As we look at our core values - it is good to remember the signs of a healthy church and healthy individuals.

 

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What are the signs of a healthy church?

In many ways they are the same signs as we have for life:

• feed: Deut 8:3 says that we don’t live on bread alone but on the Word of God
• breathing: spending time in prayer - two-way communication
• excretion: removal of waste - confession of sin
• growth: living things become larger and more complicated as they grow - as we become more Christ-like we show the fruit of the spirit
• reproduction: closely related to growth - we need to be equipped to evangelise by reproducing our personal faith?
• movement: the Bible tells us that we shall be changed - and change is a fact of life, but Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever
• sensitivity: we react to things around us - are we sensitive to our community?

Each of these aspects can apply to us as individuals, but also to us as a community

 

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Recorded by Binky Clark

Binky is married to Kev and has a full life looking after three pre-school children (and Kev).