GODS POINT OF GRACE STORY

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GODS POINT OF GRACE STORY The Chronology 1999
The Call The Two Things MPI
Values-Mission- Vision Heart Concerns        
Do I have a heart for lost people?        
How do people come to faith?
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2000 The Gathering and Launch 2001-2003 The
Growing Years 2004-2006 The Tough Years     
-Decline Plateau
on the outside
       -Maturity, Growth Resilience
on the Inside 2007Present Moving Forward
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Discoveries Part I
Culture Matters
Pay Attention To Culture
You will have to live
with it.
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• Discoveries Part I
• Culture Matters
• Culture Bytes
• Culture is reflected and informed by the stories
  that are told, the language that is used and the
  activities of a community when it is
  beingnormal.
• Culture is shaped by values, beliefs and dreams
  and shapes decisions, passions and
  actions.
• The ethos of a culture affects change in people
  but is not easily changed.

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The Point of Grace Culture REAL People
Connecting to a REAL God! -A REAL God
Culture!   -A REAL People Culture!   -A REAL
Connection Culture! Figure out who you are
and act like it!You cannot be who you arent!
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The Cultural Architect is - A certain
somebody not everybody or anybody. - A
Keeper, Influencer and Leader
Screener. - Actively Contagious!
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Discoveries - Part 2 God Changes REAL
Lives How Does God Change Lives and Make
Disciples?
A Culture of Transformation.
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Discoveries - Part 2 God Changes REAL
Lives The Transformation God desires
includes -Connection with
Christ,     -Contribution in His
Church,     -Commitment to His
Cause


experienced

personally,
in groups
and
as a church!
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Discoveries Part 3
People do REAL Ministry
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Discoveries Part 3 People do REAL
Ministry A Culture of Empowerment
Strategy of Mobilization.
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• Discoveries Part 3
• People do REAL Ministry
• The Priority of Small Groups Pastorates as 
• Arenas for personal and one another
  spiritual growth.   
• Pastoral Care First Responders. 
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• Deployable Teams of Evangelistic Mercy and
  Service.

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• Lessons Learned About
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• Momentum
• Money
• Strategic Intentionality
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