Send Us Out :: 5/10/26 :: Billy Waters

Welcome to Wellspring Church!

In this message, we conclude the “Send Us Out” series by asking a challenging question: What does it actually look like for the Church to engage culture faithfully? Rather than retreating from the world or blending into it, we are called to be people who are deeply formed by Jesus and sent into every sphere of life as his witnesses.

Pastor Billy Waters explores the tension many Christians feel when it comes to politics, social issues, business, art, media, and public life. The temptation can be either to withdraw entirely into private spirituality or to adopt the same values and methods as the surrounding culture. But Jesus calls us to something different—a faithful presence rooted in the Kingdom of God.

📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 What it means to be “sent out” as witnesses of Jesus
🔹 Why engaging culture is complex, nuanced, and often uncomfortable
🔹 The danger of both cultural withdrawal and cultural conformity
🔹 How Christians can carry the values of the Kingdom into work, politics, art, business, and everyday life
🔹 Living as people formed by Christ rather than shaped by fear or outrage

The Church is not called to hide from the world, nor to mirror it. We are sent out by Jesus to embody his love, truth, holiness, and hope in every place we go. As followers of Christ, we engage culture not to win arguments or gain power, but to faithfully bear witness to the Kingdom of God in the middle of a broken world.

Relevant Scripture references: Matthew 5:13–16, John 17:15–18, Romans 12:2, Jeremiah 29:7, 1 Peter 2:11–12, and Acts 1:8.