Take a Look Around

We’ll take a moment to look back at progress we have made as a church, and then we’ll look ahead at where God is leading us next!

Your Discipleship Journey - a Self-Assessment

God has a vision and a plan for your life. No matter what His specific plan is, there are some general characteristics of people who are moving from being Disconnected to Giving Through the Spirit. How have you been growing? What is your next step?

 

Disconnected

• • Unsure about who God is.
  • Trusting that if there is a heaven, either all people will get there, or at least those who earn it by living a good, sincere life.
  • Doing whatever seems right in my own eyes.
  • Living as if there is no God.

Grafted by God

• • Acknowledging that I am in a perpetual condition of sinning against God.
  • Believing that God loves me so much that He offers me forgiveness through Christ.
  • Trusting Him to save me from my sin and graft me into His family tree, once for all time.
  • Ready to publicly declare Christ as my Lord through baptism and communion.
  • Connecting with fellow disciples regularly in worship services.
  • Understanding that the church is the body of Christ, and I am part of it.
  • Realizing that not all people who call themselves Christians are living as disciples.

Growing in Christ

• • Making prayer a regular priority.
  • Reading the Bible, every word.
  • Connecting around God’s Word in a small group of disciples.
  • Confessing sinful patterns to trusted disciples who can help.
  • Replacing old habits with healthy disciplines.
  • Trying out a ministry in the church.
  • Offering a set portion of my finances to God, rather than giving Him my leftovers.
  • Struggling with changing values and priorities.

Giving through the Spirit

• • Looking forward to time spent with God daily.
  • Discovering, understanding and using my spiritual gifts to serve the church.
  • Living with eternity in mind.
  • Investing a significant percentage of my finances in Kingdom work.
  • Intentionally building bridges to people who are far from church or far from God.
  • No longer judging success by worldly standards, but by how closely I follow God’s will.
  • Regularly introducing people to Christ.