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.