Growing as a Church: Discover Our Second Goal This Week

Pastor Josh here.

I want to give you a preview of our Sunday morning service on

January 12th here at Middletown Baptist Church.

We're in the second part of our three part series, the goals

of a Growing Church.

Last week we looked at the first goal of the growing church,

and that is the goal of the gospel.

We are called to proclaim the gospel.

We're called to live the gospel.

We're called to first and foremost believe the gospel.

And so the first step of the growing church is to embrace the

gospel, to live the gospel, to proclaim the gospel.

But the second part is another word that starts with a G, and that

is group or the church.

What's the point of this group that we had together in the building?

Well, the point of the group is to be unified.

The point of the group is to be pointing towards Christ.

And so we're going to look at the book of Ephesians And Ephesians,

Ephesians 4:1–6

chapter 4, verses 1 through 6, talks about how the church is a body,

that what does a healthy body look like?

What does a healthy group look like?

What does a healthy church look like?

And so we're going to talk about how we can be unified as a

church in our purpose of the gospel.

And then we will come back next week with the third and final

aspect of the goals of a growing church.

And so this week we're going to be studying the group, the corporate

group that is the church, the assembly of believers coming together

here.

And so hope that it'll be an opportunity for you to come and worship

the Lord together with us as we learn about what we are called

to do as a growing church.

Well, we hope you have a wonderful weekend.

We look forward to hearing from you soon and seeing you soon.

If you're not able to visit us in person here in Middletown, we

do ask that you follow along on Facebook or YouTube or you can

follow on this podcast.

On Monday mornings we replay the sermon and that will be a wonderful

opportunity for you to grow in the Lord.

So we thank you for your support and we ask that you share

this message with someone that you know.

Take care.

We'll talk to you soon.