JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH-PLANTING | CHURCH | COMMUNITY | NEW TESTAMENT | LOVE | SERVE | KOINONIA

John 13:34-35 – 34 I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.” The Bible’s picture of the church is more than just a weekly gathering. It’s a family who lay their lives down for one another.

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JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH-PLANTING | CHURCH | COMMUNITY | BOOK OF ACTS | GIFTS | BODY | GRACE

Ephesians 4:15-16 – “Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” When Jesus launched the church, He envisioned it as a community in which every member had a part to play, and when everyone was doing what they were made to do, the body would grow. You matter.

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JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH-PLANTING | CHURCH | COMMUNITY | BOOK OF ACTS | POWER | HOLY SPIRIT

Describing the early church, Acts 2:43 says, “And awe came upon every soul.” Time and again, the New Testament applies the same words to the early church: awe, wonder, amazement, astonishment… Compared to everything seen until that point, the church was different, the church was otherworldly. Because the church was filled with the very real power and presence of God. From the very beginning, God’s Spirit and power dwelt in His church. It is meant to be no different today.

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JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH-PLANTING | CHURCH | COMMUNITY | LOVE | UNITY | WORD OF GOD | BOOK OF ACTS

Does something about the American church experience seem odd to you? Like it’s so different from what we see in the New Testament? If you’ve ever felt like that, you’re not alone. Jesus’ heart for the church was not to have a weekly religious meeting but to have a community of radical love, unity, and devotion to the Word of God, a community that would bring healing and restoration to a broken world.

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JAKE STIMPSON | LEADERSHIP | EARLY CHURCH | BOOK OF ACTS | EQUIPPING THE SAINTS | TRAINING

When Jesus launched His church, it was a kingdom operating under radical new concepts of leadership. Rather than finding leaders from among the nobility, the skilled, the strong, or any number of other criteria, Jesus found His leaders from among normal people coming from all walks of life. He took them, with all their hang-ups, imperfections, and flaws, and raised them up to become pillars in His new Kingdom. This was a radical new concept of leadership, one that is ingrained in the DNA of the church to this day. So what are you going to do about it? Will you let Jesus raise you up to carry the burden of leadership in His church? Or will you let others have all the fun?

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JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH | NEW TESTAMENT | BODY OF CHRIST | KOINONIA | FAMILY | ONE-ANOTHER | ACTS

Jesus gave His life to build His church, not just a weekly religious gathering or a building, but a family of people devoted to one-another in love and humility. It’s about more than just coming and watching a performance, more even than just serving and getting involved – it’s about living a life connected with others, where we each lay our own desires down for others. And as we live this way, the world will see and be drawn to Jesus.

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JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH | NEW TESTAMENT | BODY OF CHRIST | HISTORY | MISSIONARIES | REFORMATION | ACTS

Missionaries vs Cannibals! Teachers vs Tyrants! Preachers vs Pioneers! Jesus promised that He came to change everything. He wasn’t joking. You need to hear these incredible true stories of men and women of God throughout history who did the seemingly impossible and saw darkness, injustice, evil, and tyranny flee before the spread of the Gospel. “I will build my church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail” – Matthew 16:18

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JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH | NEW TESTAMENT | BODY OF CHRIST | HISTORY | GLADIATORS | SLAVERY | ACTS

Though the church has been anything but perfect, as the Kingdom of God has expanded throughout history, God has used normal people like you and I to invade the darkness and bring light. Follow along today as we look at some of the men and women God has used to overthrow injustice and evil throughout the generations, particularly in combating the violence of the Roman Gladiator fights and the evils of slavery. And if He could do as much in their day, what will He do in ours?

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JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH | NEW TESTAMENT | POWER | PRIESTS | TEMPLE OF GOD | BODY OF CHRIST | TRUTH

Rather than being simply another meeting to go to, the church as God envisioned it is the hope of the world. We are called as the temple of God, where the Holy Spirit of God Himself dwells. We are the body of Christ, a mystical, miraculous union of God and mankind, carrying the authority of God because we are united with God. We are the pillar and foundation of truth, a kingdom of priests, making the wisdom of God known to the world.

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JAKE STIMPSON | CHURCH | NEW TESTAMENT | ACTS | LOVE | UNITY | HISTORY | ACTS 2:42-47 | ACTS 4:32-35

Your conception of the church is wrong. That’s a bold statement, but I think it’s most likely true. When Jesus died and rose again, He hinged all His plans of conquering the kingdom of darkness and spreading love throughout the planet on one thing – the church. As He envisioned it, the church is more than just a 90-minute religious interest group where people go to be entertained or encouraged. The church was meant to be the most compelling movement ever conceived, a family of transformed people who transform the world. Anything less is a cheap imitation.

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