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Family Matters: A Kingdom Blueprint | Sherman Dumas

What if your past didn’t have to define your family’s future? When Pastor Sherman Dumas became a father, he faced a deep question: how do you give what you never received? Having grown up without a father, he chose to break the cycle—not repeat it. In Family Matters, Dumas shares his story alongside biblical wisdom and practical tools to help you: • Break unhealthy family patterns • Build strong, life-giving relationships • Raise children with purpose and identity • Create a home rooted in Kingdom values • Leave a lasting legacy for the next generation Whether you're healing from your past or building your future, this message will help you lead your family with intention and hope.

Unleashed Church: The Pursuit of Apostolic Culture

In this episode, we explore the global rise of house churches, arguing that the movement’s power lies in apostolic culture rather than just a change in venue. By examining underground growth in regions like China and Iran, the text highlights how these communities thrive through persecution and organic reproduction. The author contends that the New Testament term ekklesia refers to a "called-out assembly" that is not restricted by size or architecture. Rather than choosing between house churches or institutional buildings, the text advocates for a "both/and" ecclesiology centered on mission and maturity. Ultimately, the source defines a healthy church through five key marks: being missional, maturing, mobilising, multiplying, and manifesting. It concludes that true reformation requires moving away from consumerism toward a surrendered, unleashed faith. Read the article by Glenn Bleakney here: https://www.awakenations.org/p/honey-i-shrunk-the-church?r=1835d8 [https://www.awakenations.org/p/honey-i-shrunk-the-church?r=1835d8]

The Church Size Distraction

The church-size debate resurfaces like clockwork. Every few years, it makes another lap around the evangelical world and we all jump back into our corners. “Bigger is better.” “Smaller is deeper.” “Mega reaches cities.” “Micro builds community.” We chase metrics. We defend models. We argue strategy as if the Kingdom of God rises or falls on square footage and seating capacity. But here’s what I’ve seen over and over again, across multiple nations and cultures: you can hide in a crowd of 5,000 just as easily as you can hide in a living room of 12. Size doesn’t automatically produce depth. And intimacy doesn’t automatically produce transformation. The conversation feels strategic and intelligent, but it often allows us to debate something measurable while avoiding something far more confronting. The real issue isn’t whether your gathering looks like a stadium event or a family reunion. The real issue is what actually happens to people when they show up. Are they being equipped? Or simply hosted? Paul didn’t write to the Ephesians about optimizing formats or refining attendance analytics. In Ephesians 4, he described apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers doing one central thing: equipping the saints for the work of ministry. The leadership gifts were never meant to perform ministry on behalf of the church while everyone else watched. Their role was to prepare the Body to carry the mission. The word Paul used—katartismos—is rich with meaning. It describes setting a bone back into place or mending a torn net so it can function again. It’s about restoring something to full strength and preparing it for purpose. That’s the image he chose to describe what leaders are supposed to do for believers. This reframes the entire discussion. The question is not how impressive the gathering looks or how intimate it feels. The question is whether people are becoming spiritually functional—ready to serve, ready to go, ready to build up the Body in love. Maturity can emerge in an arena. It can also emerge in a basement. And both settings can just as easily produce spectators instead of disciples if equipping is absent. If we don’t return to that mandate, we’ll keep arguing about size while neglecting substance.

This is a Move of God

We're waiting for fire from heaven. God is waiting for us to be moved with compassion. Every time Jesus performed a miracle, healed the sick, or fed the multitudes, Scripture reveals the same catalyst: "He was moved with compassion." Not strategy. Not anointing. Not a scheduled move of the Spirit. Compassion. What if the move of God we've been crying out for begins the moment we allow our hearts to break for the person right in front of us? In this teaching, Glenn Bleakney unpacks the forgotten key to Kingdom power—how being moved with compassion isn't just an emotional response, it's a move of God flowing through you. When you weep with those who weep, when you stop to see the one everyone else walks past, when your heart is stirred to action—that IS the supernatural in motion. The move of God you're waiting for might be waiting on you.

The Gospel Jesus Actually Preached

What did Jesus mean by the Gospel of the Kingdom? In this message, Glenn Bleakney reveals the gospel as a declaration of victory, authority, and liberation—not escape. Discover why the Church is called to occupy, advance the Kingdom, and hasten the Lord’s return through power, obedience, and global mission.