CHBC Connect for April 19, 2024
God’s Vision for CHBC: 3 Piers, 3 Pillars, and 3 Purposes
3 Purposes: Equipping Believers, Exalting Christ, and Extending the Gospel
“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;” (Eph. 4:11-12). Equipping Believers is a mandate of the church. But equipping is not an end.
The saints referred to in Ephesians 4:12 are those who have trusted in Jesus Christ and become God’s followers, heirs, and adopted children. They are to do the work of service. What kind of service? Serving the body of Christ so that it is built up into strength of faith, purity of doctrine, obedience of living, and evangelistically concerned.
Those whom God has given to the church to be heralds of truth, teachers of doctrine, and models of evangelism are to equip all the believers to do the work of ministry to one another, and in the community in which they live. The church does not gather to have a crusade or a conference. The church gathers to be encouraged after a week of ministry in a hostile world, to be exhorted to go again into the world as ambassadors of Christ, and to be equipped with the doctrinal truths and practical skills to be effective for the place of service in which God as appointed them. Men and women equipped to be spiritual influencers in their professions, mothers and fathers to be equipped to raise their children in the Lord, children and teens to be faithful students and missionaries on their campuses. Wherever God has sent us on Monday, looking toward a re-gathering on the next Sunday for more encouragement, exhortation, and equipping.
By His Grace and For His Glory,
Pastor Mark
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Pastor Mark
Mark D. DeMoss, Pastor for Preaching and Vision
For the Glory of God