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Congregational Growth: Embracing Opportunities for Personal and Giving Increase

Explore opportunities for personal growth through classes and studies, evangelistic efforts, and encouragement within the congregation. Enhance giving to support preachers, benevolence, and building maintenance. Embrace the teachings of the elders and seek God's increase in all endeavors.

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Congregational Growth: Embracing Opportunities for Personal and Giving Increase

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  1. Introduction • Arrogant boasting about tomorrow’s success is not for God’s faithful. Jas. 4:13-17 • That said, planning is perfectly acceptable. v. 15 • While you should have goals for yourself in the Lord, here are the ones the elders have set forth for this congregation.

  2. 1 Corinthians 3:7 (NKJV) So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Congregational Growth

  3. Congregational Growth • “Jesus does not change what you do. He change what you want to do.” Ravi Zacharias • Take advantage of personal growth or evangelistic efforts. • Spend time with and encourage one another. • Let God give the increase as a result.

  4. Matthew 25:15 (NKJV) “And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.” Opportunities for Growth

  5. Opportunities for Personal Growth • Special classes for both younger and older men who want to participate in public situations. • Special classes for those desiring to become elders/deacons. • Truth Project Bible studies. • “Teaching by cards”: a tool to evangelize. • Women’s Bible studies. • Men’s Saturday Bible studies.

  6. 2 Corinthians 9:7 (NKJV) “God loves a cheerful giver.” Increase In Our Giving

  7. Increased Giving Allows For… • Improve contributions 10% annually • Outside support of preachers in other areas. • Preacher training program. • Increase benevolence for Christians in need (locally or afar) • Care for costly pending building repairs/maintenance.

  8. Conclusion • What part will you take to see that we meet our goals for this year? • May God make all grace abound toward us, to have all sufficiency in all things, that we may have an abundance for every good work. 2 cor. 9:8

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