas sobre el proceso que Dios dio y que la iglesia adopto.

A true Great Commission church is always urgent about making disciples. Church

if you think Lone Ranger Christianity is acceptable to God, you need to read the New Testament again. It's time for millions of church members to connect relationally by getting involved in a group.

With a country club membership you pay others to do the work for you. With church membership, everyone has a role or function. That is why some are hands, feet, ears, or eyes. We are all different, but we are necessary parts of the whole.

Even in incredible churches, very few members make the effort to greet and speak to someone already seated before the service begins. And, frankly, most church members don't ever go sit with guests. Guests are most often overlooked in the few minutes right before the worship services. No one speaks to them or sits with them.

The concept of an inactive church member is an oxymoron. Biblically, no such church member really exists.

Good church signage is a statement of your church's hospitality. It means you are expecting guests; and it means you desire for guests to come to your church.

Healthy church membership means you find your joy in being last, instead of seeking your way and being first.

Leaders are first to care for the sheep. They are to love the sheep. They are to serve the sheep. If change is attempted without love, you have failed already.

Simply stated, your church will not likely be ready for change until it experiences some action steps of an outward focus.

This outward focus prepares the members for change. It gets them looking beyond their own needs to the needs of their community and the world.

the health of the church is directly tied to the health of groups in the church. If you are not in a small group, a Sunday school class, or some other type of group, you are not contributing to the health of the church.

church members who became involved in some type of group in the churches were five times more likely to be active in the church five years later compared to the worship-only attenders.

A church without a gospel-centered purpose is no longer a church at all.

Vibrant and living churches look after the interests of others. They are concerned for their communities. They open the door for others.

When a church ceases to have a heart and ministry for its community, it is on the path toward death. Whenever local churches are mentioned in the New Testament, they are always exhorted to be other-centered.

The members at Philippi knew what they were supposed to do. They were to live the gospel. They were to proclaim the gospel.

When a church ceases to have a heart and ministry for its community, it is on the path toward death.