CHURCH AS A ‘SENT PEOPLE’
Conversation Starters
- Talk about your experience on Sunday morning.
- How did God speak to you during worship?
- Did you meet anyone new?
- What was your main take-a-way from the message?
- Read 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 together.
- THE MESSAGE:
- How does this passage describe the message (or good news) of Jesus Christ?
- How do you react to this? Does this feel like good news to you or not? Why?
- What do you think it means to be a “new creation” in Christ?
- How is this message different from what some believe the message of Christianity to be? (i.e. it’s just being a good person etc)
- Do you agree that it is critical that we are clear about what the message of the Christian faith actually is? Why or why not?
- How does this passage describe the message (or good news) of Jesus Christ?
- THE MISSION:
- What do you think it looks like to live out our God-given task to “reconcile people” to Christ and to be His ambassadors to the world?
- How would you describe the Gospel to someone who doesn’t know Christ? (hint: start with 2 Corinthians 5:20-21)
- In what ways might you be able to use your story to communicate the good news of Jesus?
- Read Matthew 28:18-20 together.
- What does this passage teach us about the mission of the church?
- What do you think it means to be a disciple? And how does someone actually make more disciples?
- What does it look like for YOU to be more intentional about making more disciples in YOUR life?
- Who are in your “My Five”?
- Share a bit about your connection to your “My Five” and spend some time in prayer for them as a group.
