Church Adopts Unreached People Group & Significantly Bolsters Missions Engagement
June 2025
“They wanted a pastor who would help lead them to be a more outward focused church,” says Pastor Reg Overstreet. This was one of the many responsibilities given to Pastor Reg when he came to Community Grace Church of Warsaw, Indiana in 2020. There was not much—if any—missions leadership at the church when he arrived. But Pastor Reg had a heart to be heavily involved in Great Commission pursuits by mobilizing the church. And over the last five years of his tenure, there has been significant movement toward that end.
- The church uses several strategies to champion missions, including a sermon series on missions based on 1 Corinthians 3:6. “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.”
- Out of that, the term “Gospel Seeds” began to be used and now someone shares a Gospel Seed testimony from stage every month.
- A resident Great Commission Consultant was brought on staff (who happens to be former Encompass staff member, Jay Bell!)
- The word “mobilize” is intentionally used in some way during every service.
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