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In acts 2:42-47 the Holy Spirit began to explain the process of how to move from a temple model to a _____ model

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Church

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At _____ an amazing and dramatic thing happened: those who believed in Jesus became the place where heaven and earth met

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Pentecost

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Evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, ministry (service) and worship were to be the functions of an effective, spirit empowered church- they are the five functions upon which acts 2 process is based: connect, grow, serve, go, and worship.

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True

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Grow is about discipleship. It’s how your church promotes spiritual formation in

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Individuals, ministry teams and the congregation

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The first century church was empowered by the spirit but Jesus has a plan for those he was leaving behind. He revealed that plan through the power of his spirit and he accomplished the plan through the hard work of his followers

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False

The spirit s power

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Spiritual experiences are wonderful but without a ____ you’ll find yourself wondering how to take your church from where you are to where it needs to be

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Plan

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What worked for the first century church continues to work today because the builder Christ used a sound blueprint when he founded the church in acts

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True

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The willingness to admit we need to do things ____ is one of the biggest challenges we face in it acts 2 journey

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Differently

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We can be transformed by the ___ of the spirit and we can then change the atmosphere of our churches and congregations through the same plan that god used to transform the church of the first Century

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Empowerment

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The future of a church belongs to one visionary leader the pastor

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False

Team of people

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Working as a______ enables us to reach people for Jesus effectively

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Team

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It’s critical that our churches become outward focused. No matter the size of our churches we must fulfill our mandate: the great commission. For too long we have focused on making churchgoers comfortable

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True

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God’s plan for the future comes from

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The pastor and his core team of church leaders sitting praying together and hearing what god wants them to do in the future

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Preachers aren’t modern priests each believer has the inserting presence of the Holy Spirit and the entire congregation shared the mission of showing god’s goodness to others

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True

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Each believer is part of a royal nation and is called to _____ even if they aren’t paid full time ministers

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Full time ministry

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Modern day priests believers have the following responsibilities

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  1. Inviting friend and coworkers to church 2. Greeting visitors warmly
  2. Serving the next generation in children’s program
  3. . doing whatever it takes to do the lord’s work
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The people exist to help the pastor the pastor exists to help the people fulfill their calling’s

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False

Do not

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Compassion ____ is a result of giving serving and helping without replenishing the necessary love joy and strength all of us need to keep going

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Fatigue

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Unlike many church leaders god isn’t obsessed with size as a measure of the effectiveness of a church. He desires small churches to be healthy just as much as he desires big churches to be healthy and he desires that all churches be full of hope

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True

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With the challenges facing the church today we must rely upon

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Spirit empowerment

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Experiencing spirit empowerment discipleship is about doing more for God performing at a higher level and experiencing signs and wonders

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False is about knowing god

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Every spiritual discipline every behavioral truth every spiritual activity rings hollow without a growing relationship with Christ and will eventually bring

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  1. Frustration
  2. Disappointment
  3. Burnout
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Which of the following statements is true about transformation

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Transformation occurs at both a personal level and a corporate one

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Engages and maintains loving relationship

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Connect

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Develops and mobilized the people
Grow
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Acts with clear direction and outward focus
Serve
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Reproduces and multiplied his mission in other peoples and Places
Go
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Pursue and obey God passionately
Worship
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Only the ____ Powers of the holy spirit will allow us to rekindle the passion for evangelism and mission change the climate of the church and disciple a priesthood of believers within the church
Transformative
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While spirit empowered churches are our goal we must recognize that churches aren’t made up of bricks and mortar but are made up of a far more valuable asset than real estate __
People
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At the core of the acts 2 process is having spirit empowered disciples who are
Encountering Jesus experiencing the fullness of the Holy Spirit learning scripture and engaging with gods people
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Learning and doing education and effort without encountering the Holy Spirit are counter productive in fact it’s dry lifeless and destined for failure
True
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Undeniably sound _____ is foundational to the strength and effective of the church and is impossible to have sound disciples without sound doctrine
Doctrine
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Anointing available continually
New covenant
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Anointing available sporadically
Old covenant
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Anointing provided when individuals were depleted or desperate
Old covenant
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Anointing provided in advance of need
New covenant
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Spirit empowered disciples don’t experience an isolated event but a ____ of complete transformation
Process
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People who mentor others through relationship to the point where they become servant leaders
Reproduce
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People who adhere to the teaching and practices of growing in Christ and demonstrate a lifestyle corresponding of gods word
Disciples
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People who haven’t received Christ as lord and savior of their lives
Unbelievers
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People who’ve grown in the direction ways and timing of the lord and share their knowledge of Christ with others so they to can learn his direction ways and timing
Servant leaders
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People who’ve received Christ as lord but haven’t yet become learners who obey gods word
Believers
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The road to a healthy church regardless of size or age demographics begins with asking the right questions of ourselves and assessing our current status as spirit empowered disciples
True
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When a church is in the death stage of a lifecycle
There is always hope
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Transformation is not a ____ is an ongoing journey
Destination
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Which of the following statements is true
1. The New Testament church mission is timeless 2. The New Testament churches mission is the same today as it was the day Christ ascended 3. The New Testament churches missions is the same for each and every church
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We call our mission the
Great commission
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The revitalization off any church begins when ____ persons catch the dream of the Holy Spirit empowerment to accomplish his mission on the earth
One
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___ is often a misunderstood word but for our purpose it is our current understanding of gods preferred future for a person group or congregation
Vision
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Vision always involves _____ and invites criticism especially for the individuals into whom god breathes the dream that becomes vision
Risk
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As we endeavor to execute a vision for ourselves or for a body of believers will face many challenges ____derail or delay the fulfillment of the vision
Any of which can
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As we seek to develop god inspired vision we must recognize a few things that can prevent us from seeing possibilities and opportunities. These blinders May include
1. Denial and complacency 2. Part successes and past failures 3. Personal agendas and preconceptions
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We must exchange blinders for spiritual ___because how we protect things shapes our current reality
Lenses
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Core values are
Like a church’s personality | 2. Like dna
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Core values drive priorities shake behaviors attitudes and actions direct processes govern relationships and articulate what the church stands for
True
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Every church has the ability to cast vision but if the values can’t support the vision or aren’t being loved that vision will fail
True
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With clearly defined values you’ll know clearly what is most ____ to your church
Important
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Sometimes what seems like a core value may actually be something completely different a personal preference or
Conviction
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Biblical absolute community standards and personal convictions are all subjects to ____ directives and should supplant personal beliefs and behaviors
Scriptural
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The entire acts 2 process is built upon the understanding that
1. God has a plan | 2. The holy spirit wants to reveal gods plan for us
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We must recognize that without holy Spirit empowerment in our churches the mission vision values and plans merely amount to programs
True
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A vision without a plan to carry it out is nothing more than a ___
Dream
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God does nothing out of order there’s adivine ____ in all he does
Purpose
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Where you are
Values
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Where you want to go
Vision
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How to get from where you are to where you want to go
Strategic plan
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In building an acts 2 church ____ is the glue that holds everything
Love
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The Christian life is more than belief and action it’s___ is connection belonging and community
Relationships
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We need to deconstruct discipleship as it exists today exchanging rational behavioral models for relational experiential models
True
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Spirit empowered discipleship requires a lifestyle of the following
1. Fresh encounters with Jesus 2. Frequent experiences of scriptures 3. Faithful engagement with gods people
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Relevant discipleship begins with solid doctrine and teaching
False Loving the lord with all your heart mind souls and strength
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Statistics show that adults tend to stop growing spiritually in the fifth to seventh year of their Christian experience
True
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Discipleship ____ with each phase of life but the need for it never waned
Changes
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When you create empowered disciples the living and life giving relationship they have with the holy spirit Won’t let them stay inside it will urge them forward from glory to glory
True
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Nothing helps a churchgoer feel more connected or have a greater sense of ownership than
Becoming involved in a form of service
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Most pastors find it is one of the ____ tasks to delegate decisions to spirit empowered team members
Hardest
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Any willing disciple of god can change the world but we must ____ out into that world In order to make a difference
Go
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Unlike people who grow old and eventually die organizations have the capacity to reinvigorate themselves to instill new energy and vitality and to keep growing through countless stages
True
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The burden of ministry belongs to the pastor
False
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We must help our congregation understand that attracting new people is not the pastors job pastors aren’t paid to reach new people they’re paid to shepherd those who come
True
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It’s our job as pastors and leaders to teach and disciple the people in our churches ____ then for ministry
Equipping
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Your church and your vision Dont have to be big for your actions to have a big impact on the people Around you
True
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Go is about reaching untracked people groups Around the world in every way possible from our neighbors to the farthest corners of the earth
True
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Worship isn’t an event it’s a ____
Lifestyle
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Worship is a lifestyle but in this age of emphasis on worship through music many have forgotten that _____ is a powerful form of worship
Prayer
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worship Is a tool for connecting us to god of reaching up to our Heavenly Father to all his glory to come down
True

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