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Teaching Notes: How The Saints Grow (Part Three)
Teaching Notes are Bible studies we taught before GraceLife Ministries began publishing articles online in 1995. Some were presented as sermons, others as group studies.
Our hope is that these older studies will be a blessing to you in your life and ministry. Please use them in any way God leads you.
These teaching notes are from a series about Church Growth taught over a period of several months.
[These notes are from a study from 40 years ago.]
Outline For Growth
A. Understanding of Growth: Defining Christian Growth
B. Direction for Growth: Goals of Christian growth
C. Training for Growth: What Christians Need to Grow
D. Assembling for Growth: What the Assembly is For
E. One-Anothering for Growth: How to Build Up Members of the Assembly
F. Structuring for Growth: How the Assembly Should be Managed
G. Ministering for Growth: How the Assembly Should Impact Its Community
Part Three: What Christians Need To Grow
What Children Need To Grow
Write suggestions on human growth needs on a poster board so everyone can see. Get as many ideas as possible from the group. Discuss how each suggestion affects the growth of the child. What would happen if items were taken away from the child? Or given in only a small measure to the child?
What Christians Need To Grow
Have the group break into smaller groups of 3 or 4 people. Have each small group make a list of 7 things Christians need to grow into mature believers. Have them support each point with Scriptures.
After 15 minutes have the group come back together to share. Ask each group to give a point and the Scripture to support it.
Spend a couple of moments on each point, then go to another.
Next Time
We will look at What The Assembly Is For in the next part of our series.
[Thank you for reading these teaching notes from 40 years ago. My prayer is they will be a blessing to you and your life and ministry.]
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