How to Organize a Church – The New Testament Church

The Greek word from which we get the term church is ekklesia. It is in the New Testament that we see this term come to have its technical sense of a group of people who have gathered for the purpose of instruction and worship. It is used in the broadest sense of the universal church – that body of all believers in Christ from Pentecost to the rapture e.g. ‘I will build my church’ Matthew 16:18. In another facet of meaning it could be used of believers in a certain city e.g. Revelation 1-3. It was also used in the New Testament to describe those believers meeting in one location Romans 16:3-5.

You Don’t Need An Excuse

We do need to know “why” we are doing anything. The “why” reveals the real motivation and heart behind what I am doing. If you are only thinking about what you want and never think about why, your motivation can be very short lived.

God Gives The Increase

Did you know that when you preach the gospel, it is God’s job to get the response? Your job is simply to speak. Here’s how to raise the dead.

Are you Wasting your Wish

Let’s compare your wish, dream or desire in life to a seed. You want this seed to bring forth fruit and not just a little fruit; you want it to bring forth major fruit. So how do you go about that? Well, obviously you have to plant it. So let’s compare planting to your visualization.