This is part 3 of a special series within the podcast…

Our friend Jennifer Davis Rash (editor of The Alabama Baptist AND executive director of the TAB Media Group) recently hosted me on her podcast. I asked her if I could cross-post to our platforms, and she agreed…

So, here’s a 1-2-3 punch on Healthy Church,” a new project I helped my Dad reboot and release.

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Churches organize and do “lots and lots” for things.

However, in the hustle of it all, we need to make sure we’re doing the RIGHT things…

All of the—

⭐️ Programs…

⚙️ Processes (including budgeting our time & money) of how things get done…

📝 Policies & procedures (rules & operating guidelines) of how we “behave”…

… should all flow into the 6 functions we see in Acts 2:42-47.

Each of these work together and FEED each other, creating a dynamic that’s unlike any other organization (remember, the church is an organism— a living entity).

The six are…

1️⃣ Worship

2️⃣ Discipleship

3️⃣ Ministry

4️⃣ Evangelism

5️⃣ Fellowship

6️⃣ Prayer

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Relevant links

📻 Access the FREE 2-4-6 framework / audio course = https://www.lifelift.online/246

📺 Purchase the Healthy Church mini course = https://www.lifelift.online/HCMC

⚙️ Grab the Healthy Systems mini course = https://www.lifelift.online/HSMC

⭐️ See all resources = https://www.lifelift.online/store

Upcoming events + training opportunities on this resource

✅ Events for church + ministry leaders via LifeLift Ministries = www.LifeLift.online/events

Links to TAB Media Group / The Alabama Baptist

⭐️ Catch-all home page = https://tabmedia.group

📺 YouTube for TAB = https://www.youtube.com/@TABMediaGroup

A reminder = our friend Jennifer Davis Rash (editor of The Alabama Baptist AND executive director of the TAB Media Group) recently hosted me on her podcast. I asked her if I could cross-post to our platforms, and she agreed…

So, here’s a 1-2-3 punch on Healthy Church,” a new project I helped my Dad reboot and release.

💙

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Paul uses the analogy of a human body when talking about the church (see 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, Ephesians 4:11f.). Well, to say it a better way, he doesn’t say the church is LIKE a body, he declares the church ACTUALLY IS a body— the Body of Christ.

So, let’s affirm this about human size AND about church size…

While you DO need a certain “mass” for a human to be viable, there are far more indicators as to how healthy the human is than just mere size.

Think about it—

🤷‍♂️ You can have a healthy 150-pound man OR an unhealthy 150-pound man.

🤷‍♂️ You can have a healthy 300-pound man OR an unhealthy 300-pound man.

A lot depends on the KIND of weight that man has (read: the kind of size, muscle or fat) AND other indicators we don’t see…

❤️ the condition of his heart and his blood

💥 the amount of stress he has— and how he handles it

😴 the rhythm of rest, recovery, and the working hard…

🚽 the capacity he has to eliminate toxins while storing nutrients

See?

The same is true with churches— with the body of Christ…

The numbers DO tell some of the story, but only SOME. The numbers are one of many indicators.

In this talk we walk through FOUR indicators—

🕊️ Spiritual growth = awakening to who God designed us to be and walking in relationship with Him

⚙️ Ministry involvement = discovering the unique part we play and deploying into that area of stewardship

🌎 Missions advancement = taking the energy of the church outside the four walls of the building and inviting others to experience the presence & power of the Kingdom (not the church, the Kingdom)

🔥 Outreach effectiveness = people are impacted and begin the journey of spiritual growth…

(Then, they can start the process.)

Bottom line: churches grow in multiple ways— especially if you want them to be healthy.

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Relevant links

📻 Access the FREE 2-4-6 framework / audio course = https://www.lifelift.online/246

📺 Purchase the Healthy Church mini course = https://www.lifelift.online/HCMC

⚙️ Grab the Healthy Systems mini course = https://www.lifelift.online/HSMC

⭐️ See all resources = https://www.lifelift.online/store

Upcoming events + training opportunities on this resource

✅ Events for church + ministry leaders via LifeLift Ministries = www.LifeLift.online/events

Links to TAB Media Group / The Alabama Baptist

⭐️ Catch-all home page = https://tabmedia.group

📺 YouTube for TAB = https://www.youtube.com/@TABMediaGroup

Heads-up = our friend Jennifer Davis Rash (editor of The Alabama Baptist AND executive director of the TAB Media Group) recently hosted me on her podcast. I asked her if I could cross-post to our platforms, and she agreed…

So, here’s a 1-2-3 punch on Healthy Church,” a new project I helped my Dad reboot and release.

💙

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Jesus referenced two “greats” during His time on earth…

⭐️ The great commandment = “love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength” (see Matthew 22:36-40), AND

⭐️ The great commission = “go into all the world and make disciples…” (see Matthew 28:18-20).

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It seems odd (to me) that that greatest commandment demands that people “love God”— so let’s reframe it…

… it looks like (just my perspective) that one (the commission) flows FROM the other…

… as an overflow of our “love connection” with God.

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But how do you inspire love?

And how do you “create” a feeling?

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In this episode we discuss these two “greats” and their relationship to each other, as well as explore how to stoke the fire and fan the flame of both.

We also dialogue about looking at the world around us from a new perspective— from a vantage point of long-term love, of working grace through the culture like yeast moving through dough (Matthew 13:33-37), and of viewing everything from the standpoint of redeemed-and-yet-to-be-redeemed as opposed to just sacred or secular (see Acts 3:20-21).

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Relevant links

📻 Access the FREE 2-4-6 framework / audio course = https://www.lifelift.online/246

📺 Purchase the Healthy Church mini course = https://www.lifelift.online/HCMC

⚙️ Grab the Healthy Systems mini course = https://www.lifelift.online/HSMC

⭐️ See all resources = https://www.lifelift.online/store

Upcoming events + training opportunities on this resource

✅ Events for church + ministry leaders via LifeLift Ministries = www.LifeLift.online/events

Links to TAB Media Group / The Alabama Baptist

⭐️ Catch-all home page = https://tabmedia.group

📺 YouTube for TAB = https://www.youtube.com/@TABMediaGroup

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This way, we can love them in a way they KNOW they're being loved...

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Marriage is two individuals-- who remain two unique children of God-- joining together to create something new.

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But, you must start where you are.

Where you are isn't who you are, nor is it where you must remain. Things can change for the better.

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