Building a healthy and growing church is at the center of many pastor's hearts and is the driving force behind their leadership and ministry. The best model of this kind of church is the Acts 2 church. Its impact still touches us today and provides us with a blueprint for healthy church building and development. This paper provides insight on the biblical requirements of a healthy church, and the practical principles you can apply to see healthy growth in your church. 17 pages

Not all churches are the same because not all leaders are the same. The good leader can build a good church that could in fact be a great church if the leader built for greatness. Will you become an average vision leader or will you make the sacrifices necessary to put yourself and your church on the pathway to the next level? This training manual includes three sections: The Next Level Leader and Church The Next Level Leadership Challenges The Next Level Leadership Culture Each section includes Scripture, in-depth word definitions, and practical principles to incorporate in your leadership. This...

A garden in itself is not of much use unless it bears fruit. Within every believer is the seed of God - a mighty seed of God's Word and Spirit capable of producing fruit that lasts forever. God's plan for every believer is a fruit-filled life that is healthy and fulfilled. Fruit-full is growing, increasing, abounding, flourishing, and reproducing much fruit! This series takes you through the call to fruitfulness, the partnership promise, pruning effect, four potential fruit-bearing levels, and four levels of fruitful living. If you want to stop striving to produce fruit on your own and partner with...

God's plan for every believer is a fruit-filled life that is healthy and fulfilled. Fruit-full is growing, increasing, abounding, flourishing, and reproducing much fruit! This message thoroughly defines fruitfulness, looking at what the fruitful life was intended to be when God created man, and what fruitfulness should be today for the believer. 8 pages of sermon notes 15 Power Point slides

God's plan for every believer is a fruit-filled life that is growing, increasing, and abounding! In this revealing message, author Frank Damazio outlines the secret to fruitfulness and how to live out that principle in your everyday life. 9 pages of sermon notes 12 Power Point slides

Growth is great, but growth in the wrong direction can be dangerous. Sometimes, in order to help us live a fruitful life, God must prune our branches to make room for better fruit. See God from the perspective of a vinedresser, trimming branches so that trees can produce more fruit. Learnwhat is the pruning effect, how it works, and how you can respond to it! 11 pages of sermon notes 10 Power Point slides

The "Fruit-full" life is marked by a commitment to abiding, growing, and abounding in the fruit Christ desires and expects His children to bear. The Bible describes four potential levels of "Fruit-full" living. In this final message of the "Fruit-full" series, uncover what are the levels of Fruit-full living and how to live a life that continuously produces abundant and lasting fruit. 8 pages of sermon notes 14 Power Point slides

Everyone generates something. To step up into the calling God has designed for you, you must allow God to work in you and in turn generate that work of grace to others. This message outlines the enemies to being a generator and the five things every leader should generate. 9 pages of sermon notes