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Year One, Term One — Five Pillars of a Church Formed by God. Twelve lessons from the book The Potter’s Wheel: the Father (Love), the Son (Truth), the Holy Spirit (Prayer), the Church (Fellowship) and the Neighbours (Outreach).
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Lesson 01 — The Potter’s House — A Church That Knows and Relies on the Love of God The church does not belong to us. God is the Potter, and we are the clay. A local church is the place where two realities meet: the Triune God and the lost world. Lesson 02 — The River from the Temple — Ezekiel 47: Deeper Levels of Reliance, a Thousand Cubits at a Time The life of God flows out from His presence in His people like a river. The further the river flows, the deeper the water becomes. His life leads us into deeper levels of surrender and reliance. Lesson 03 — The Father — The Source and Planter of the Church: The Pillar of Love The Father planted the church, and the Father keeps her. Workers come and go, but the Gardener does not die. He says to His children, “You are mine” (Isaiah 43:1), and the life of Christ within us keeps expanding. Lesson 04 — The Son — The Foundation and Stability of the Church: The Pillar of Truth God is holy, and what belongs to Him is holy. We are a holy people because we belong to God. Jesus asked His Father to make His disciples holy by the truth, and the Father’s Word is truth (John 17:17). Lesson 05 — The Holy Spirit — The Life and Power of the Church: The Pillar of Prayer The Holy Spirit is the Life and Power of the church. The door into His power is not talent but knowing our need. God created us to need Him, and He sees and responds when we call on Him. Jesus, our example, lived a life of prayer. Lesson 06 — The Church — A Community of Self-Giving Believers: The Pillar of Fellowship The local church is not only a gathering. She is a spiritual family. The first believers shared their life every day, and they held four things in common: teaching, meals, prayer, and resources. Lesson 07 — The Neighbours — Self-Giving Beyond the Church: The Pillar of Outreach The church is sent, not invited. Jesus commands us to go and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19). But we do not produce fruit in our own strength. We remain in Christ, and we bear much fruit (John 15:5). Lesson 08 — The Overcoming Church — Five Challenges, Five Dimensions In the land that God promised, Israel met hostile nations. In the same way, each of the five pillars of the church meets a resistance. Lesson 09 — The Potter’s Pathway — From Surrender to Sending The five pillars are what a church stands on. The pathway is how a believer walks through them: a journey from surrender to sending. Formation and service grow side by side from the first day. Lesson 10 — The Vessel — Four Depths of Service Service begins on the first day. No believer needs to finish a course before beginning to serve. Our service grows deeper step by step, as the river of Ezekiel grew deeper. Lesson 11 — Five Spheres, One Family — Finding Your Place in the Body A pillar is a truth, and a sphere is that truth at work. Everything the church does belongs to one of five spheres, and each member of the body has a place there. Lesson 12 — From Attending to Belonging — The Covenant of the Family The first church was not a crowd. She was a family, and the Lord added to her number daily those who were being saved (Acts 2:47). So the Potter’s pathway leads to a covenant: the move from attending to belonging.