31/05/2026
# Sunday Service Livestream | The Gospel That Changes People
**New Series: TITUS — Grace for Healthy Homes, Churches, and Lives**
A Bible message from **Titus 1:1–4** about the transforming power of the Gospel and what healthy Christianity actually looks like.
What makes a church healthy?
Is it the building?
The programmes?
The music?
The size of the congregation?
Paul's letter to Titus points us somewhere deeper.
In a world filled with confusion, compromise, competing voices, and shifting values, God calls His people to lives shaped by **truth, grace, and godliness**.
The book of Titus was written to churches living in a culture that was morally chaotic, spiritually confused, and heavily influenced by false teaching. Sound familiar?
And yet God's answer was not better marketing, stronger personalities, or cultural accommodation.
God's answer was the Gospel.
Because healthy churches, healthy homes, and healthy lives are built when God's truth transforms God's people.
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# This Week's Message
# # # 1️⃣ Who Are We? *(v.1)*
Our culture tells us to find our identity in success, achievement, relationships, or self-expression.
Paul begins somewhere else:
**"A servant of God."**
The Christian life begins with belonging to Jesus Christ.
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# # # 2️⃣ What Does the Gospel Produce? *(vv.1–2)*
The Gospel does more than forgive sinners.
It produces:
• Faith in Christ
• Truth rooted in God's Word
• Godly living
• Eternal hope
Healthy doctrine produces healthy lives.
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# # # 3️⃣ How Does God Build Healthy Churches? *(vv.3–4)*
God's primary means of building His people is through:
📖 His Word
👥 His People
Healthy churches are built when Scripture is taught faithfully, Christ is exalted, and believers invest in one another.
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# # # 4️⃣ What Do We All Need Most? *(v.4)*
Paul closes with three beautiful Gospel words:
**Grace. Mercy. Peace.**
All found in Jesus Christ.
Because ultimately Titus is not about church structure, leadership, or morality.
It's about a Saviour who changes people.
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# What Is the Big Idea?
**The Gospel doesn't merely forgive sinners—it transforms them.**
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# What Can We Learn?
• Root your identity in Christ, not in temporary things
• Let God's truth shape how you live
• Build your life on what will last forever
• Healthy churches are built through God's Word and God's people
• Grace doesn't just save us—it changes us
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As we begin this new series through Titus, we'll discover how God's grace produces:
🏠 Healthy homes
⛪ Healthy churches
❤️ Healthy lives
And how the Gospel continues to transform ordinary people for the glory of God.
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# A Christ-Centred Church in Derry City
At **Derry Baptist Fellowship**, we are a friendly Christian fellowship for people from all backgrounds, helping people find real hope in Jesus Christ.
📍 **Join us in person**
• Sundays — 11:15AM
Verbal Arts Centre, Bishop Street Within, BT48 6PU
• Tuesdays — 7:00PM
11 Grove Place, BT48 6JT
🌐 Website: derryfellowship.com
📧 Email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
If this ministry helps you, you can support the work here:
[https://derryfellowship.com/donations/](https://derryfellowship.com/donations/)
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