Classic Sermon 6048: Towards a Relevant Church

(Audio: Spanish)

SUMMARY: The speaker was asked to give a presentation on creating a relevant church for a training for church planters. He believes that a relevant church is one that stands out and has a presence that is impossible to ignore. It glorifies God and has a good reputation in the community. It is an agent for the transformation of lives and a showcase for the kingdom of God. A relevant church is healthy, outward-facing, and has a world mentality. It is always developing creative ways to do ministry and reach the world. Leaders should be creative, aggressive, and always looking for ways to enrich the ministry. The church is like yeast that should be distributed throughout the community to have a total blend.

Pastor Roberto Miranda speaks about the need for churches to have a holistic approach to evangelism and impact all dimensions of the community, including institutions and structures. He encourages individuals to educate themselves and take positions of authority in strategic places to carry out God's work. He emphasizes the importance of being a learning church, always experimenting with new things and seeking God's call in our lives. He concludes by saying that while God gives the growth, our part is to sow, water, and yearn for fruitful and impactful lives that reflect God's passion for the world.

Having a clear vision is essential for ministry and church growth. It's important to reflect on what kind of ministry you want to have and write down your vision. This vision should include a focus on the kingdom, being missionary-minded, and impacting the community. The structures and programs of the church should reflect this vision, including an emphasis on evangelism, discipleship, and training leaders. Decentralizing the church and celebrating the universal priesthood of believers is important for effective ministry. Institutional development should also be a focus. The goal is not to stay on the mountain but to go down and free the captives of the devil and preach a powerful and relevant gospel.

We have been asked to reflect on the area of the whole Gospel and the involvement of the church in the community. I have been coming from Wisconsin for a couple of days, I was precisely asked through a training for church planters that was being carried out with the denomination 'American Baptists'.

I was asked precisely to bring a presentation on what they assigned me. The theme was: "Towards a relevant church" and I was asked to bring this workshop precisely because there is a growing knowledge and a growing conviction in denominations throughout the world, in the life of the church that in the church of Jesus Christ has We need to adopt a more open and dynamic mindset in terms of what it means to do effective ministry.

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