Rankin Wilbourne Sermons Rankin Wilbourne: Haggai and Recovering the Mission of the Church | 10/8/2023 | City Church of Evansville
Oct 25, 2023
A challenge to recover the church's mission amid American decline. A story about meeting a Chinese student who sparks a call to mission. A fresh reading of Haggai reorients church from building to people on mission. Practical kingdom scenes like generosity and justice are discussed. A call to carry mission into daily vocations and messy community life.
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Sarah's Haggai Call To Leave Family Plans
- Rankin Wilbourne recounts meeting a Chinese student, Sarah, who fasted and prayed six months before feeling called by God via Haggai 1:4 to join campus ministry.
- Sarah faced family anger because she was their only child and planned to serve full-time, illustrating costly obedience to mission.
Temple Theme Reframes Church As God's People
- Wilbourne links the temple theme from Genesis through Revelation to show the church's identity as God's dwelling rather than a building.
- He highlights Jesus as the true temple and Paul calling the church a Spirit-filled dwelling, reframing church as people.
Church As Vendor Explains Church Shopping
- Wilbourne diagnoses American church culture as treating church like a vendor of religious goods, encouraging 'church shopping.'
- This consumer mentality makes the church serve member preferences rather than God's mission.