The document contains lyrics to worship songs praising God, as well as passages from the Bible about asking God for blessings and the nations. It then discusses the five fundamentals of the Christian faith: the inerrancy of Scripture, the virgin birth and deity of Jesus, substitutionary atonement through God's grace and faith, the bodily resurrection of Jesus, and the return of Christ. It emphasizes the importance of these fundamentals for building a healthy church and warns that abandoning any of them can lead to doctrinal problems.

2. How do outsiders feel when they visit? Imagine if Starbucks did things like today’s church… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7_dZTrjw9I

3. You're the God of this City You're the King of these people You're the Lord of this nation You are [Verse 2] You're the Light in this darkness You're the Hope to the hopeless You're the Peace to the restless You are There is no one like our God There is no one like our God You’re the God of this City

4. [Chorus] For greater things have yet to come And greater things are still to be done in this City Greater thing have yet to come And greater things are still to be done in this City

5. You're the God of this City You're the King of these people You're the Lord of this nation You are [Verse 2] You're the Light in this darkness You're the Hope to the hopeless You're the Peace to the restless You are There is no one like our God There is no one like our God

6. [Chorus] For greater things have yet to come And greater things are still to be done in this City Greater things have yet to come And greater things are still to be done here There is no one like our God There is no one like our God

8. You said, “Ask and you will receive Whatever you need.” You said, “Pray and I'll hear from heaven And I'll heal your land.” You said, “Your glory will fill the earth Oh, like water the seas.” You said, “Lift up your eyes The harvest is here, the kingdom is near.”

9. You said, “Ask and I'll give the nations to you.” O Lord, that's the cry of my heart Distant shores and the islands will see Your light, as it rises on us O Lord, we ask for the nations O Lord, we ask for the nations O Lord, we are asking for the nations

11. Blessed Be Your Name In the land that is plentiful Where Your streams of abundance flow Blessed be Your name Blessed Be Your name When I'm found in the desert place Though I walk through the wilderness Blessed Be Your name

12. Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in, Lord Still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name

13. Blessed be Your name When the sun's shining down on me When the world's 'all as it should be' Blessed be Your name Blessed be Your name On the road marked with suffering Though there's pain in the offering Blessed be Your name

14. Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in, Lord Still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name

15. Every blessing You pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in, Lord Still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name

16. Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be Your glorious name You give and take away You give and take away My heart will choose to say Lord, blessed be Your name

19. No matter what model we talk about, there are three essential legs for building a healthy church. 1. Faith Fundamentals 2. Ecclesiology 3. Great Commission Implications

20. TONIGHT: The Faith Fundamentals Leg "In the essentials, unity; in the non-essentials, liberty; and in all things, charity." - Augustine What are the essentials, the non-negotiables that are true of every legitimate church? Niagra Bible Conference (1878–1897) and, in 1910, to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church which distilled these into what became known as the "five fundamentals.”

22. Church Fundamentalist Jesus Preacher Ecclesiology

24. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

25. 1. Inerrancy of the Scriptures The literal inerrancy of the autographs of scripture. Psalms 12:6-7 ; Romans 15:4 ; 2 Timothy 3:16-17 ; 2 Peter 1:20 ).

26. 2. The Virgin Birth and deity of Jesus - Isaiah 7:14 ; Matthew 1:23 ; Luke 1:27 - John 1:1 ; John 20:28 ; Hebrews 1:8-9

27. 3. Substitutionary atonement* through God's grace and human faith The substitutionary view of the atonement ( Acts 20:28 ; Romans 3:25 , 5:9 ; Ephesians 1:7 ; Hebrews 9:12-14 ). * Jesus took our place & paid our debt

28. 4. Jesus rose from the dead Luke 24:36-46 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 1 Corinthians 15:14-15

29. 5. The return of Jesus to claim His church Matthew 24:26-28 Mark 13:32-37 Acts 1:10-11 2 Th. 2:1-8

30. “ Faith Fundamentals Axis Church will teach:” 1. Inerrancy of the Scriptures 2. The virgin birth and the deity of Jesus 3. The doctrine of substitutionary atonement through God's grace and human faith 4. The bodily resurrection of Jesus 5. The return of Christ First leg of the tripod of healthy churches

31. Isn’t this stuff churchy mumbo-jumbo? Why is it important? What are the dangers of dumping any of the fundamentals? Like one leg of a tripod, take any one of the faith fundamentals away and all of them are weakened. Whacky churches with weird doctrine result when leadership backs away from the faith fundamentals.

32. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxfLK_sd68 This 2 minute illustration summarizes the approach of a missional church. The mission of Axis Church is to pursue others with the hope of the Gospel. Our focus will be outward and not inward. It is was scripture commands.

33. Ekklesia It sounds like something you need to take antibiotics for. * 3 Pillars presentation adapted from LBTS Evan. 610 seminar