Young Life Campaigners 2-2-06
The Organized Church
v What comes to your mind when you think of “church?”
v Name the top few reasons people might not attend church.
1. What is the church?
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
2. While all believers are in the body of Christ, there are organized local parts of the body of Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:2; Galatians 1:2; Philippians 1:1; 1 Thes. 1:1
3. What are the New Testament characteristics of the early church?
Acts 2:42-46; Hebrews 10:24-25
a. e.
b. f.
c. g.
d. h.
v If your family does not have a church, these characteristics can be guidelines for your search.
4. What is your current church like?
5. How can God use you to help it?
6. What is your response to people who criticize and boycott the church?
7. How important will a good church be to you when you graduate and leave Young Life?
v What is your perception of how different churches and denominations cooperate and get along? What about the perception of those who don’t attend church?
Personal Application:
Young Life Campaigners 2-2-06
The Organized Church
v What comes to your mind when you think of “church?”
v Name the top few reasons people might not attend church.
1. What is the church?
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
2. While all believers are in the body of Christ, there are organized local parts of the body of Christ.
1 Corinthians 1:2; Galatians 1:2; Philippians 1:1; 1 Thes. 1:1
3. What are the New Testament characteristics of the early church?
Acts 2:42-46; Hebrews 10:24-25
a. e.
b. f.
c. g.
d. h.
v If your family does not have a church, these characteristics can be guidelines for your search.
4. What is your current church like?
5. How can God use you to help it?
6. What is your response to people who criticize and boycott the church?
7. How important will a good church be to you when you graduate and leave Young Life?
v What is your perception of how different churches and denominations cooperate and get along? What about the perception of those who don’t attend church?
Personal Application:
Acts…42They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Hebrews…24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
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