Inherited

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Inherited

• Variety and diversity of experience, convictions,
  background, culture, age, temperament
• Wide range of expectations
• Built on house groups
• Mobile congregation
• Being shaped in Christ
• Membership had plateaued
• Financial deficit

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Crucial issues to get hold of

• Kingdom is primary and church is secondary
• Kingdom - power of God working in people to take
  over a place
• Kingdom is dynamic
• Kingdom church begins with receiving a gift

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The big move

• Building
• Minister
• Stipend

Community Faith Action
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A Kingdom Church..

• . (1) Energises faith
• a place for people to grow

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A Kingdom Church...

• . (2) has an outward looking focus
• heart for mission

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A Kingdom Church..

• ..(3) seeks to find out what God wants
• discerning Gods best

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A Kingdom Church

• .. (4) is willing to face to cost of growth and
  change
• Risk-taking

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A Kingdom Church.

• (5) has an enabling leadership
• Release growth

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A Kingdom Church...

• (6) has a participative laity
• Building a team

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A Kingdom Church.

• . (7) is a loving community
• Family living

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A Kingdom Church.

• (8) sees discipleship as a life-long journey of
  faith

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A Kingdom Church...

• ..(9) practises what it preaches
• Word aware

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A Kingdom Church.

• (10) does a few things - well
• Why on earth are we here?