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Membership Has Its Practices
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Worship and the Sacraments
David Fitch presents a new perspective on church membership: instead of requiring a specific level of sanctification upon joining, congregations should make the commitment to practices of community central to membership after joining.
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Community, Missions, Church Membership, Sanctification
Signs the Spirit Has Left the Building
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
David Fitch suggests that trying to control the activity of the Holy Spirit, or judging the spirituality of others, may be signs that the Holy Spirit has left.
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Community, Holy Spirit, Spirituality, Fruit Of The Spirit
Should We Gather? When?
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Church Life and Leadership
David Fitch shares the importance of public worship gatherings, that they are "part of something much larger going on," and why it is important to discern the dynamics of worshipping within the neighborhood.
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Community, Neighbor, Discernment, Worship Planning
When They Will Not Come
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Scripture Meditation or Sermon, Article about Church Life and Leadership
David Fitch writes on Acts 2:42-47, arguing that community is the foundation for all we are as the church and for God’s mission to the world.
Acts 2:42-47
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Discipleship, Church, Community, Missions
Youth Groups Destroy Children’s Lives
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Children or Youth Ministry
David Fitch says children and teenagers need relationships with adults in which they can grow into a vital relationship with God, and that youth groups often work against this goal.
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Culture, Children/youth, Community, Spiritual Growth
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Mid [midst] scenes of confusion and creature complaintsPD
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The Kingdom Starts With Communities
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
In this article about why sending out individual missionaries is all wrong, David Fitch explains why churches should focus on sending out church communities. The article can be used in a sermon series on missions.
Jeremiah 29:4-7; 1 Peter 2:9, 3:15-16
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Church, Kingdom Of God, Community, Missions
Reading the Bible Together When We Don’t Agree
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Scripture
Using Acts 15:1-30 as a model, David Fitch proposes replacing a top-down, expert-based approach to interpreting scripture, with discernment by the community, leading to a decision that "seems good to the Holy Spirit and to us."
Acts 15:1-30
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Community, Discernment, Holy Spirit, Interpretation
A Warning List For Those Who Would Join a Missional Church Gathering
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Church Life and Leadership
Missional churches may not fit people's expectations of "church." David Fitch offers ten things that anyone who joins a 21st century missional church should not expect.
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Church, Missions, Community, Discipleship
Crime-Ridden Neighborhood Transformed by Praying Church
David Fitch | Preaching Today Requires paid account
Sermon Preparation or Illustration
In this sermon illustration for Matthew 18:19, Mark 9:28-29, or Luke 18:1, David Fitch shares how the a crime-ridden neighborhood was transformed by prayer and an eventual church plant.
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Prayer, Crime, Community, Intercession