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Body Growth Exercise 112

Leaf of Green Growth is expected in any normal healthy body. Parents would worry and ask the doctor "Why?" if a child grew emaciated or stunted. Plants also show they are alive by developing. An African Violet will wilt if moved into the bright sunshine from the shade and coolness of a corner. When the Household Body is happy, it too is growing. Fuller Theological Seminary has shown that if a church does not work at growth, it will lose members at a rate of seven percent per year. The Growth equation is "hearing plus doing equals growing."

Three Storey House There are three levels of household ministry. The ground floor of PRESENCE is simply to be there with people where they are. PROCLAMATION at the second floor explains the "why" of our faith. Its windows show the Body beliefs to a needy world and explain why we care. Our PRESENCE and PROCLAMATION declare to people that we and God loves them. The gift of a response, PROMISE, is to active committed discipleship. Several or many loving, caring households in the Body of Christ together form the corporate Body, what we sometimes call, "the church."

"Body Growth Exercise in the MysticalBody of Christ."

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