100221-0830-Darrell Rice - The Model Church

2010-02-21-0830 Darrell Rice, Pastor from the Great Lakes Region of the Church of God is the guest speaker for 8:30 Sunday morning February 21st, 2008. Scripture Ref:Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-3; I Corinthians 3:5

Topic: The Church

Notes:- All my life I've searched for the perfect church- NT churches recognized for their failures- 8 Characteristics of church I'm looking for: risk taking, evangelistic, fruitful, well taught, connected to larger body, generous, worshipping, mission minded- Barnabas sought Saul to teach the people.  He taught the life of Christ, shaped doctrine, taught the people to get along...- Parallels of marriage and church: honeymoon phase, specific irritations, general discomfort, exhaustion, separation- The model church will have some irritations, discomfort and even separation, but in the end will stand strong in faith and grace in the presence of God