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Spirit Empowered church Flashcards

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In acts 2:42-47 the Holy Spirit began to explain the process of how to move from a temple model to a _____ model

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Church

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At _____ an amazing and dramatic thing happened: those who believed in Jesus became the place where heaven and earth met

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Pentecost

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Evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, ministry (service) and worship were to be the functions of an effective, spirit empowered church- they are the five functions upon which acts 2 process is based: connect, grow, serve, go, and worship.

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True

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Grow is about discipleship. It’s how your church promotes spiritual formation in

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Individuals, ministry teams and the congregation

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The first century church was empowered by the spirit but Jesus has a plan for those he was leaving behind. He revealed that plan through the power of his spirit and he accomplished the plan through the hard work of his followers

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False

The spirit s power

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Spiritual experiences are wonderful but without a ____ you’ll find yourself wondering how to take your church from where you are to where it needs to be

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Plan

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What worked for the first century church continues to work today because the builder Christ used a sound blueprint when he founded the church in acts

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True

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The willingness to admit we need to do things ____ is one of the biggest challenges we face in it acts 2 journey

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Differently

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We can be transformed by the ___ of the spirit and we can then change the atmosphere of our churches and congregations through the same plan that god used to transform the church of the first Century

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Empowerment

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The future of a church belongs to one visionary leader the pastor

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False

Team of people

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Working as a______ enables us to reach people for Jesus effectively

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Team

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It’s critical that our churches become outward focused. No matter the size of our churches we must fulfill our mandate: the great commission. For too long we have focused on making churchgoers comfortable

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True

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13
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God’s plan for the future comes from

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The pastor and his core team of church leaders sitting praying together and hearing what god wants them to do in the future

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Preachers aren’t modern priests each believer has the inserting presence of the Holy Spirit and the entire congregation shared the mission of showing god’s goodness to others

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True

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15
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Each believer is part of a royal nation and is called to _____ even if they aren’t paid full time ministers

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Full time ministry

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Modern day priests believers have the following responsibilities

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  1. Inviting friend and coworkers to church 2. Greeting visitors warmly
  2. Serving the next generation in children’s program
  3. . doing whatever it takes to do the lord’s work
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The people exist to help the pastor the pastor exists to help the people fulfill their calling’s

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False

Do not

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Compassion ____ is a result of giving serving and helping without replenishing the necessary love joy and strength all of us need to keep going

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Fatigue

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Unlike many church leaders god isn’t obsessed with size as a measure of the effectiveness of a church. He desires small churches to be healthy just as much as he desires big churches to be healthy and he desires that all churches be full of hope

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True

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With the challenges facing the church today we must rely upon

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Spirit empowerment

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Experiencing spirit empowerment discipleship is about doing more for God performing at a higher level and experiencing signs and wonders

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False is about knowing god

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22
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Every spiritual discipline every behavioral truth every spiritual activity rings hollow without a growing relationship with Christ and will eventually bring

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  1. Frustration
  2. Disappointment
  3. Burnout
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23
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Which of the following statements is true about transformation

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Transformation occurs at both a personal level and a corporate one

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Engages and maintains loving relationship

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Connect

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Develops and mobilized the people

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Grow

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Acts with clear direction and outward focus

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Serve

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Reproduces and multiplied his mission in other peoples and Places

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Go

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28
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Pursue and obey God passionately

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Worship

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29
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Only the ____ Powers of the holy spirit will allow us to rekindle the passion for evangelism and mission change the climate of the church and disciple a priesthood of believers within the church

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Transformative

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30
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While spirit empowered churches are our goal we must recognize that churches aren’t made up of bricks and mortar but are made up of a far more valuable asset than real estate __

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People

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31
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At the core of the acts 2 process is having spirit empowered disciples who are

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Encountering Jesus experiencing the fullness of the Holy Spirit learning scripture and engaging with gods people

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32
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Learning and doing education and effort without encountering the Holy Spirit are counter productive in fact it’s dry lifeless and destined for failure

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True

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33
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Undeniably sound _____ is foundational to the strength and effective of the church and is impossible to have sound disciples without sound doctrine

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Doctrine

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34
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Anointing available continually

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New covenant

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35
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Anointing available sporadically

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Old covenant

36
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Anointing provided when individuals were depleted or desperate

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Old covenant

37
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Anointing provided in advance of need

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New covenant

38
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Spirit empowered disciples don’t experience an isolated event but a ____ of complete transformation

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Process

39
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People who mentor others through relationship to the point where they become servant leaders

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Reproduce

40
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People who adhere to the teaching and practices of growing in Christ and demonstrate a lifestyle corresponding of gods word

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Disciples

41
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People who haven’t received Christ as lord and savior of their lives

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Unbelievers

42
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People who’ve grown in the direction ways and timing of the lord and share their knowledge of Christ with others so they to can learn his direction ways and timing

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Servant leaders

43
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People who’ve received Christ as lord but haven’t yet become learners who obey gods word

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Believers

44
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The road to a healthy church regardless of size or age demographics begins with asking the right questions of ourselves and assessing our current status as spirit empowered disciples

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True

45
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When a church is in the death stage of a lifecycle

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There is always hope

46
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Transformation is not a ____ is an ongoing journey

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Destination

47
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Which of the following statements is true

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  1. The New Testament church mission is timeless
  2. The New Testament churches mission is the same today as it was the day Christ ascended
  3. The New Testament churches missions is the same for each and every church
48
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We call our mission the

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Great commission

49
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The revitalization off any church begins when ____ persons catch the dream of the Holy Spirit empowerment to accomplish his mission on the earth

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One

50
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___ is often a misunderstood word but for our purpose it is our current understanding of gods preferred future for a person group or congregation

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Vision

51
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Vision always involves _____ and invites criticism especially for the individuals into whom god breathes the dream that becomes vision

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Risk

52
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As we endeavor to execute a vision for ourselves or for a body of believers will face many challenges ____derail or delay the fulfillment of the vision

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Any of which can

53
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As we seek to develop god inspired vision we must recognize a few things that can prevent us from seeing possibilities and opportunities. These blinders May include

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  1. Denial and complacency
  2. Part successes and past failures
  3. Personal agendas and preconceptions
54
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We must exchange blinders for spiritual ___because how we protect things shapes our current reality

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Lenses

55
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Core values are

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Like a church’s personality

2. Like dna

56
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Core values drive priorities shake behaviors attitudes and actions direct processes govern relationships and articulate what the church stands for

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True

57
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Every church has the ability to cast vision but if the values can’t support the vision or aren’t being loved that vision will fail

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True

58
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With clearly defined values you’ll know clearly what is most ____ to your church

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Important

59
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Sometimes what seems like a core value may actually be something completely different a personal preference or

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Conviction

60
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Biblical absolute community standards and personal convictions are all subjects to ____ directives and should supplant personal beliefs and behaviors

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Scriptural

61
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The entire acts 2 process is built upon the understanding that

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  1. God has a plan

2. The holy spirit wants to reveal gods plan for us

62
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We must recognize that without holy Spirit empowerment in our churches the mission vision values and plans merely amount to programs

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True

63
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A vision without a plan to carry it out is nothing more than a ___

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Dream

64
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God does nothing out of order there’s adivine ____ in all he does

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Purpose

65
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Where you are

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Values

66
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Where you want to go

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Vision

67
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How to get from where you are to where you want to go

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Strategic plan

68
Q

In building an acts 2 church ____ is the glue that holds everything

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Love

69
Q

The Christian life is more than belief and action it’s___ is connection belonging and community

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Relationships

70
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We need to deconstruct discipleship as it exists today exchanging rational behavioral models for relational experiential models

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True

71
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Spirit empowered discipleship requires a lifestyle of the following

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  1. Fresh encounters with Jesus
  2. Frequent experiences of scriptures
  3. Faithful engagement with gods people
72
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Relevant discipleship begins with solid doctrine and teaching

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False Loving the lord with all your heart mind souls and strength

73
Q

Statistics show that adults tend to stop growing spiritually in the fifth to seventh year of their Christian experience

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True

74
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Discipleship ____ with each phase of life but the need for it never waned

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Changes

75
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When you create empowered disciples the living and life giving relationship they have with the holy spirit Won’t let them stay inside it will urge them forward from glory to glory

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True

76
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Nothing helps a churchgoer feel more connected or have a greater sense of ownership than

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Becoming involved in a form of service

77
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Most pastors find it is one of the ____ tasks to delegate decisions to spirit empowered team members

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Hardest

78
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Any willing disciple of god can change the world but we must ____ out into that world In order to make a difference

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Go

79
Q

Unlike people who grow old and eventually die organizations have the capacity to reinvigorate themselves to instill new energy and vitality and to keep growing through countless stages

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True

80
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The burden of ministry belongs to the pastor

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False

81
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We must help our congregation understand that attracting new people is not the pastors job pastors aren’t paid to reach new people they’re paid to shepherd those who come

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True

82
Q

It’s our job as pastors and leaders to teach and disciple the people in our churches ____ then for ministry

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Equipping

83
Q

Your church and your vision Dont have to be big for your actions to have a big impact on the people Around you

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True

84
Q

Go is about reaching untracked people groups Around the world in every way possible from our neighbors to the farthest corners of the earth

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True

85
Q

Worship isn’t an event it’s a ____

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Lifestyle

86
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Worship is a lifestyle but in this age of emphasis on worship through music many have forgotten that _____ is a powerful form of worship

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Prayer

87
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worship Is a tool for connecting us to god of reaching up to our Heavenly Father to all his glory to come down

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True

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