‘BLUEPRINT’ SERIES: Part 18 

 Strategic Service 

 Acts 6:1-7 

 Pastor Jim Harper / 5-3-26 

 Ministry Challenge: Jerusalem Community Church - 34 A.D. 

  Jerusalem Community Church was experiencing ‘___________ pains’ - vv.1a & 7 

  Specific ministry _______________ typically accompany progress - vv. 1b & 2 

  Key lessons to learn from this Early Church __________: - First things ________: v. 2b - ___________ dictate programs – vv. 3 – 6 

 Ministry Challenge: Bayshore Community Church - 2026 A.D. 

  Bayshore Community Church is ____________ ‘growing pains’ 

  Our process has been accompanied by ministry ___________. 

 Ministry Application: (2 Key questions): 

 1) How can churches of any historical period ____________ spiritual effectiveness during ministry challenges? 

   Retain a central commitment to the study and _____________ of God’s word. 

   Alleviate ‘growing pains’ through ____________ involvement. 

2) What would developing a ‘partnership ____________’ mean for our ministry here at BCC? 

  Cultivate a ‘community – wide’ commitment to _________ in God’s Word. 

  Encourage ‘Partnership Involvement’ church- _____. ____________________________________________ 

 *COMMITMENT TO THE WORD: Read Acts 6:8 through chapter 7 sometime this next week (in one or multiple sittings). Take time to go back and apply the following application questions to what you read. 

In this passage… 

 1) Is there a sin for me to avoid? 

 2) Is there a promise or promises for me to trust?

 3) Is there an example for me to follow? 

 4) Is there a command for me to obey? 

 5) How has this passage increased my knowledge of God toward helping me grow in my relationship with Him?