Ownership | Pastor Morgan Butcher | Venture Church
What does it mean to move from simply attending church to taking ownership of the mission Jesus has given us?
In the final week of our All In series, Pastor Morgan talks about what it means to live with an ownership mentality. Ownership is more than having your name on a membership list. It means saying, “These are my people. This is our mission. You can count on me.”
Looking at the Great Commission, Acts 2, and Paul’s picture of the Church as the Body of Christ, Pastor Morgan reminds us that following Jesus is deeply personal, but it was never intended to be lived privately. We were created to carry the mission of Jesus together, each person bringing their gifts, serving their community, and taking responsibility for the people God has placed around them.
Ownership also expands our responsibility beyond ourselves. It means caring about our church, our neighbors, the next generation, our community, and people around the world. Through the mission of Jesus, we are called to live both here and there, recognizing that together we can take the Gospel farther than any one of us could alone.
The question is not simply, “Do I go to Venture?” The deeper question is, “Am I willing to help carry what God has entrusted to us?”
Timestamps
0:00 Welcome
0:44 Wrapping Up the All In Series
1:10 The Apple Watch Illustration
2:26 Closing the Rings
3:13 What Do the Rhythms of Your Life Reveal?
3:48 “Am I All In?”
4:07 The Final Ring: Ownership
4:28 Ownership vs. Membership
4:50 “This Matters to Me”
5:35 The Costco Sauerkraut Illustration
6:02 What an Ownership Mentality Looks Like
6:27 Ownership Doesn’t Make You a Better Christian
6:52 We Were Never Meant to Carry the Mission Alone
7:17 Ownership Shows Who You’re Committed To
7:43 The Great Commission
8:08 The Mission Begins With the Authority of Jesus
9:28 This Mission Belongs to King Jesus
9:54 Go and Make Disciples
10:18 Venture Exists to Participate in Jesus’ Mission
11:05 The Danger of a Consumer Mentality
11:36 Consumerism in the Church
12:26 What Am I Carrying?
12:49 The Mission Belongs to All of Us
13:14 Jesus Intended Us to Carry the Mission Together
13:42 The Early Church Devoted Themselves
14:11 Learning, Praying, Eating and Serving Together
15:01 Commitment to Each Other and the Mission
15:59 Faith Is Personal, But Not Private
16:43 Jesus Forms Individuals Into a People
17:04 The Church Is a Body
17:40 You Are the Body of Christ
18:10 The Church Is Not an Audience
19:06 Everyone Has a Role to Play
19:25 The Body of Christ Needs You
19:50 “That’s My Church”
21:00 Attendance vs. Ownership
21:23 “These Are My People”
21:54 Ownership Can’t Mean Caring Only About Our Church
22:22 The Mission Is Here and There
23:05 To the Ends of the Earth
23:25 Morgan’s Prayer for His Family
24:24 An Unexpected Answer to Prayer
25:07 Fighting for Each Other’s Families
25:34 Responsibility for Our Community
26:01 The Light Bearers Kids Wing
26:33 The Next Generation Matters to Us
26:55 Kids Encountering Jesus
27:17 Their Story Matters Anyway
27:53 Ownership Expands Our Circle of Responsibility
28:16 Consumerism Shrinks the Circle
28:36 Here and There
28:59 Why Kingdom Builders Matters
29:15 Local Impact, Global Missions and Future Leaders
29:38 Together We Can Take the Gospel Farther
30:10 Why Does Ownership Matter?
30:30 Partnership in the Gospel
30:55 Prayer, Giving, Serving and Sacrifice
31:24 Ownership Is Partnership
31:49 Partnering With People, Not a Brand
32:13 “I’ve Decided”
32:36 Moving From Attendance to Responsibility
33:06 Taking the Next Step Toward Ownership
33:44 “These Are My People”
34:01 Are We Really All In?
34:21 Carrying the Mission Together
34:51 “You Can Count on Me”
35:22 “You Are My People”
35:34 Making Jesus Famous Here and There
36:00 Closing Prayer
37:22 What’s Next
37:41 Giving and Kingdom Builders
38:22 Back to Church Sunday
38:43 Introducing Ruins to Revival
39:09 Grandparents Day
39:26 Next Sunday Preview
39:49 Closing