Follow-Up
Study Guide To:
No God In Our Community
Part 2 of 4 in the
series “Vacated”
June 14, 2009 Pastor Scott Oldenburgh
Write out your definition of church
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always felt this way about the church?
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you grow up thinking about the church?
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What church experiences or people have altered your view of the church
over the course of your life?
Read I Corinthians 12
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Paul write about the church body?
Read Ephesians 4-5
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According to these passages, what do you think Paul’s definition of the
church would be?
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Do you think the average person sees the church as relational or institutional?
Why?
Read Matthew 5-6
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According to the teachings of Jesus, what role is the church supposed to
play in this world?
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Do you think Jesus was referring to the institutional church or the
people? Why?
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How could the church fulfill the words of Jesus in this passage?
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What would its focus have to be?
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What would its priority have to be?
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What do you think our local community would look like without the
presence of the active church?
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How long do you think the local community could stand without the
influence of the church?
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What function does the church currently have in your local community?
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Who would fulfill that function if the church was not in existence?
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Does the church have to have a public presence? Buildings?
Worship services?
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the church look like without walls?
Look back at the message under the
section, “
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Which church has a better chance of fulfilling these things:
Institutional or relational? Why?