The Purpose Driven Church

Class Assignment For

10-12-99 Black River Falls

10/13/99 - La Crosse

Read Acts 2:1-47; Meditate upon Acts 2:36-47

Read pages 11-71 in the text, The Purpose Driven Church by Rick Warren

Read the outline from Sermon notes of 10/3/99 Broadening Our View

Record any questions or insights that you deem important.

1. How is biblical church growth effected? Acts 2:41,47; 1 Corinthians 3:6; Colossians 2:19

2. What is keeping our church from growing?

3. Which practices in our assemblies are cultural ? .... biblical?

4. How is ministry more like a marathon than a hundred yard dash?

5. Is a church's health determined by it's seating capacity or it's sending capacity?

6. How does the statement " People don't care how much we know until they know how much we care. " reflect the first step of any evangelistic effort?

7.Does a church need their own building to grow?

8. What are the five facets of church growth described in the second chapter of Acts?

9. What is the true indicator of genuine growth?

10. In what way can quantity create quality in a congregation?

11. How can we be contemporary without compromising the truth?

12.What principle is taught by the following metaphors?

1 Corinthians 3:5-9; 3:10-13; Matthew 9:37,38; Romans 12:4-8; and Ephesians 4:16

13. What are " Rick's Rules of Growth? " ... what myth do they negate?

14. How are fruitfulness and faithfulness mutually inclusive for growth?