1. The Healthy Church has a clear uncompromising teaching of God's Word.
"How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. I seek
you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. I have hidden your word
in my heart that I might not sin against you. Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees."
Psalm 119:9-12
2. The Healthy Church has impacting worship.
"I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; before the "gods" I will sing your praise.
I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love and your
faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. When I called,
you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted. May all the kings of the earth praise you,
O LORD, when they hear the words of your mouth."
Psalm 138:1-4
3. The Healthy Church has passion for the Lord.
"But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more,
I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus
my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish that I may gain Christ
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that
which is through faith in Christ - the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his
sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from
the dead."
Philipians 3:7-11
4. The Healthy Church engages in heartfelt Prayer.
"Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself;
it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
'I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he
will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.'"
John 15:4-5
5. The Healthy Church makes Disciples.
"Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth
has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely
I am with you always, to the very end of the age.'"
Matthew 28:18-20
6. The Healthy Church displays love and care that is penetrating.
"One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus
had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most
important?" "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear O Israel, the
Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all
your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this:
'Love your neighbour as yourself.' There is no commandment greater that these."
Mark 12:28-31
7. The Healthy Church develops new leaders.
"It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be
evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people
for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we
all reach unity in the faith and in knowledge of the Son of God and become
mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ."
Ephesians 4:11-13
8. The Healthy Church is involved with mission and evangelism.
"Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before
the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from
everlasting to everlasting you are God."
Psalm 90:1-2
9. The Healthy Church has powered vision.
"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
This is what the ancients were commended for."
Hebrews 11:1-2
10. The Healthy Church lives out effective stewardship.
"Honour the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;
then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over
with new wine."
Proverbs 3:9-10
11. The Healthy Church shares the workload.
"So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes
things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and
each will be rewarded according to his own labour."
1 Corinthians 3:7-9
12. The Healthy Church plants another.
"But you will received power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you
will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the
ends of the earth."
Acts 1:8