Developing a Church of the Future by Pastor Victor

Developing a Church of the Future
by Pastor Victor, Grace Family Sanctuary Banting



1. To be a church that is prophetic

Daniel 5:18-31

What does it mean to be prophetic?
- Daniel is a student of the past from God's view
- Daniel understood the present from God's perspective
- Daniel projected the future from God's perspective

2. To be a church ahead of the times

Daniel 1:20 (New King James Version)
20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king examined them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm.

What does it mean to be contemporary?
- To be contemporary means to exist of the same time as something or someone else.

3. To be a church of influence

Matthew 5:14-16 (New King James Version)
14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

- Real influence is measured by how many people outside our church look to us (our lives) and what we have to say even in their important decisions.
- Real influence is the good mark we place in the city.
- Real influence is our ability to produce change.