Preaching

with
Passion

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 Why we
Preach
1 The Spirit of the Sovereign
LORD is on me, because
the LORD has anointed me
to preach good news to the
poor. He has sent me to
bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim
freedom for the captives 
and release from darkness
for the prisoners,
Isaiah 61:1-2 (NIV)
 How we Doing?
Christadelphians In Australia

Location Males Females Total Persons

West Ryde 27 26
Sydney 787 879 1,666
NSW 1,336 1,477 2,813
Australia 4890 5320 10210
Total
Resondant 9,799,249 10,056,039 19,855,288

% 0.04990178 0.0529035 0.05142207

Cat. No. 2068.0 - 2006 Census Tables
2006 Census of Population and Housing Australia (Australia)
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION(a) (FULL CLASSIFICATION LIST) BY SEX
Count of persons
Based on place of usual residence
An Old Stat
The Last Time
Christadelphians were in
the Census was 1890

597 Christadelphians
3.5 Million Population
How are we doing?
• According to the ACBM we have
stagnated..
• We have not grown over the last
10 years in NSW
• Sure there pockets of growth
No Excuses
• 2Then He said to them,
“The harvest truly is
great, but the laborers
are few; therefore pray
the Lord of the harvest
to send out laborers
into His harvest.

Luke 10:2 (NKJV)

Bumper Sticker
What's working
1) Why do some ecclesia
grow and other die on the
vine?

2) What causes a growing

meeting to stop
growing, plateau and then
decline?

3) What are the common

factors found in every
growing ecclesia
Where’s the Vision
Where there is no
18

vision, the people

perish: but he that
keepeth the law,
happy is he.

Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)

Reason - Your
Purpose
• 14 For the earth will be
filled with the
knowledge of the glory
of the LORD, as the
waters cover the sea.

Habakkuk 2:14 (NIV)

Yawn, Yawn, Yawn
It’s Hard to Compete
Who will we Preach
to?
We Live In
a World of
Darkness
A World in Crisis
A Starving World
Who Cares not my
Problem
Angry Streets
Drugs - Escape from
Life
Homeless- No Hope
 Bruised
Children
& Broken
Homes
The Sinners Future
To Late No Future
Shine On
"There are two
ways of spreading
light: to be the
candle or the
mirror that
reflects it."

Edith Wharton
 Heart, Soul and Mind
• 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the
Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind.'38
This is the first and
greatest commandment.
39And the second is like it:
'Love your neighbor as
yourself.'40All the Law and
the Prophets hang on these
two commandments."
Matthew 22:37-40 (NIV
Great Commission
Therefore go and make
• 19

disciples of all nations,

baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of
the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, 20 and teaching
them to obey everything I
have commanded you. And
surely I am with you
always, to the very end of
the age.     
Matthew 28:19-20 (NIV)
Love One Another
"A new command I
• 34

give you: Love one

another. As I have loved
you, so you must love
one another. 35By this
all men will know that
you are my disciples, if
you love one another.“

John 13:34-35 (NIV)

Is this a Core
Command
The entire law is
• 14

summed up in a single
command: "Love your
neighbor as yourself.“

Galatians 5:14 (NIV)

 Mission from God
• 15He said to them, "Go
into all the world and
preach the good news to
all creation. 16Whoever
believes and is baptized
will be saved, but
whoever does not believe
will be condemned.

Mark 16:15-16 (NIV)

Sharing Preaching
• 5What, after all, is Apollos?
And what is Paul? Only
servants, through whom you
came to believe—as the Lord
has assigned to each his task.
6I planted the seed, Apollos
watered it, but God made it
grow. 7So neither he who
plants nor he who waters is
anything, but only God, who
makes things grow.
1 Corinthians 3:5-7 (NIV)
Jesus Preaching
Be a
Fisher of
Men
Fish Where the Fish are
Biting
It Messy Cleaning
Fish
Ready to Go
Good old
Christadelphian
Lecture
Good News of the
Kingdom of God
How do we Preach?
Be the Sermon
• "I'd rather see a sermon than
hear one any day; I'd rather one
should walk with me than
merely tell the way. The eye's a
better pupil and more willing
than the fine ear; Fine counsel
is confusing, but example
always clear; And the best of all
the preachers are the men who
live their creeds, For to see
good put in action is what
everybody needs."
A Great Place to
Start
• 8Whoever does not love
does not know God,
because God is love.
John 4:8 (NIV)

• 24He answered, "I was sent

only to the lost sheep of
Israel."
• Matthew 15:24 (NIV)
Share Your Talents
Each one should use
• 10

whatever gift he has

received to serve
others, faithfully
administering God's
grace in its various
forms.

1 Peter 4:10 (NIV)

Helping Hands
Christ Death &
Resurrection
Kingdom of God
The Hope of the
Kingdom
A New Hope
Shaftsbury Road
Teaching with the
Word
• 2Preach the Word; be
prepared in season and
out of season; correct,
rebuke and encourage
—with great patience
and careful instruction.
2 Timothy 4:2 (NIV)
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English
More Bang for Your
Buck
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Parents
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Kids Camp
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God
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st
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Preaching
Method
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