One evening in 2006 Francis Chan reached a turning point. After a trip to Africa he realised that his church was heading in the wrong direction. From being a self centered congregation, that did not preach the provoking parts of being a true Jesus follower, he wanted to change things.
Francis was afraid that his people was not up for the challenge of change. But he was wrong. His church started to grew even more. And from earlier spending 4% of the church budget on mission in 2006, they increased to 55% in 2008.
Because of the increase of attendance they needed a bigger church. However they didn’t go the standard megachurch route of build a xx million dollar building. Instead they built an outdoor arena, that could be used by the local community during the week.
Here is the preach Francis Chan spoke after several months off to seek God for the purpose of his church.
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