WHAT A PURPOSE DRIVEN CHURCH IS NOT:
Channel: Purpose Driven South Asia
Date: 2020-02-06

IT IS NOT ABOUT YOUR DOCTRINE OR DENOMINATION
There are now Purpose Driven Churches in practically every Christian denomination and association around the world.
We work WITH denominations to strengthen their churches, encouraging congregations to maintain their heritage, uniqueness, and convictions. Instead of focusing on our differences we focus on helping churches do what Jesus called every church to do: worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, and evangelism. 

IT IS NOT ABOUT YOUR WORSHIP STYLE
Purpose Driven churches worship in thousands of different styles around the world – using liturgical, charismatic, traditional, contemporary, country, multi-sensory, casual, and other formats. What matters is that worship is offered to God “in spirit and truth” (authentically and accurately).

IT IS NOT ABOUT BEING CONTEMPORARY OR RELEVANT
The only way to always be relevant is to focus on what’s eternal. Don’t focus on what’s in style. Any church that fails to fulfill the purposes Jesus established for it is not really a church!

IT IS NOT ABOUT WHO YOU ARE TRYING TO REACH
There are Purpose Driven churches reaching different age group: (Builders, Boomers, GenXers, and Millennials) ministering to all kinds of lifestyle group: (such as cowboys, bikers, professionals, singles, artists, surfers, academics, boat people, post-moderns), and using hundreds of different languages.

IT IS NOT ABOUT BEING “SEEKER-SENSITIVE”
Purpose Driven churches are committed to the purpose of evangelism, not any particular method of evangelism.

IT IS NOT ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR CHURCH
Purpose Driven churches come in all sizes and shapes. The Purpose Driven strategy focuses on balance, health and strength, not size. There is no correlation between the size and strength of a church. Purpose Driven is a church health strategy, not a mega-church strategy.

IT IS NOT ABOUT YOUR LOCATION!
Purpose Driven churches are found all around the world, with more outside of the United States than here. Purpose Driven is not an American strategy – it’s a biblical strategy, so it has proven to work everywhere.

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