Purpose Meeting for Compass Bible Church North Phoenix | Oct. 16, 2026

Main message: The sermon argues that the purpose of church planting is to obey Jesus’ Great Commission by making disciples, because evil is growing and gospel-preaching churches are needed in more places. It frames the new church in North Phoenix as a church that will reach the lost, teach believers, and train reproducible disciple-makers.

Key points:

• Church planting is worthwhile because evil and spiritual blindness are expanding, and the church is a key means God uses to combat that.
• Jesus’ authority and promise to be with his people anchor the mission; the Great Commission is a command, not a suggestion.
• The main purpose of the church is to make disciples, not merely build a building, make friends, entertain people, or create a social club.
• “Reaching” includes going where people are, evangelizing, and baptizing new believers; Phoenix was presented as a strategic mission field with many transplants and many religiously unaffiliated people.
• “Teaching” means helping believers observe all that Jesus commanded through biblical preaching, small groups, one-on-one discipleship, Bible reading, and kids/youth ministry.
• “Training” means reproducing soul-winners and leaders who live in a way worth following and who are willing to spend themselves for others.

Scriptures mentioned: Ephesians 2:1-3, Matthew 28:18-20, 2 Corinthians 4:4-6, Matthew 9:36-38, 1 Corinthians 14, Philippians 3:17, 2 Corinthians 12:15, Romans 1:17, Matthew 7:21