The most effective spiritual growth happens at Life-Church.tv when people are engaged in multiple areas. For example, if someone only attends weekend church services, their spiritual growth will be limited. If the same person starts using their gifts to serve, participates in biblical community, and begins to live missionally, their growth trajectory will likely skyrocket.
To help believers become more like Christ, we concentrate on the efforts that bring the biggest return on people’s investment of their time and energy.
• Scriptural teaching that challenges people, no matter if it’s their first time at church or their one-thousandth.
• Intense worship that is focused on connecting people with the heart of God.
• An environment that encourages people to continue taking their next step through leadership opportunities, community partnerships, individual development, and more.
• Small groups that offer a network of support, accountability, and mutual growth.
• A service-oriented culture that transforms people from spiritual consumers to spiritual contributors.
When these pieces all work together, individuals step into a spiral of growth. What they learn shapes what they do. What they do re-frames what they’ve learned into real personal experience, which in turn opens new pathways for learning. It’s what happened in the early church, and it’s still the best model today.
—Craig Groeschel, LifeChurch.tv Edmond, Oklahoma
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