What if your church's culture is shaped as much by what you allow as by what you promote?

Welcome to Week 7 of Ecclesia: The Church Can Change the World at Sozo Kyle Church. In this message, guest speaker Dustin West (Sozo San Marcos) asks what kind of culture a church is building, and why the answer has to come from the King, not from us. He starts with the gospel Jesus actually preached, the kingdom of God come near, and what it means to repent: to change the way you think about everything. Then he walks through Acts 13:1-3 to show five marks of the culture that made Antioch a church that sent people out to change the world.

Culture is a combination of what we build and what we guard. This message is a challenge to do both, and to ask what part you play in building it.

In this message, we look at:

- Why culture is what we promote and what we allow
- Mark 1:14-15: the kingdom of God has come near, and what "repent" really means
- A five-fold culture: Ephesians 4 and Jesus giving Himself to His church
- A culture of worship and prayer: Exodus 33, Paul and Silas in prison, Peter's release
- A culture that hears and obeys the Spirit: why it's "probably God," not "probably just me"
- An empowering culture: the priesthood of all believers and laying hands on Paul and Barnabas
- An apostolic culture: sending our best, and why you are on assignment wherever you are
- Your kingdom calling and your part in building what God is doing in this region

A kingdom culture doesn't just build a church people want to come to. It builds a church people are sent from.

Our goal at Sozo Kyle is simple: a family on mission, re-presenting Jesus to the world around us.

📖 Mark 1:14-15
📖 Acts 13:1-3
📖 Ephesians 4:7-13
📖 Exodus 33:15-16
📖 Acts 16:16-34
📖 John 10:27
📖 Matthew 28:18-20
📖 Numbers 11:24-29

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Every multiplying church needs a Barnabas and a Paul. Which one are you?

Welcome to Week 6 of Ecclesia: The Church Can Change the World at Sozo Kyle Church. In this message, Chris Ball looks at two of the most important figures in the early church and the two qualities every church family needs in order to multiply: the encourager who takes a risk on people, and the pioneer who refuses to quit.

From Branch Rickey betting his career on Jackie Robinson to Barnabas vouching for the most feared man in the early church, this message shows what it looks like to risk, invest, and release the people God puts in front of you. The real mark of maturity is not how many people are under you, but how many you have sent out, and how far past you they go.

In this message, we look at:

- Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson as a picture of the Barnabas spirit
- Acts 4:36 and why Joseph became "Barnabas," the son of encouragement
- Acts 9:26: Barnabas risks his reputation to vouch for Saul
- Acts 11:22-26: the year Barnabas spent investing in Paul in Antioch
- Acts 13: the shift from "Barnabas and Saul" to "Paul and his companions," and why the student passing the teacher is the goal
- The pioneering spirit of Paul (2 Corinthians 11) and Hudson Taylor's push into inland China
- Acts 15: when Paul and Barnabas disagree, and how one journey became two teams
- 2 Timothy 4:11: the redemption of John Mark
- Why we need both the Barnabas and the Paul, and how to grow in both

The mission of the church was never about building a crowd under one leader. It is about lifting people up, believing in them, and sending them further than you went.

Our goal at Sozo Kyle is simple: a family on mission, re-presenting Jesus to the world around us.

📖 Acts 4:36-37
📖 Acts 9:26-28
📖 Acts 11:22-26
📖 Acts 13:1-3, 13
📖 Acts 15:36-41
📖 2 Corinthians 11:24-27
📖 2 Timothy 4:11

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What if the Great Commission was never a manual handed to you, but an invitation to join what Jesus is already doing?

Welcome to Week 5 of Ecclesia: The Church Can Change the World at Sozo Kyle Church. In this message, Chris Ball challenges us to stop simply agreeing with the Great Commission and start living it. Drawing from Isaiah 6, Psalm 40, and Psalm 148, he shows that a mission-carrying life starts with seeing God. When you see how big He is, "Here am I, send me" stops being an obligation and becomes the only thing that makes sense.

From a Hubble deep field image of 10,000 galaxies to the song of the stars, this message paints a picture of a God who is far bigger than we imagine, who steps into the pit with us, puts a new song in our mouths, and invites us to carry His mission to a broken world. We close with a fresh word about the season we are in and a time of prayer for breakthrough.

In this message, we look at:

- Why the Great Commission is an invitation to join Jesus, not a duty to earn His approval
- Psalm 40: God steps into the pit, puts a new song in our mouths, and many see and put their trust in Him
- Isaiah 6: seeing God leads to transformation, and transformation leads to "send me"
- A God bigger than global: a Hubble deep field image and the song of the stars
- Psalm 33 and Psalm 148: all of creation is already praising Him
- Why worship starts with seeing, not with a song
- Romans 1:5: receiving grace and receiving apostleship go together
- A word for this season: prayers answered and dead things resurrected
- Testimonies of breakthrough and a time of prayer

Don't just agree with the Great Commission. Live it. Keep your eyes on Jesus, and you will want nothing else than to go on the journey with Him.

Our goal at Sozo Kyle is simple: a family on mission, re-presenting Jesus to the world around us.

📖 Matthew 28:18-20
📖 Psalm 40:1-3
📖 Isaiah 6:1-8
📖 Psalm 33:6
📖 Psalm 148
📖 Romans 1:1-6
📖 Micah 2:13

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