Building Up the Body
Ephesians 4:11-16
Pastor Buck Poole
January 11, 2026
Our mission is to glorify God and make disciples by inviting our community to enjoy fulfilling lives in Christ as we WORSHIP, SERVE, GROW and GO together!
TRUTH: The purpose of our spiritual growth is the building up of the Church in love.
1. The Church builds itself up in love by…
a. ________________ the saints for ministry.
11And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ…
Ephesians 4:11-12
b. _______________ in pursuit of Christlikeness.
13until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
Ephesians 4:13-14
c. ____________ and __________ _____ the Truth in love.
15Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Ephesians 4:15-16
