Are You Prepared to Experience the Advance of the Kingdom?

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  • PEAK: Introduction
    • 5/11/22

    PEAK: Introduction

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  • Essential Element 1: Spiritual Leadership
    • 5/10/22

    Essential Element 1: Spiritual Leadership

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  • Essential Element 2: Spiritual Growth
    • 5/10/22

    Essential Element 2: Spiritual Growth

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  • Essential Element 3: Mission Focus
  • Essential Element 4: Loving Community
    • 5/10/22

    Essential Element 4: Loving Community

    The Church fosters a welcoming environment where people feel a sense of belonging and can build loving and caring relationships to grow in community with God and others. Acts 2:45-47, Matthew 18:15-19, Hebrews 10:25

  • Essential Element 5: Worship Gathering
    • 5/10/22

    Essential Element 5: Worship Gathering

    Worship services welcome the Spirit of God, glorify the Father by exalting Christ, and exemplify the Gospel relevantly to children, youth, and adults.

    1 Corinthians 2:4–5, Psalm 100, Isaiah 6:1-8

  • Essential Element 6: Vision Alignment
  • Essential Element 7: Strategic Partnerships
    • 5/10/22

    Essential Element 7: Strategic Partnerships

    CrossLife Community Church is committed to building strategic partnerships to multiply the goal of kingdom advancement. Philippians 1:1-11

  • Essential Element 8: Financial Stewardship
    • 5/10/22

    Essential Element 8: Financial Stewardship

    CrossLife Community Church is a wise steward of their God given resources and fosters a culture of financial wisdom, accountability, and generosity within the church body. Luke 19:11-26, 1 Chronicles 29:14

  • Essential Element 9: Effective Organization
    • 5/10/22

    Essential Element 9: Effective Organization

    Leadership and structures support the church in operating effectively and expanding to attain the mission, vision and values of CrossLife Community Church. Hebrews 11:6, Luke 14:28-33, 
 Exodus 18

  • PEAK: Conclusion
    • 5/10/22

    PEAK: Conclusion

    Let me remind you of the purpose of those videos. It was to bring to mind the unique calling that we have as the Church of Jesus Christ and that the calling and the purpose for which we exist is too important - too crucial to not put in the hard work of thinking through all these essential elements and, to the best of our ability and empowered by the Holy Spirit - doing them in a way that honors God and exalts the name of Jesus. If we keep this our primary focus then I believe we are:

    A Church that is Preparing to Expect the Advance of the Kingdom: A PEAK Church

 PEAK pdf - 9 Essential Elements* and Big Picture*

*Developed by the Metro District of the Christian & Missionary Alliance - https://metrocma.org/church-health
*Excerpts from Practicing the Power by Sam Storms