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CHURCH BEYOND THE BOX - FREE CD -
ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE WAY WE DO
CHURCH
It's time to take church planting and the
way we do church "Beyond the Box"
KIDS' CHURCH: Kids need to be in the Sunday service every other Sunday under the corporate anointing. Kids' Church should have two teams under the leader so no one is out of service for more than one Sunday a month. Leaders that give out need to receive. They need to be in at least half the Sunday morning services. Having two teams will give everyone a chance to be poured into, helping to prevent burnout.
Children need to spend part of the time under the
corporate anointing to experience God with the
adults. VIDEO & AUDIO MINISTRY: All services should be recorded and members encouraged to FREELY take messages home and listen to them at least 3 more times The first time a person hears a message, they only retain 6% of what they hear!!!!!! After hearing the message three more times, they will retain over 50% of what they heard. God has anointed certain people to teach certain messages. As leader, when we hear a great life-changing message, instead of trying to teach it ourselves, we need to just make copies of the person's message that God has anointed to teach it, and freely give them to every member of the church. If faith comes by hearing, we need to feed the sheep more than just on Sunday morning. We need to give them good quality life-changing messages for free that they can take home and listen to. As leaders, we should also provide our members the Bible on CD that they can listen to in their cars and homes. Again, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. The use of audio and video should be a normal part of the equipping process of every local church!! This training material should be provided freely at no cost or at most, $1 for a CD or DVD, which will more than cover the cost of making them.
Video and audio of our church members’
testimonies can be recorded and freely given
out as a tool to reach the lost. ALTAR CALL: Every service should have a "clear" call for salvation. At the end of every service, prayer should be offered to anyone that wants it for any reason they need it; to bring them forward and have the altar teams lay hands on them and pray for them. No one should leave with a need that has not been prayed for. At the same time as calling people forward for prayer, end the service and release those that need to go. We do not need to hold people hostage. (Over the years, I have seen on many occasions people come to church hurting and leave without the chance to be ministered to. We often give altar calls that are very specific to our message and people feel their problem does not fit the call so they leave with a need.) CHURCH BOARDS: There needs to be a spiritual advisor board to advise on the spiritual side of doing ministry.
There needs to be a business advisory board to
advise on the business side of doing
ministry. (As a business man when I make
investments, I seek advice from those that have
been successful in business. We need to use
great wisdom, knowledge and understanding in
the Father's business. Sometimes our business
skills will say one thing and the Holy Ghost
will say another. At these times, we lay down
our skills and follow the Holy Spirit. WORSHIP: Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty - all forms of biblically correct worship to be practiced such as: music, song, run, shout, jump, dance, drama, skits, flags, shofar, and quiet time just waiting on the Lord listening to His direction. God moves on different people to worship Him in different ways.
As leaders, we need to be careful not to allow
our personal preferences, traditions, and
religion stop someone from worshipping God the
way God is leading them to worship Him. Saints, please pray about all of the above and the following:
Saints, prayerfully consider the value of what you have just read, and think about sending this to all of your email contacts. I have heard from people in the last couple of weeks that some of you have forwarded "The Church Beyond the Box" emails to, and they were very thankful to receive them and want to receive future emails about this subject. Thank you for sending it to them!! TESTIMONY: A bank manager in Kenya received and read "Church Beyond The Box". He said, "I was ready to quit my job and go full time into ministry. I did not feel peace with this, but it was the only way there was room for me in the church to do ministry. This is what the church expected me to do to fit in. After reading "Church Beyond The Box", I saw that I could remain in the banking business, earn money to help the work of the kingdom, be an evangelist in the marketplace, and still be an evangelist in the local church." If "Church Beyond The Box" has stirred you up, got you to thinking and praying, caused you to look at ways we can improve, or if God has spoken some things to you in regards to how we can improve what we are doing, please send me an email. I would love to hear from you! I can see a day when much of the contents of ”Church Beyond the Box" are used to help plant new churches all over America. Maybe God wants to use you to plant a new church in your area. Thanks so much for praying saints!!! Shalom,
Jim and Carla Barbarossa
www.step-by-step.org
To
receive your free copy of The Church Beyond the
Box CD, send your contact info to:
jim@step-by-step.org
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