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Intro story about empathy and forgiveness, taking Jesus’ message seriously.
Six Core Commitments to Thrive and Grow Young (General): Leadership, Empathy, Discipleship/Evangelism, Community, Priorities, Neighbors
Fine details Six Core Commitments: Keychain leadership, Empathize with Today’s Young People,
Today we look at Evangelism/discipleship. What is this anyway?
There are many ways to evangelize, make disciples.
Big tents, camp meeting, seminars, small groups.
Whichever, at their core, they should be centered around Jesus and His message.
So yes, today’s topic is about Evangelism and discipleship.
And specifically, we will look at the core of our evangelism and discipleship; Jesus Christ.
Core Commitment: Take Jesus’ Message Seriously
The findings after looking at churches that are thriving, growing young, are that they are committed to some core items.
One of these is a commitment to take Jesus’ message seriously.
In other words,
Jesus should be at the core and center of our evangelism and discipleship.
Matt.
28:19-20
We aren’t called to make people into disciples of the pastor, president Ted Wilson, disciples of the Sabbath or vegetarianism.
We are called to go and...
Who is the “I”? … Jesus.
Jesus.
Make disciples of Jesus.
Teaching them about His message.
What is His message?
What has he commanded?
Do you remember His stories, messages, parables, teachings, antidotes?
What is His message?
It’s the good news.
The gospel.
The good news of salvation through faith in grace.
Jesus’ message is the Good News, the Gospel, about salvation through faith.
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It is the same and unaltered gospel, the proclamation of which started at Pentecost.
It is the good news about Christ, his ministry, his death on the cross and his resurrection, his ascension to heaven, and his subsequent enthronement on the heavenly throne from which he rules as Lord over the universe.
It is also about his intercession and judgment, and his soon return to the earth.
This everlasting gospel is to be proclaimed and heard in the closing days of this world’s history
It’s the good news about Jesus.
That he did all this for us.
To forgive us of our sins.
To offer transformation and grace.
And then He sends us out to go and share the good news.
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Today we look at what it means to take Jesus’ message seriously.
Jesus embodied the message as the fullness of God’s unconditional love and unending faithfulness.
Today for all of us, and especially for young people, there are a lot of obstacles that threaten to hinder the pursuit of Jesus.
Secular society, pluralism, social pressure, busy lifestyles.
In churches growing young, Jesus reigns over busy lives and pervasive distractions of life, and his words ring true for young people on a journey, hungry for life-giving direction.
Proclaiming Jesus as the centerpiece of the story of God and seeking to live out his message in everyday relationships, we need to be a church that reclaims the very heart of the Good News, and lives it out every day.
Powell, Kara.
Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church .
Baker Publishing Group.
Kindle Edition.
Powell, Kara.
Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church .
Baker Publishing Group.
Kindle Edition.
Look!
We need to ask how we as a church and as individuals embody Jesus’ message as we relate to people who are in need of Jesus.
Are we sharing a story not of shame but of redemption?
Not a narrative of being cast out based on sin but one of being embraced and restored.
One parent of teenagers in the congregation that was interviewed about how they were growing young said this,
“Here it is not all about being perfect.
That is what we loved when we were looking for a church.
We said, ‘Our kids are going to screw up.
How are we going to be treated when they do?’
Powell, Kara.
Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church .
Baker Publishing Group.
Kindle Edition.
We want our kids to be in a place where God’s people say, ‘Okay, you messed up.
What now?’
Not a place that says, ‘You messed up and we don’t know what to do with you.
You might be better off someplace else.’”
This type of place will not grow young, let alone grow at any level.
Here is a picture of a thriving church growing young.
It is a congregation following Jesus earnestly today.
The Jesus who did not condemn but set free.
The Jesus who took what seemed broken and restored wholeness.
The Jesus who invited followers into a life of discipleship that required sacrifice.
This process is called evangelism and discipleship.
How committed are we to evangelism in all of its forms?
How committed are we to Jesus’ message?
The Gospel message.
The good news.
His life, death, resurrection, priestly ministry, restorative power, and hope in the second coming,
The research of observing churches that are growing young shows how the commitment to take Jesus’ message seriously is both a demonstrated action and an overall spirit or ethos in churches growing young.
Of course, Jesus’ message is not contained in just one core commitment; rather, the Good News of Jesus permeates and indeed animates all other commitments.
Just as Jesus is “before all things, and in him all things hold together” (
Our commitment to take Jesus’ message seriously should be
The research of observing churches that are growing young shows how the commitment to take Jesus’ message seriously is both a demonstrated action and an overall spirit or ethos in churches growing young.
Of course, Jesus’ message is not contained in just one core commitment; rather, the Good News of Jesus permeates and indeed animates all other commitments.
Just as Jesus is “before all things, and in him all things hold together” (
how the commitment to take Jesus’ message seriously is both a demonstrated action and an overall spirit or ethos in churches growing young.
Of course, Jesus’ message is not contained in just one core commitment; rather, the Good News of Jesus permeates and indeed animates all other commitments.
Just as Jesus is “before all things, and in him all things hold together” (), pursuing Jesus—not just pursuing young people—is the heart of churches growing young.
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pursuing Jesus—not just pursuing young people—is the heart of churches growing young.
Let’s display our core committements in this way to visualize where Jesus needs to be in all of this.
Powell, Kara.
Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church .
Baker Publishing Group.
Kindle Edition.
both a demonstrated action and an overall spirit or ethos in churches growing young.
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