‘One Day,’ One Mission: Send Network Oklahoma Rallies Church Leaders

On Mon., Sept. 15, pastors, church planters and church members attended the Send Network ONE DAY event at Oklahoma City, Southern Hills. The day consisted of four sessions which included two main sessions by Pastor Dean Inserra of Tallahassee, Fla., City Church, and times for attendees to participate in breakout sessions.

To begin the day, Send Network Oklahoma Director Rusty Gunn welcomed those in attendance and thanked Oklahoma City, Southern Hills for hosting the event. Then, City Wide Worship led the time of worship through music.

In the main session, Inserra spoke on how to find the mission field and how to know when one is called to it. He emphasized the importance of knowing the people and culture of the mission field before going there to know how to effectively bring the Gospel to the people within the mission field.

“If we are going to be faithful in our labor, we need to know our crops,” said Inserra.

Part of this is, first, identifying the reasons for why people are unsaved or for why people believe they are saved when they are not. Inserra said that there are people who just don’t believe in God which needs to be addressed, but he also reminded pastors that there are those who believe in a “god” that does not fit the God described in Scripture. These “gods” are ones that people have created based on who they think the true God is.

Second, Inserra shared about morals and how the modern age teaches that if someone is a “good person” they get into Heaven. This teaching is false. People can be “good,” but being good is not what leads to salvation. The only way to receive salvation is by believing and confessing that Christ died and rose again for all our sins.

Heritage was the third and final issue Inserra addressed.

“Faith can be passed down,” he said. “But it cannot be inherited.”

By this, Inserra meant that just because one’s family is Christian does not immediately make them a follower of Christ. Each person must individually confess Christ as their Lord and Savior.

Following this, numerous breakout sessions were held. Each covered topics including “Worship Culture,” “Kingdom Impact,” “Deepening Devotion,” “Disciples Are Made”, “Marketplace Matters,” as well as two Spanish language topics.

This was one of many Send Network ONE DAY events held across the nation. For more information about upcoming Send Network events, visit namb.net/send-network/oneday.