We want to talk about how to help our churches speak to one another, engage in conversation, and be involved in each other’s lives for the purpose and for the glory of God, and to help them in their sanctification. As we do that, certainly the church grows itself up. Now the way I want to conduct this is we’re going to do some theory because there’s a biblical foundation behind what we do, and that helps us understand why we do what we do. I also want this to be incredibly practical, so there’s going to be a lot of ideas and practical aspects that we’ll address.
We’re not interested in just having a counseling ministry. We want a church that functions the way God designed the church to function. And the church counsels, the church disciples. It’s what the church is designed by the Lord to do, and so we want to make certain that we have the correct kind of a culture in the church—one that is practicing and living out these commands from the Lord. There are three foundational considerations for us to look at.
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