Leaving an Unimaginable Legacy (Start 5 | Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-4) | Let Down Your Nets | David Platt

Main message: The preacher used the example of the church at Antioch (Acts 11–13) and historical and local testimonies to call the congregation to a vision of starting five new churches in the DMV — urging dependence on the Holy Spirit through worship, prayer, and small acts of faithful obedience rather than self-reliant planning.

Key points:

• Antioch model: unnamed believers shared the gospel with Gentile "Hellenists," a church was born, they cared for others in need, and Barnabas and Saul were sent out after worship, prayer, and fasting — showing how Spirit-led communities multiply mission.
• Being a Christian means trusting in one God, recognizing sin, trusting Christ’s death and resurrection for forgiveness, and living with Jesus as Lord and center of identity and community.
• The church must combine mission with compassion (Antioch sent famine relief) and multiracial leadership, reflecting Christ-centered unity amid cultural division.
• Vision: MLAN plans to plant five new congregations and disciple many, but this requires holding plans loosely, walking by faith, and dependence on God, not merely strategy.
• Testimonies (historical John of Antioch/Chrysostom and local ministries like Kids Quest and Access) illustrated how small, faithful steps and servant leaders produce decades of fruit and church multiplication.
• Practical call: gather in worship/prayer/fasting, surrender personal plans to God, and take whatever next faithful steps He calls (including joining the evening prayer gathering).

Scriptures mentioned: Acts 11, Acts 13, John 3:16, John 15:9, 1 Peter 5:7