{"id":155,"date":"2021-12-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/church-replanting\/resource\/stages-in-replanting-a-church-watering\/"},"modified":"2022-01-19T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T19:00:15","slug":"stages-in-replanting-a-church-watering","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/church-replanting\/resource\/stages-in-replanting-a-church-watering\/","title":{"rendered":"Stages in Replanting a Church: Watering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our examination of the stages in replanting a church we began with the hard work of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/replant-blog\/stages-in-replanting-a-church-plowing\">plowing<\/a>\u2014which prepares the ground to receive the seeds of the gospel. In the next stage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/replant-blog\/stages-in-a-replanting-a-church-planting\">planting<\/a>, we highlighted the work of embedding the gospel intof every life and activity of the church.<\/p>\n<p>Today we look at the important work of watering the implanted gospel seeds.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, writing in 1 Corinthians 3, provides us with insights into the unique roles he an Apollos shared in the spread of the gospel.<\/p>\n<p>What then is Apollos? What is Paul?\u00a0Servants through whom you believed,\u00a0as the Lord assigned to each. I planted,\u00a0Apollos watered\u2026 1<em>\u00a0Corinthians 3:5-6a<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What was Apollos\u2019 work of watering? Acts 18 may provide some insight: <em>Now a Jew named\u00a0Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man,\u00a0competent in the Scriptures. He had been instructed in\u00a0the way of the Lord. And\u00a0being fervent in (the) spirit,<\/em> <em>he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus\u2026 he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures\u00a0that the Christ was Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Apollos\u2019 assignment was the clear proclamation of the gospel, rooted in the scriptures, empowered by the Spirit for the practical help and edification of believers and the defense of the faith to skeptics and doubters.<\/p>\n<p>A church that has been in decline may have been lacking:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consistent and clear communication of the gospel message<\/li>\n<li>Exegetical teaching from God\u2019s word<\/li>\n<li>Spirit empowered preaching<\/li>\n<li>Practical application of God\u2019s truth to everyday life<\/li>\n<li>A powerful apologetic for Jesus in the culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The public proclamation and skilled teaching of the gospel are central to the development of a healthy and vibrant church.<\/p>\n<p>Replanters and Revitalizers must be fundamentally committed to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sermon preparation and evaluation<\/li>\n<li>The centrality of the Gospel in their teaching<\/li>\n<li>The devotion to and reliance upon The Spirit in all of the processes involved in preaching (Prayer, Planning, Preparation and Proclamation)<\/li>\n<li>Equipping and challenging the congregation to respond in obedience in everyday life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the gospel is proclaimed through Spirit empowered preaching God produces growth. On Thursday we&#8217;ll examine what to preach when you are just starting out as a replanter or revitalizer. In next week&#8217;s post we\u2019ll take a examine the last stage of replanting: The Harvest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our examination of the stages in replanting a church we began with the hard work &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/church-replanting\/resource\/stages-in-replanting-a-church-watering\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stages in Replanting a Church: Watering<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":156,"template":"","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"channels":[],"topics":[78,57,53],"languages":[],"class_list":["post-155","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource_type-article","topics-encouragement","topics-leadership-replanting","topics-replanting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stages in Replanting a Church: Watering - Church Replanting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.namb.net\/church-replanting\/resource\/stages-in-replanting-a-church-watering\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stages in Replanting a Church: Watering\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In our examination of the stages in replanting a church we began with the hard work &hellip; 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