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Vision & Strategy for Moving
Here is a document used in our discussions about the upcoming move to Mimosa. Vision and Strategy for Moving (PDF)
Discipleship at Redeemer
Excerpt: Loving God and others, for His glory, by the gospel’s transforming power How Will I be Discipled? A. Why discipleship? *The elders of the church are responsible to shepherd God’s people by making them disciples; they disciple believers by teaching them all that Jesus has given them, and by joining them to one another ...
FAQs Concerning Church Planting
Excerpt: 1. What is the ultimate goal of church planting? The ultimate goal is the glory of God. We long to see every heart in the Commonwealth professing and trusting the greatness of God’s grace. Jesus Christ is the exalted King of Glory, who is worthy of receiving the praise of every living person. So ...
Redeemer Discipleship
Loving God and others, for His glory, by the gospel’s transforming power How Will I be Discipled? A. Why discipleship? *The elders of the church are responsible to shepherd God’s people by making them disciples; they disciple believers by teaching them all that Jesus has given them, and by joining them to one another in ...
Redeemer Church Planting FAQs
1. What is the ultimate goal of church planting? The ultimate goal is the glory of God. We long to see every heart in the Commonwealth professing and trusting the greatness of God’s grace. Jesus Christ is the exalted King of Glory, who is worthy of receiving the praise of every living person. So in ...
Why Jesus?
What’s the big deal about Jesus? Isn’t up to us to decide for ourselves what will make us happy? Can’t people fashion their own spirituality? Read Why Jesus? –By Mike Sharrett
2007 Advent Guide
2007 Advent Guide (pdf) Advent- a season marked by the four Sundays previous to Christmas. When was the last time your family anticipated a special vacation, occasion, or event?? Perhaps it was a cross-country trip or a family occasion such as a wedding, a graduation, the birth of a child, or a 75th birthday. How ...
Personal Evangelism at Redeemer PCA
Every Sunday we gather at Redeemer to encourage one another, to worship our risen King, to be nurtured in prayer and His word, and then we are scattered into the community where God has sovereignly placed us. As we scatter, we intentionally and prayerfully look to be used by God to minister the love of ...
How God Brings Us to Dinner
10/01/2006 How God Brings Us to Dinner 1 Peter 1:2 Update! Audio now available: MP3 Audio Sermon Notes
Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Talents – Matthew 25: 14-28 MP3 Audio Sermon Text
Ministries of Mercy – Session XV
Ministries of Mercy – Session XV Meeting Needs Teaching: John Bennetch Excerpt: When helping a needy family, adjust your expectations by determining whether they are “broke” or poor. Identify all problems and dependencies and outline a ministry plan which addresses them. Let only mercy limit mercy. (Keller, p. 225)
Ministries of Mercy – Session XIV
Ministries of Mercy – Session XIV Mercy Ministry and Church Growth Teaching: David Schmidt Excerpt: “We must integrate evangelism with mercy ministries and provide follow-up strategies that will incorporate new believes from our mercy ministries into the church” (Keller, p. 207)
Ministries of Mercy – Session XIII
Ministries of Mercy – Session XIII Managing Your Ministry Teaching: John Bennetch Excerpt” “ To maintain and build a mercy ministry, we must learn to plan and coordinate.” (Keller, p. 194)
Parable of the Laborers
Parable of the Laborers – Matthew 20: 1-16 MP3 Audio Sermon Notes
Ministries of Mercy – Session XII
Ministries of Mercy – Session XII Expanding Your Vision Teaching: John Bennetch Excerpt: “One of the main reasons that many churches do not develop effective mercy ministries is American individualism. We must see the social dimensions of the gospel and develop ministries of relief, social transformation, and justice.” (Keller, p. 174) Once the church has ...
Ministries of Mercy – Session XI
Ministries of Mercy – Session XI Mobilizing The Church Teaching: John Bennetch Excerpt: “ We can actually plant mercy ministries through church-wide projects, the organizing of grass-roots mission groups, and careful program planning.” (Keller, p. 154) This can be achieved in two modes: Top Down: leadership develops and establishes a program; leaders get congregation involved ...
The Kingdom Parables
The Kingdom Parables – Matthew 13: 31-33; 44-45 MP3 Audio Sermon Notes
The Parable of the Sower
The Parable of the Sower – Matthew 13: 1-9 MP3 Audio Sermon Notes
Ministries of Mercy – Session X
Ministries of Mercy – Session X Preparing The Church Teaching: John Bennetch Excerpt: “ ‘Fertilize’ the church for mercy by motivating the whole church. Then do the ‘spade work’ of meeting some basic needs within the church and of surveying the community for felt needs.” (Keller, p. 133) The Church as a garden… “If you ...
Ministries of Mercy – Session IX
Ministries of Mercy – Session IX Getting Started Teaching: John Bennetch Excerpt: “Every Christian family must develop its own ministry of mercy by looking at the needs closest to it and meeting them through loving deeds and a spirit of encouragement.” ( Keller, p. 123)
Ministries of Mercy – Session VIII
Ministries of Mercy – Session VIII Word and Deed: A Balanced Testimony Teaching: John Bennetch Excerpt: “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” (Luke 10:36-37) “The ministry of ...
Ministries of Mercy – Session VII
Ministries of Mercy – Session VII Excerpt: When he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds (Luke 10:33-35) “God’s mercy comes to us without conditions, but does not proceed without our cooperation. So too our aid must begin freely, regardless of the recipient’s merits. But our mercy ...
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