Tutorial		|Quit Tutorial |Next God's Plan and the Church Developing people has always been God's plan. Mankind was the only part of God's creation that He created in His image. Man was the only part of creation with whom God chose to have intimate fellowship and relationship. Adam and Eve, through disobedience, broke the relationship with God. Each day, the Scriptures say, God would come and walk in the Garden in the cool of the day to fellowship with Adam and Eve. When they sinned, they hid from God and were ashamed. Their relationship with God and each other had been forever damaged. We see the desire of God for relationship with man when he comes to the Garden but cannot find Adam. God's cry is, "Adam where are you." Here we see the pursuing, searching heart of God. He pursues relationship with us. This is the nature and character of our loving God. The mission of God is to reestablish the broken relationship between Himself and humanity. Jesus came to accomplish the will of His Father. Jesus developed a small group of men to become the foundation of the Church. He passed on to them His Father's mission when He commanded them to "Go and make disciples" (Matthew 28:19,20). Jesus had a very intentional and specific strategy in developing people. In approximately 36 months of ministry, He significantly and eternally influenced the lives of the disciples who in turn impacted the world for God. Your church can increase its ability to build people and accomplish the mission of God by understanding the strategy of Christ. |Quit Tutorial |Next
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