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On to Maturity in 2011!
The
disciples in the Greater Nashville Church are excited to announce our
theme for 2011, On to
Maturity.
With prayerful dependence on God, we have set out to grow in three
areas:
a)
In our purpose
– Our purpose is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and
strength. Mark 12:39-31
b)
In our mission
– Our mission is to make disciples – Matthew 28:18-20
c)
In our role
– Each one of us has a specific role in carrying out our purpose
and our mission.
We've
drawn our theme from Ephesians 4:11-16.
“Now
these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the
prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their
responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up
the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come
to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will
be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard
of Christ.
Then we will no longer be immature like children. We
won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We
will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so
clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth
in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the
head of his body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together
perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other
parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of
love.”
As outlined in this scripture, the leaders were given
to the church by God to help us grow up into Christ, and, thus, have
a responsibility to the church to provide resources for maturing.
Likewise, each part of the body – each member – also is to help
each other grow.
Our prayer is that, during this year, we will all
mature together. Come along with us as we all grow up in Christ in
2011.
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January 23, 2011