All about Church – The Gathering Born Again Church, Mumbai, Andheri

Our sermons on the topic of church

May

What is the church?

This Sunday, we are starting with a new series called “Why Church?”. We have been meeting together for the last 7 years as a community. We started as a bible study group with just 6 to 8 people meeting at a home and then moved to a hall where we grew in numbers. For all […]

Jun

What is a healthy church?

Good morning church! Hope you had a good last week but even if you’re here thinking that the last week wasn’t great, I hope you see this as something that will bring rest and refreshment to your heart as you hear from God this morning. If you’ve been tracking with us, you would be aware […]

Jan

Why Church?

Last Sunday Jinson preached from 1 Peter 2:9-10 and shared with us the vision and goals for the Church in the year 2019. As mentioned, the three goals we want to focus in 2019 are Neighbourhood Ministries – Reaching out to our neighbours with the gospel and planting new Gospel Communities. One-on-one Discipleship – Where […]

Mar

Mark of a Healthy Church – 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16

We are currently doing a sermon series called ‘Abiding Faith’ as we are going through Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians. The passage we will be looking at today is 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16, and if you have your bible or an app you can open and read with me. And we also thank God constantly […]

Mar

Mark of a Healthy Church – 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16

Aug

The Importance of Preaching the Word in Church Life – 2 Timothy 4:1-4

The historical context to this passage is that this is the last recorded instruction that Paul gives Timothy before his execution. We know that Paul is alone in a cold dungeon and these are the final commands for his close friend and disciple in the Lord. He has spoken a lot about suffering in this […]

Jun

5 Signs of a Healthy Church Life – 1 Timothy 5:1-16

Last Sunday we learned how to discern whether we are listening to right biblical teaching by applying the 4 principles i.e right teaching, right living, right community & right scrutiny. Right biblical teaching will always lead our hearts to sound teaching of the scripture pointing our hearts to Christ and the Gospel, help us live […]

May

Here’s how the Church builds itself in Christ – Ephesians 4:7-16

I was 14 years old when a family friend of ours looked at me and said, “You’ve got broad shoulders. All you need is some muscle around it and you’ll look great.” I still don’t know if he was joking or not but I took his advice seriously. Over the course of the next few […]

May

This is what Gospel centered Church Discipline looks like – 1 Tim 3:14-16

Good Morning We’re doing a series called “God Alive Church – a journey through 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus” and last Sunday Jinson preached on the topic “The call to serve faithfully” from 1 Timothy 3:8-13 (Read and Listen) and helped us understand the role and qualifications of a Deacon. What really stands out […]

Apr

1 Tim 2:8-15 – Complementary Roles of Men and Women in the church

The passage we are going to cover today has been a fascinating one for the church over the ages. More so in recent times this has been a reason for a lot of fascination because it deals with the different roles that men and women have within the church. And the goal of the sermon […]

Feb

1 Timothy 1:3-7 – Addressing False Christian teachings in our Churches

Last Sunday we began a new series called ‘The God Alive Church’ – a journey through 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus. 1 Timothy is a letter written by Apostle Paul who was once a persecutor of Christians, a Jew and a Roman citizen. He would kill everyone who professed the name of Jesus and […]

Jan

Christ’s Expectations from his Church – Part 1

Last week we started a four-week series on ‘The Church’ and we unpacked our true identity as the Church community from the book of Hebrews chapter 8. Like I said everything starts on a right note when we know and understand our true identity as a Church. We learnt that we are a covenant community […]

Jan

Christ’s Expectations from his Church – Part 2

As you all know that we are doing a series on ‘The Church’. We started the series by discovering our Identity as a Church Community – We learnt that we are a Covenant people, redeemed by the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus, holy and blameless in the sight of God because of Christ, a […]

Feb

Church History & Selective Heresies

IS CHURCH HISTORY IMPORTANT? Definition: History is the branch of knowledge that records and explains past events. Do you think that it is important to have an understanding of Church History? Why learn Church history? 1. To be obedient Job 8:8-10 “Ask the former generations and find out what their fathers learned, for we were […]

Jan

Our Identity as a Church Community. (Hebrews 8)

2016 was an exciting and adventurous year for all of us and I believe this year will also bring a lot of surprises. I’m personally hoping and praying to see some more marriages happen this year and the possibility of planting a new church as the Lord leads us. Coming to today’s sermon as you […]