RELATIONAL OUTREACH #1: Purpose Engagement Leads to Redemptive Relationships

RELATIONAL OUTREACH #1: Purpose Engagement Leads to Redemptive Relationships

Speakers discussed the importance of living obediently to God’s calling and building personal relationships in evangelism. They emphasized the significance of having a church family and celebrating recent baptisms and growth within their church plant. Speaker 1 highlighted the owner of Panera Bread’s demonstration of purpose and discipleship, while Speaker 2 shared stories of intentional engagement and long redemptive relationships to bring more souls to know Christ.

Action Items

• [ ] Robert and Reid to visit the church plant in Florida next month for the hard launch to help get the word out about the church.
• [ ] Continue reaching out to more people in Gainesville and discipling those who are coming to Bible studies.
• [ ] Host a church picnic to build community and provide opportunities to invite friends.
• [ ] Continue training middle and high school students to purposefully engage and invite friends to know Christ.

Outline

Marriage, anniversary, and church planting with personal stories and updates.

• The speaker celebrates his 18th anniversary with his wife Julie and reflects on the birth of their second child at a nearby hospital.
• Church plant in Gainesville grows from 23 to 50 adults and 20 children in 10 months with 12 baptisms.

Intentional discipleship and purposeful engagement in Gainesville, Florida church.

• Speaker 1 shares how God has led them to intentionally share God’s love with their community in Gainesville, Florida through relational discipleship and purposeful engagement.
• Speaker 1’s daughter, Mackenzie, is passionate about inviting strangers to church by handing out church cards and inviting them to join the community.
• Speaker emphasizes importance of living consistently, obeying God’s calling, and being filled with Spirit to make disciples and bring people to Christ.

Planting seeds, serving others, and sharing faith.

• Speaker 1 shares how planting a “girl’s garden” with neighbors and friends allowed them to grow spiritually and physically, and how it’s important to allow God to use them to make disciples and plant seeds.
• Speaker 1 and others enjoy free breadsticks at Zoe’s, and the server asks for feedback in a survey, highlighting the importance of sharing experiences and opinions.
• Speaker 1 shares personal struggles as a single mom, connecting with Tita from Ecuador through shared experiences.
• Church members engage with Tita through listening, inviting her to church, and barbecuing together, aiming to build a redemptive relationship.

Living a purposeful life and sharing Jesus with others.

• Speaker 1 shared two stories about Panera Bread, including one about an owner who cleaned up after a customer dropped their food.
• The owner, John, demonstrated excellent customer service by picking up the mess and putting everything back in order.
• Speaker’s father shares Good News with coworker Jasmine, leading to her baptism.
• Speaker 1 shares story of redemption through intentional discipleship.

Inviting others to know Jesus through intentional engagement.

• Invite others to know Jesus through intentional gatherings and worship.
• Speaker 1 invites friends to church picnic, including Gary who shows interest in learning more about church.
• Jalen and Gary have a conversation after worship service, leading to Gary’s baptism.
• Speaker encourages audience to purposefully engage in sharing Jesus on social media.

Intentional discipleship and sharing Jesus with others.

• Speaker 1 shares personal experience of purposefully engaging with someone to share Christ.
• Ryan Martin’s intentional discipleship leads to baptisms and weddings.

Sharing Jesus and salvation through cancer experience.

• Speaker 1 shares personal experience with cancer, highlighting the importance of God’s Word in a world filled with sin.
• Speaker 1 argues that sin is a cancer infecting the world and Jesus is the great physician who can save us.
• People seek God, family, and community in religious settings.

Purposeful engagement in church growth.

• Regina Collins, second-grade teacher, led Scott Jamison to Christ.
• A young athlete finds purpose in Christ through mentorship and baptism.
• Speaker 1 emphasizes the importance of purposeful engagement in spreading the gospel.
• The speaker prays for God’s help in being intentional in sharing Jesus with others.

This content was featured at the 2024 Antioch Collective Annual Assembly at The Crossings Church St. Charles County in O’Fallon, MO. For more like this, visit https://antiochcollective.org/