Lead School - Session #3

Yesterday morning Ali and I attended the third session of Karis Church's Lead School. Rob Gaskin, the Executive Elder at Karis Church, taught about productivity that is godly and righteous.

As the leader of my family, I definitely needed to hear this. Ali and I are always working on being productive and efficient with our time, and Rob definitely helped us see that the Bible gives amazing insight into productivity and getting things done with righteous motivations.

If you are interested in the material, I can definitely post more about it! Let me know!

God is good and gracious.

Jacob Luis Gonzales

Kicking Off Lead School

Lead School has officially started at Karis Church!

Lead School met yesterday morning at 6am at Calvary Baptist, and there were over 45 people in attendance for the first session. That is a huge number of people that are pursuing to know Jesus on a deeper level and to learn more about communicating the gospel to the world around us and to ourselves on a daily basis.

A quote from session #1:

"Jesus made us righteous before God because He paid the penalty of our sin by bearing the wrath of God in our place on the coss. That is the essence of the Christian faith."

Just a quick picture from my point of view at Lead School. Kevin Larson, Lead Pastor at Karis Church, taught about penal-substitutionary atonement and its importance in the Christian faith.

God is good and gracious.

Jacob Luis Gonzales

Karis Lead School

Ali and I will be starting Lead School at Karis on October 1st.

This is the description we received last night of what it will entail:

We desire to expose you to key areas of theology and philosophy that are necessary for Karis leadership. We want to grow you in the area of biblical conviction and give you tools to defends those beliefs. Our hope is to put you around other established and emerging leaders, enabling you to grow and learn in community.

That is so encouraging to hear, and we are both very excited to learn more about our great God and His saving grace.

If you are at all interested in some of the material, let me know and I can write about it here!

God is doing a lot of different things in our lives, so check back soon to see what has been happening.

God is good and gracious.

Jacob Luis Gonzales

Men's Breakfast: Fight Clubs

I have been planning the Men's Breakfast series for a month or so, and here is the information for the first breakfast in August!

I am sharing this information so that you can see all of the amazing opportunities I have had so far while I am interning at Karis Church in Columbia, MO. I am privileged to have this responsibility, and I hope that this time will encourage people to know God deeply and know the other men at Karis!

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Men are fighting. The question is not if men are fighting. The questions are: Are they fighting for the right things? If not, why aren’t men fighting for the right things? And, how are men supposed to practically fight for gospel-centered discipleship?

This is the vision of the Men’s Breakfast. It comes from how Karis does Fight Clubs and the book “Gospel-Centered Discipleship.”

Fight Clubs are essential for a healthy church because it is the time that we expose sin, confess sin, repent of our sin, and fight sin. As men, we need to lead the church in confession and repentance, and this is the most healthy and helpful way to do just that.

God is faithful and He is calling men to lead and this is an absolute essential to creating healthy churches and healthy homes.

This is a challenge: Come. Learn. Confess. Repent. Forgive. Encourage. Lead. Fight.

Jacob Luis Gonzales