Living on Mission is more than a study—it is an invitation to embrace a lifestyle of evangelism and make the Great Commission part of our everyday lives.
Living on Mission is an eight-week course designed to help us grow in confidence, compassion and obedience as we share the Gospel in our everyday lives. As a church, we are going through this together to align our hearts with the Great Commission and rediscover God’s heart for the lost.
We will be reading a book called Winning Souls by Tom de Wal, as well as walking through a brand-new series of lessons from Josh and Brynn designed to rally our church around one central heart -- reaching the world with the hope of Jesus. The weekly readings, group discussions, weekly practices, and video lessons will work together throughout the course. Let's get started.
Week One
September 13 - 19 Welcome + Introduction Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 7 - 26 Watch: The Life-Saving Business
Week Two
September 20 - 26 Lesson Focus: Foundations of Evangelism Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 27 - 50 Watch: Ambassadors for Christ
Week Three
September 27 - October 3 Lesson Focus: What A Soul-Winning Church Looks Like Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 51 - 62 Watch: No More Excuses
Week Four
October 4 - 10 Lesson Focus: Growing in Evangelism + Urgency for the Lost Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 63 - 74 Watch: The Process of Salvation
Week Five
October 11 - 17 Lesson Focus: Why Sharing The Gospel Is Worth It Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 75 - 86 Watch: Prayer
Week Six
October 18 - 24 Lesson Focus: Eternity, Obedience and Gospel Urgency Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 87 - 106 Watch: Care
Week Seven
October 25 - 31 Lesson Focus: The Clash Between Two Kingdoms Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 107 - 127 Watch: Share
Week Eight
November 1 - 7 Lesson Focus: Revival, Response and Activation Fall Revival with Tom De Wal: November 5 - 7 Watch: Where Do I Start?
Week Five
October 11 - 17 Lesson Focus: Why Sharing The Gospel Is Worth It Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 75 - 86 Watch: Prayer
Week Six
October 18 - 24 Lesson Focus: Eternity, Obedience and Gospel Urgency Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 87 - 106 Watch: Care
Week Seven
October 25 - 31 Lesson Focus: The Clash Between Two Kingdoms Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 107 - 127 Watch: Share
Week Eight
November 1 - 7 Lesson Focus: Revival, Response and Activation Fall Revival with Tom De Wal: November 5 - 7 Watch: Where Do I Start?
Week Five
October 11 - 17 Lesson Focus: Why Sharing The Gospel Is Worth It Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 75 - 86 Watch: Prayer
Week Six
October 18 - 24 Lesson Focus: Eternity, Obedience and Gospel Urgency Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 87 - 106 Watch: Care
Week Seven
October 25 - 31 Lesson Focus: The Clash Between Two Kingdoms Winning Souls Reading Selection: Pages 107 - 127 Watch: Share
Week Eight
November 1 - 7 Lesson Focus: Revival, Response and Activation Fall Revival with Tom De Wal: November 5 - 7 Watch: Where Do I Start?
Teaching Sessions
Week One The Life-Saving Business
Jesus connected discipleship with evangelism when He called His followers to become “fishers of men” and commanded them to carry the gospel into the world. Through the parables of the lost sheep, lost coin, and lost son in Luke 15, Jesus reveals that every person matters to God and that reaching the lost requires priority, intentionality, persistence, and compassion.
Week Two Ambassadors for Christ
According to 2 Corinthians 5, believers are Christ’s ambassadors, entrusted with the ministry of reconciliation and sent to represent Jesus in their families, workplaces, schools, neighborhoods, and communities. Prayer for the lost is essential, but it cannot replace the personal responsibility to go, speak, serve, and share the gospel, because people cannot believe in Jesus unless they first hear about Him.
Week Three No More Excuses
This lesson emphasizes that every believer is the Church and has been strategically placed among family members, friends, coworkers, and neighbors whom God wants to reach through them. Christians do not need perfect knowledge or flawless lives to witness; they simply need to share what Jesus has done, trust the Holy Spirit, and obey God despite fear or uncertainty.
Week Four The Process of Salvation
Like first downs leading to a touchdown, each loving interaction, answered question, testimony, or invitation can move someone one step closer to faith in Jesus. People may be anywhere in their spiritual journey—from resistant or skeptical to receptive, seeking, ready to respond, or growing as a new believer—and God often uses many individuals to plant, water, and harvest along the way.
Week Five Prayer
Since unbelief involves spiritual blindness, believers must depend on God to open people’s eyes, soften their hearts, reveal Jesus, and accomplish what human reasoning alone cannot. Believers should pray persistently without becoming discouraged, trusting that God is working even when results are not immediate and that faithful prayers may bear fruit many years later.
Week Six Care
Like the Good Samaritan and Jesus Himself, believers must be willing to pause, accept interruptions, and compassionately enter the lives of hurting people. Acts of kindness, hospitality, patience, and respect can build relational bridges and open hearts to the truth of Christ, especially when people have experienced pain or developed negative views of Christianity.
Week Seven Share
Jesus calls believers to be witnesses—not expert attorneys who can answer every question—so they can simply tell what they have seen, heard, and experienced through Christ. Because many people are already searching and spiritually ready, Christians must look beyond their own concerns, recognize the harvest around them, and courageously share the good news wherever God has placed them.
Week Eight Where Do I Start?
God has intentionally placed each person in a particular time, location, and network of relationships, making everyday settings meaningful mission fields filled with opportunities to pray, care, and share. Believers should start locally but remain sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s leading beyond their normal routines, trusting that people may be more spiritually open than their outward appearance or immediate response suggests.