Possible Acts 16:5 Applications1. Word-Share-Prayer every committee/board2. A new expectation that our Lord has a future

for us3. Organization of a vision team with the pastor4. Clarify your congregation’s Defining Vision5. Begin to align personal lifestyle with the

vision.6. Specifics found in module “Next Steps:

Application”

Building a Church from Scratch

Identify EssentialDefining Practices

Life-Changing Transformational Ministry

The Foundation of a Vision for Ministry

SPIRIT-DRIVEN

BIBLICALLY-BASED

DISCIPLE-DIRECTED

NEED-RESPONSIVE

GATHERED-SCATTERED ATTENTIVE

PRINCIPLE-PATTERNED

REFLECTIVELY-PRACTICED

The Practice of Life-changing Transformational Ministry

The Foundation of a Vision for Ministry

WITNESS | PRAYER | CARE | WORD | WITH-ME | SEND| GIVE

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The Defining Practice of

Witness

The Defining Practice of

Prayer

The “Grow” Prayer Covenant

Lord, grant me and ______ the grace today to commit our lives to the Lordship of Jesus Christ without reservation, and grant ______ and me further the grace to know your strength and your guidance this day. Amen.

The “Grow” Prayer The “Grow” Prayer CovenantCovenantI pray that, according to the riches of God’s glory, God may grant that ______ and I may be strengthened in our inner being with power through God’s Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith. As _____ and I are being rooted and grounded in love. I pray that ____ and I may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that ______ and I may be filled with all the fullness of God.

EPHESIANS 3:16-19