“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
The goal of the church it’s not to try and make the members feel good. The purpose of the church is to create the members to be holy and consecrated and set apart from the world. And that kind of message doesn’t always feel good but it will save the soul!
It’s important to grow devotion to Christ and repentance from sin. However…. There can also be encouraging words of comfort and love to the flock as well. It’s not all about sin… our identity is no longer sin. It is the cross
@@WeekendWoodworker7 Well my friend our opinions may be different I think it is all about sin I think that’s the reason for the cross we don’t want to just encourage and speak a smooth sayer message just for the sake of growing numbers in a church I would much rather have a smaller church that is more focused on holiness and consecration before the Lord. Of Course I believe in encouraging the flock and speaking positive messages over their life but the title says how to grow a church putting the focus on membership growth rather then holiness, maturity, discipline, spiritual Growth, Hunger and thirst for righteousness. The world is not looking for a yes-man to get a feel good message you can go to a inspirational speaker for that. But if you need to be separated from this world and keep your lamps full of oil and your wicks trimmed for the coming of Christ You need a godly shepherd not a hireling
@@AllknowingJesus as Christians our main focus is not sin. It’s Christ. Our main focus is Jesus. We have been freed from our sin. I will agree with you that Often people want Jesus as their savior and not their Lord. But both are important But yes you are exactly right. Growth for the sake of numbers is incorrect. Growth for the sale of a consecrated kingdom is amazing!
@@lifeonthetablewithnoxolom719 Gods truth is pretty comfortable for me. He is called ‘the comforter’ for a reason. But yes truth and righteousness do matter
The goal of Sunday morning worship is to bring a group of Christians together for worshiping God, for encouragement, and to increase Bible knowledge. However, Christians need small groups and mature Christian friends to nurture discipleship, spiritual growth, consecration and Bible knowledge. The Sunday morning worship service, as important as it is, is not meant to fulfill everything that a person needs to become a mature Christian.
02/05/24: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 2 Timothy 4:2. The word of God must never be compromised.
We come to church grow in the word: To give and receive Godly strength:To praise God for what he had already down and to thank him in advance (FAITH) for what he is going to do: To praise and fellowship with other believers in the beauty of Holiness. Jesus died but he rose and is alive so we should be alive ( I am NOT saying turning the house of God into a circle) but praising God verbally, singing together giving true worship to our Savior. It should not be to the point that after we wake up we have to wake our guest up to let them know the church service is over.
That sounds like Paul Maxwell doing your intro and outro narration... That was a big punch in the gut knowing he's not a Christian anymore. God used his teaching in a huge way to shape my faith in college. Great pointers in the video though!
This video has great information, and I will use it accordingly when appropriate. Thank you for making this. It is ironic reading these comments saying "this isn't what church is supposed to be" as 3500+ churches are closing every year in the United States. The boat is sinking beneath the water and people are still focused on the rain. My descendants will be able to look back at the other comments here for a good laugh at how Christians themselves are their own worst enemy. "Rofl Grandpa, they really thought that negative sermons, judging each other and feeling bad about everything is what God wanted?" I would like to close with this snippet of history which highlights how the "guilt thing" came about in the middle ages: Early Church Period (1st to 3rd centuries): In the early years of Christianity, the emphasis was more on spreading the message of Jesus Christ and forming a cohesive community. However, as the church became more organized and institutionalized, concepts like Original Sin and the need for redemption through Christ's sacrifice began to take hold. The idea of human unworthiness and the need for repentance were gradually introduced, contributing to the development of feelings of guilt and fear. Middle Ages (5th to 15th centuries): During the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church held significant political power, and religious authority played a dominant role in society. This period saw the rise of penance, indulgences, and the fear of damnation. Religious leaders often used guilt and fear to maintain control over the masses, promoting the idea that only through the church's sacraments and hierarchy could salvation be attained.
There's a difference between being a motivational speaker and a preacher... You are trying to teach people to be motivational speaker not church preacher dear. That's why people will always come to you because you are giving them what they want to hear 😊
It should not be "how to grow your church" for Jesus Christ is the head of the Church and there is but one church. A man cannot own or run a church, like its some business/enterprise with an owner or CEO. I know most of us here genuinely love Jesus and wish to serve Him and feed his flock, but we should endeavour to serve Him in a spirit of obedience, humility and truth. Christ has but one church he instituted in this world, and he built that church on the Rock Peter. And that church is still here to see today. The Catholic Church. May God bless you all and lead you to the fullness of Truth.
@@ndumferdy2545 Don't be so ridiculous and ignorant and Catholic indoctrinated. The "rock" is the confession that Peter made, that Jesus is the Christ. Jesus called himself elsewhere in the NT a rock, amongst many other titles such as the good shepherd, etc . How can he and Peter both be the rock? How on earth can a sinful, fallible person who denied Jesus 3 times before the rooster crowed be a "rock?" Peter is a rock and then soon after denies Christ completely. Yeah, makes sense. Don't be so ridiculous and blasphemous. On this rock I will build my church Jesus said. Straight after Peter confessed Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God. The church is built on the belief then the confession with your mouth that Jesus is the Christ. How anyone can be so ignorant to believe that a sinner is the rock I cannot understand. That the church is built on a man. The church is built on Christ only. And you lay that foundation by believing in Jesus and confessing him as the Christ. That is the rock, which Peter confessed and Jesus said this is what the church is built on.
@ISAAC EFFAH OFORI Amen! How obscene and heretical and blasphemous claiming a fallible man as the "rock". This is one of the worst misinterpretations of any denomination. Jesus is the rock, the stone, the corner stone, the foundation as scripture declares. You can't suddenly have a sinful man also as the rock.
@@tomy8339 wao. You guys have a skill to cherry pick and twist God's word to fit your narratives. The name "Peter" literally means "Rock" for crying out loud. Jesus even had to change Simon's name to Peter just to make his point go through. So why do you guys vehemently refute it? Jesus is the head of the Church. He is our God. He in His infinite Wisdom and Love chose to build His Church on this earth starting from a rock, Peter. Does it in any way reduce God's majesty that Peter is the rock? No. Did the apostles and disciples recognise Peter as the leader of the church? Yes. So you want to deny facts? Because of what? Emotions? Anticatholicism? Stay objective. Read Acts 15.
Worship can mean a lot of things. I think obedience is the big issue here. We obey God because we love Him. We sing, read, pray, etc because its evidence of our love for Him.
@@Diniecita worship doesn’t mean a lot of things. You have been listening to the wrong teachers who have been giving you the pop contemporary definition of worship and not the biblical definition of worship. They are two very different things.
This is not right pastor... that is not the purpose of the church. To prove this to anyone listening ask yourself how many verses did the pastor quote to support anything he said?
How many versus did Apostle Paul quote in his letters? Jesus Christ was a Jew and thus believed in the TORAH. If you aren’t reading and quoting from the ORIGINAL you have been lead astray. If you don’t study the original languages you are trusting others to do the work you’re supposed to do. There’s much lost in those horrible translations that Westerners read.
That’s untrue. Jesus preached repentance and belief in the Torah. The Gospels weren’t even written during Christ time on earth. The Gospels are the written works of Christ life written AFTER the death and resurrection. You must study your history of the Christian Church before spouting nonsense.
The scary thing is, the bigger the church the more likelihood for unbiblical teaching and the smaller the church the more likelihood they're closer to biblical truths. There are outliers of course; fringe doctrines, scorned church members who start their own church out of bitterness, that leader spoils the Bread of Life from Christ.
The point about combating loneliness was key! So easy to hang out with church friends and forget the visitors. People followed Jesus because he met people where they were and drew them in to His message. People want to feel loved and valued. Good job!
This is the best way to create the best lukewarm church ever! 👍 Treating the church as a corporation a business is disgusting, Jesus didn't die on a cross so that you hypocrites could have a big church where you could hear sweet messages to tickle your ears, He died for the ministry of reconciliation! to restore us to the Father and manifest the life of the Son of G-d Jesus on earth. Why don't you try His presence or speaking to the people from His Glory instead of from a business/marketing/PR model?.....sad!
The perfect church on Earth does not exist and you cannot make the perfect church. If you can prove me wrong and find this church DO NOT JOIN IT!!! If you do you will spoil it.
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. There are also some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality. Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. Because you are lukewarm-neither hot nor cold-I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
I'm sure when Jesus said "Pick up your cross and follow me" he was 100% concerned with how uplifting that message was.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
The goal of the church it’s not to try and make the members feel good. The purpose of the church is to create the members to be holy and consecrated and set apart from the world. And that kind of message doesn’t always feel good but it will save the soul!
It’s important to grow devotion to Christ and repentance from sin.
However…. There can also be encouraging words of comfort and love to the flock as well. It’s not all about sin… our identity is no longer sin. It is the cross
@@WeekendWoodworker7
Well my friend our opinions may be different I think it is all about sin I think that’s the reason for the cross we don’t want to just encourage and speak a smooth sayer message just for the sake of growing numbers in a church I would much rather have a smaller church that is more focused on holiness and consecration before the Lord. Of Course I believe in encouraging the flock and speaking positive messages over their life but the title says how to grow a church putting the focus on membership growth rather then holiness, maturity, discipline, spiritual Growth, Hunger and thirst for righteousness. The world is not looking for a yes-man to get a feel good message you can go to a inspirational speaker for that. But if you need to be separated from this world and keep your lamps full of oil and your wicks trimmed for the coming of Christ You need a godly shepherd not a hireling
You said 👌 and God’s truth is never comfortable because it’s always contradictory to what the flash desires. Quality over quantity ❤️❤️❤️
@@AllknowingJesus as Christians our main focus is not sin. It’s Christ. Our main focus is Jesus.
We have been freed from our sin.
I will agree with you that Often people want Jesus as their savior and not their Lord. But both are important
But yes you are exactly right. Growth for the sake of numbers is incorrect. Growth for the sale of a consecrated kingdom is amazing!
@@lifeonthetablewithnoxolom719 Gods truth is pretty comfortable for me.
He is called ‘the comforter’ for a reason.
But yes truth and righteousness do matter
The goal of Sunday morning worship is to bring a group of Christians together for worshiping God, for encouragement, and to increase Bible knowledge. However, Christians need small groups and mature Christian friends to nurture discipleship, spiritual growth, consecration and Bible knowledge. The Sunday morning worship service, as important as it is, is not meant to fulfill everything that a person needs to become a mature Christian.
I just love this video...
Worship experience❤
02/05/24: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 2 Timothy 4:2. The word of God must never be compromised.
Sorry, but this is a flawed view of what the church should be. Encouragement can sometimes be used from the pulpit but certainly not every message.
Meet needs: loneliness, meaningful and genuine relationships, people feel loved, safe place❤❤
You can't be encouraging people always while the Word of God says rebuke, correct, and train.
External and Internal factors❤
We come to church grow in the word: To give and receive Godly strength:To praise God for what he had already down and to thank him in advance
(FAITH) for what he is going to do: To praise and fellowship with other believers in the beauty of Holiness. Jesus died but he rose and is alive so we should be alive ( I am NOT saying turning the house of God into a circle) but praising God verbally, singing together giving true worship to our Savior.
It should not be to the point that after we wake up we have to wake our guest up to let them know the church service is over.
Great perspective. Its never about whether I agree or disagree, its about hearing how others are serving Christ. Love it.
Funny how the topic of loneliness comes up in this message BEFORE the pandemic, and just how much more true that is today. Good stuff.
What's the proper timing to hire staff for growth. Hire a full staff to facilitate growth or grow first then add staff?
I believe that God provides for all of our needs; nothing is coincidental
That sounds like Paul Maxwell doing your intro and outro narration... That was a big punch in the gut knowing he's not a Christian anymore. God used his teaching in a huge way to shape my faith in college. Great pointers in the video though!
Thank you
Biggest deficiency is loneliness - update that to post-covid - comes back to relationships
Why are we going to lunch with our same friends but not the new people who just joined the church 🤔
This video has great information, and I will use it accordingly when appropriate. Thank you for making this. It is ironic reading these comments saying "this isn't what church is supposed to be" as 3500+ churches are closing every year in the United States. The boat is sinking beneath the water and people are still focused on the rain. My descendants will be able to look back at the other comments here for a good laugh at how Christians themselves are their own worst enemy. "Rofl Grandpa, they really thought that negative sermons, judging each other and feeling bad about everything is what God wanted?"
I would like to close with this snippet of history which highlights how the "guilt thing" came about in the middle ages:
Early Church Period (1st to 3rd centuries): In the early years of Christianity, the emphasis was more on spreading the message of Jesus Christ and forming a cohesive community. However, as the church became more organized and institutionalized, concepts like Original Sin and the need for redemption through Christ's sacrifice began to take hold. The idea of human unworthiness and the need for repentance were gradually introduced, contributing to the development of feelings of guilt and fear.
Middle Ages (5th to 15th centuries): During the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church held significant political power, and religious authority played a dominant role in society. This period saw the rise of penance, indulgences, and the fear of damnation. Religious leaders often used guilt and fear to maintain control over the masses, promoting the idea that only through the church's sacraments and hierarchy could salvation be attained.
try to grow are church we have 20 people
*Don't talk about anything important if it's true, SatanTube just hates that!*
Amen!
I appreciate your insight. I think that people go to church for different reasons. It’s about equipping believers with revelant topics in life.
There's a difference between being a motivational speaker and a preacher... You are trying to teach people to be motivational speaker not church preacher dear. That's why people will always come to you because you are giving them what they want to hear 😊
Thank lot for the amazing message. I will implement in our house prayer fellowship.
so... it has nothing to do with preaching the Gospel of Christ that costed the perfect blood of God Himself?? wow!!
We do not have worship experience at my current church. Yes people sing but they can't sing. They sang out dated songs
It should not be "how to grow your church" for Jesus Christ is the head of the Church and there is but one church. A man cannot own or run a church, like its some business/enterprise with an owner or CEO. I know most of us here genuinely love Jesus and wish to serve Him and feed his flock, but we should endeavour to serve Him in a spirit of obedience, humility and truth. Christ has but one church he instituted in this world, and he built that church on the Rock Peter. And that church is still here to see today. The Catholic Church. May God bless you all and lead you to the fullness of Truth.
What a response. Peter the "rock". He may be your rock but he ain't mine. My rock is Jesus.
@@tomy8339 Well..its Jesus who says "Peter is the rock". Not me. So if you have an issue complain to Jesus
@@ndumferdy2545 Don't be so ridiculous and ignorant and Catholic indoctrinated. The "rock" is the confession that Peter made, that Jesus is the Christ.
Jesus called himself elsewhere in the NT a rock, amongst many other titles such as the good shepherd, etc . How can he and Peter both be the rock? How on earth can a sinful, fallible person who denied Jesus 3 times before the rooster crowed be a "rock?" Peter is a rock and then soon after denies Christ completely. Yeah, makes sense.
Don't be so ridiculous and blasphemous. On this rock I will build my church Jesus said. Straight after Peter confessed Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God. The church is built on the belief then the confession with your mouth that Jesus is the Christ.
How anyone can be so ignorant to believe that a sinner is the rock I cannot understand. That the church is built on a man. The church is built on Christ only. And you lay that foundation by believing in Jesus and confessing him as the Christ. That is the rock, which Peter confessed and Jesus said this is what the church is built on.
@ISAAC EFFAH OFORI Amen! How obscene and heretical and blasphemous claiming a fallible man as the "rock". This is one of the worst misinterpretations of any denomination. Jesus is the rock, the stone, the corner stone, the foundation as scripture declares. You can't suddenly have a sinful man also as the rock.
@@tomy8339 wao. You guys have a skill to cherry pick and twist God's word to fit your narratives. The name "Peter" literally means "Rock" for crying out loud. Jesus even had to change Simon's name to Peter just to make his point go through. So why do you guys vehemently refute it? Jesus is the head of the Church. He is our God. He in His infinite Wisdom and Love chose to build His Church on this earth starting from a rock, Peter. Does it in any way reduce God's majesty that Peter is the rock? No. Did the apostles and disciples recognise Peter as the leader of the church? Yes. So you want to deny facts? Because of what? Emotions? Anticatholicism? Stay objective. Read Acts 15.
When you say “worship”. I think you mean praise.
Worship can mean a lot of things. I think obedience is the big issue here. We obey God because we love Him. We sing, read, pray, etc because its evidence of our love for Him.
@@Diniecita worship doesn’t mean a lot of things. You have been listening to the wrong teachers who have been giving you the pop contemporary definition of worship and not the biblical definition of worship. They are two very different things.
Small churches are way better to attend than big churches
Great message Dean. I needed to hear this as a Praise and Worship Leader for two different churches. Thanks so much for your encouragement.
This is not right pastor... that is not the purpose of the church.
To prove this to anyone listening ask yourself how many verses did the pastor quote to support anything he said?
How many versus did Apostle Paul quote in his letters? Jesus Christ was a Jew and thus believed in the TORAH. If you aren’t reading and quoting from the ORIGINAL you have been lead astray. If you don’t study the original languages you are trusting others to do the work you’re supposed to do. There’s much lost in those horrible translations that Westerners read.
Jesus never said make people feel good about themselves! He preached repent and believe the gospel!
But, He did it with honest love. People saw that in Him.
That’s untrue. Jesus preached repentance and belief in the Torah. The Gospels weren’t even written during Christ time on earth. The Gospels are the written works of Christ life written AFTER the death and resurrection. You must study your history of the Christian Church before spouting nonsense.
The scary thing is, the bigger the church the more likelihood for unbiblical teaching and the smaller the church the more likelihood they're closer to biblical truths. There are outliers of course; fringe doctrines, scorned church members who start their own church out of bitterness, that leader spoils the Bread of Life from Christ.
The point about combating loneliness was key! So easy to hang out with church friends and forget the visitors. People followed Jesus because he met people where they were and drew them in to His message. People want to feel loved and valued. Good job!
so dont preach, sin, hell, convictiion, ect...
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 in 6 minutes I have learned something that takes hours for people to explain
This is the best way to create the best lukewarm church ever! 👍 Treating the church as a corporation a business is disgusting, Jesus didn't die on a cross so that you hypocrites could have a big church where you could hear sweet messages to tickle your ears, He died for the ministry of reconciliation! to restore us to the Father and manifest the life of the Son of G-d Jesus on earth. Why don't you try His presence or speaking to the people from His Glory instead of from a business/marketing/PR model?.....sad!
The perfect church on Earth does not exist and you cannot make the perfect church. If you can prove me wrong and find this church DO NOT JOIN IT!!! If you do you will spoil it.
THIS IS A MESSAGE FROM HELL.
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. There are also some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.
Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
Because you are lukewarm-neither hot nor cold-I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.
Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first.
If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”