The Gospel-Centered Community, Study Guide with Leader’s Notes (The Gospel-Centered Life)
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
In this nine-lesson small group study with leader’s notes, participants will learn how the Spirit shapes diverse people into a Christ-centered community that reflects Jesus. Gospel-Centered Community is a wise, biblically solid guide inviting readers to take the plunge toward deeper, richer relationships centered on Christ.
In today’s culture, the word “community” has almost lost its meaning. It’s used so often, but what does it really look like to share our lives in the church through the gospel? Will Walker and Robert Thune offer thought-provoking questions to confront your small group head-on with the transforming power of the gospel.
Any small group looking for real, lasting change to take root will find this practical, gospel-saturated study to be immensely helpful. Each lesson is self-contained, featuring clear teaching from Scripture, and requires no extra work outside the group setting. The leader notes contain discussion questions and background material that clearly explain and apply the gospel truths from each lesson.
Real community is hard to come by. Gospel-Centered Community serves as an easy-to-follow road map for applying the gospel to relationships at church and in the community. Learn how Christ changes us and calls us to be a light to our communities.
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- Teaches participants how the Spirit shapes diverse people into a Christ-centered community
- Offers thought-provoking questions to confront small groups with the transforming power of the gospel
- Provides an easy-to-follow road map for applying the gospel to relationships at church and in the community
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Gospel Overview
- Section 1: The Foundation of Gospel-Centered Community
- LESSON 1 – Created for Community
- LESSON 2 – How Community Shapes Us in the Gospel
- LESSON 3 – How the Gospel Shapes Community
- LESSON 4 – Faith Working Through Love
- Section 2: The Fruit of Gospel-Centered Community
- LESSON 5 – A Joyful Community
- LESSON 6 – A Humble Community
- LESSON 7 – An Honest Community
- LESSON 8 – A Grace-Filled Community
- LESSON 9 – A Missional Community
- Leader’s Guide
This wise and biblically solid guide cuts beneath platitudes to address how the gospel seizes the heart and transforms our desire to do more than merely exist in community, and instead allows us to participate together in God’s merciful kindness.
—Dan B. Allender, PhD, Professor of Counseling Psychology and Founding President, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology; Author
Using this resource is a no-brainer. It’s a practical, biblical, gospel-saturated study that connects the dots between community and the rich Christian life, without losing anyone’s attention! Pastors, your people will thank you for using this small group study and you will thank God for the fruit!
—Dave Harvey, Pastor; Author of Am I Called? and When Sinners Say I Do
The word ‘community’ has become such a buzzword in Christian circles that it has almost lost its meaning. Bob and Will bring us out of the land of the buzzword and into the biblical definition and application of what it means to share our lives in the church through the gospel. I highly recommend this book.
—Darrin Patrick, DMin, founder of The Journey, St. Louis, MO; author of Church Planter: The Man, The Message, The Mission