PART A; WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘CHURCH’?

PART B; WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ‘RENEWAL’?

PART C: BIBLICAL PRESCRIPTIONS FOR RENEWAL:
CHURCH AND MINISTRY IN EPHESIANS

1. RENEWAL OF THE COSMOS (1;3-14)

2. RENEWAL OF THE CHRISTIAN

2-1 The Grace of Christ (2:1-10)

2-2 New Life in Christ (4:17 – 5:20)

2-3 Strength from Christ (6:10-20)

3. RENEWAL OF THE COMMUNITY

3-1 Race: Jews and Gentiles (2:11-18)

3-2 Marriage: Husbands and wives (5:22-33)

3-3 Home: Children and parents (6:1-4)

3-4 Work: Employees and employers (6:5-9)

4. RENEWAL OF THE CHURCH

4-1 Wisdom (3:1-13)

4-2 Unity (4:1-6_)

4-3 Maturity (4:7-16)

5. PRAYERS FOR THE CHURCH

5-1 The Characteristics of a Renewed Church (1:15-23)

5-2 The Characteristics of a Renewed Prayer (3:14-21)

ENDNOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Here we begin a new series on The Marks of a Healthy Church.

The first half consists of an Introduction, looking at the concepts ‘Church’ and ‘Renewal’; followed by some studies on the Renewal of the Church, based on Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.

Then we will study one church – Antioch – and discover 34 marks of a ‘Church That Is Alive’…

The Bibliography will be posted at the end. The full text of this study-series may be found on our Website. See under ‘Your Church Can Come Alive.’

Videos comprising four and a half hours of Rowland Croucher’s teaching on this subject are available from John Mark Ministries for $40 aus. (Please contact me by email: simply click on the ‘Contact Us’ button top right on your screen for details)

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