
Sermon Notes: Sep 28, 2025

GOSPEL INTENTIONALITY
#4 in Belonging: Why Church Matters
Dave Tate
Key Passage: Matthew 28:16-20
“…Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you…”
The very condition of having friends is that we should want something else besides friends. Friendship must be about something. Those who have nothing can share nothing. Those who are going nowhere can have no fellow travelers. – C.S. Lewis
Marks of Gospel Intentionality
- Hospitable (1 Peter 4:9-11)
- Available (Acts 18:24-26)
- Faithful (1 Corinthians 16:19)
Practicing Faithful Presence PDF DOWNLOAD.
The church is the means of God’s evangelistic genius, not isolated people with the gift of evangelism. A chorus of gospel voices is much stronger than a lone witness in the wind. Communal witness is like laying logs in a firepit until the Spirit sparks the flame of faith. – Jonathan Dodson
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