How Do You Build A Church?
Paul was a master church planter... Here's what he did: And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. (Acts 14:23 ESV) Prayer and fasting, elders and ... Commiting them to The Lord. That's the plan. Elders. Elders are essential. They must be a part of every church. Right away here we are introduced to the subject of submission. Every church needs someone or some group of people they must submit to. This is a lost art in America. If we don't like one church we'll scoot over here to the next church until we feel important and powerful. It's church on our terms and its disgraceful to the body of Christ. A Church needs Elders who keep watch and to whom others submit in humility. Prayer and fasting. Not programming, prayer and fasting. Not production, prayer and fasting. This is a church builder. Prayer must be the undercurrent beneath the program and produc...