{"id":1072,"date":"2016-01-11T08:33:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T13:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2016-01-26T08:39:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T13:39:00","slug":"a-vision-for-corner-stone-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/?p=1072","title":{"rendered":"A Vision for Corner Stone in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Here are the completed notes from the Sunday Morning Service January 10, 2016:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Introduction from\u00a0page 25 of the book\u00a0\u201cI Will\u201d by Thom Rainer<br \/>\nStatistics taken from this book<\/p>\n<h3>Mission:<\/h3>\n<p>Given by Christ<br \/>\nMatthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47, 48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8<br \/>\nPurpose Statement for Corner Stone Baptist Church<br \/>\nCorner Stone Baptist Church exists to glorify God by bringing people into<br \/>\na relationship with Him through the Lord Jesus Christ,<br \/>\nto unite them with the local church, to develop them to Christlike maturity, and<br \/>\nequip them for their ministry in the home, the church and the world.<\/p>\n<h3>Vision:<\/h3>\n<p>We draw our vision from our mission<br \/>\nHow to carry out our mission<\/p>\n<p>1. Function as a Biblical NT Church both Individually and Corporately<\/p>\n<p>2. God being Glorified through Individual Lives, Our Families, and this Local Church<br \/>\nCorner Stone Church impacting lives for Christ<br \/>\nBring people to Christ<br \/>\nConnecting them with Church<br \/>\nHelping them grow in Christlikeness<br \/>\nSo they in turn impact their areas of influence for His glory<br \/>\nThe Local Church:<br \/>\nA Place to Belong<br \/>\nA Place to Become<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christlike \u2013 Romans 8:29<\/li>\n<li>Holiness of life<\/li>\n<li>Love for the Father<\/li>\n<li>Finish the Father\u2019s work<\/li>\n<li>Grow \u2013 1 Peter 2:2; 2 Peter 3:18<\/li>\n<li>Equipped \u2013 Ephesians 4:11b, 12<\/li>\n<li>Carry out Mission \u2013 Matthew 28:18-20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Goals:<\/h3>\n<p>1. Increase commitment to the services<\/p>\n<p>2. Develop a Community Mindset<br \/>\nThe health of the church is directly tied to the health of groups<br \/>\n(Sunday school class) in the church<\/p>\n<p>To be fully committed to your church you need to be in Sunday school<br \/>\nYou may be in the larger gathering at morning worship but<br \/>\nyou are not experiencing community with other believers<\/p>\n<p>Not contributing to the health of the church<br \/>\nNot doing all you should be doing for your own spiritual health \u2013 we grow in community with others<\/p>\n<p>Help Close the back door<br \/>\n5 times more likely to remain active in church<br \/>\n5 times more likely to be involved in ministry<br \/>\n5 times more likely to share their faith<br \/>\n5 times more likely to have a deeper knowledge of the Bible<\/p>\n<p>Not involved in Sunday school<br \/>\nMore likely to become disenchanted with your church<br \/>\nMore likely to become a critic instead of an encourager<br \/>\nMore than likely to drop out of your church<\/p>\n<p>3. Corporate participation in witnessing and soul winning<br \/>\nNo corporate involvement in soul winning at this time<br \/>\nReflected in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professions of faith dropped by 7<\/li>\n<li>Baptisms drooped by 3<\/li>\n<li>New members dropped by 2<\/li>\n<li>First time visitors dropped by 2<\/li>\n<li>Remove those led to Christ by the pastor and at invitations (VBS), no professions of faith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is something we as a body need to be intentional about!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intentionally look for opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Viewing people through the lens of evangelism<\/li>\n<li>Be prepared to speak when the opportunity arises<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Inviting Matters!<br \/>\n<em>8 out of 10 people who do not attend church will come to church if someone invites them<\/em><br \/>\n4. Equipping the young &#8211; Strengthen Nursery and Children\u2019s Church<br \/>\nA. Nursery<br \/>\nSunday PM and Wednesday evenings nursery help needed<br \/>\nThis ministry supports parents being able to learn and be ministered to!<br \/>\nNursery incorporate short lessons<br \/>\nB. Sunday Primary and Junior Church<br \/>\nAdditional help so there is a rotation monthly (Goal of 1 person serving one time in 3 months &#8211; quarterly) &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the completed notes from the Sunday Morning Service January 10, 2016: Introduction from\u00a0page 25 of the book\u00a0\u201cI Will\u201d by Thom Rainer Statistics taken from this book Mission: Given<span class=\"excerpt-ellipsis\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/?p=1072\" itemprop=\"url\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sunmorn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1075,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions\/1075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csbcva.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}