Sermons | Local Church in Wabash, Indiana | Bachelor Creek

In Acts 5, we encounter one of the most sobering moments in the early church. Ananias and Sapphira remind us that God is not building a movement on performance, but on honesty and holiness. When the gospel closes the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be, the church becomes a powerful, authentic witness to a watching world.

What makes a church powerful is not personality or programs, but unity shaped by grace. In Acts 2 and 4, we see a community devoted to truth, fellowship, prayer, and radical generosity, moving together as one. When grace grips a church, unity becomes its witness, and a church that moves together becomes a church that moves the world.

Boldness isn’t about personality. It’s about the presence of God. In Acts 3–4, we see ordinary people filled with the Spirit move toward brokenness, speak the name of Jesus without fear, and pray for even greater courage. When you’re filled with the Spirit, silence becomes impossible.

When the Holy Spirit moves, God’s people don’t stay stuck, they respond. In Acts 2, ordinary people receive extraordinary power, boldly proclaim the gospel, and move in immediate obedience through repentance and baptism. The same Spirit is moving today. Will you move?

After being raised from the dead, but before sending the first apostles out on mission, Jesus tells his friends to wait for the Promise of the Father, the Holy Spirit. Waiting has always been an essential ingredient in God’s way of forming a people for Himself. Although waiting is absolutely despised by our modern society, our healing will come in the wilderness of our waiting as we learn dependence, trust, and devotion.

Two discouraged disciples walk away from hope, unaware that the risen Jesus is walking right beside them. In this message, Eyes Opened, we discover how Jesus meets us in disappointment, opens our hearts through Scripture, and sends us back on mission when our eyes are finally opened. If you’ve ever struggled to see what God is doing, this message is for you.

When you’re at the end of your rope and out of options, Jesus is still within reach. In this powerful encounter from Luke 8, we see how desperation becomes the doorway to healing, restored identity, and peace. Join us as we discover how one courageous reach of faith can change everything.

Jesus doesn’t demand perfection or full understanding. He simply invites us to discover. In Week 3 of Encounter, we explore how Jesus calls ordinary people through simple relationships with three powerful words: Come and see.

You are not invisible to God. In Genesis 16, Hagar encounters El Roi, the God who sees her in the wilderness. Discover how a personal encounter with a God who sees, knows, and cares can change everything.

God often meets us when we least expect it. In Week 1 of our ENCOUNTER series, we explore Moses’ burning bush moment and discover how a true encounter with God interrupts the ordinary, reveals His holiness, and invites us into His mission. Come ready to listen, respond, and say yes to what God may be calling you to do.