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FAITH28m·Mar 1, 2023

Preventing Lukewarm Faith

About this episode

Pastor Tyson Coughlin of Vision Church in Charlotte, North Carolina joins Philip Cameron for a convicting conversation about the dangers of lukewarm faith and what it truly means to be all-in for Jesus. Drawing from Revelation 3 and the letter to the church at Laodicea, Coughlin delivers a sobering reminder that "the greatest threat to the church is not the atheist or the agnostic — it's from within, when people say one thing with their mouth but with their heart and their life they tell a different story." Coughlin unpacks why a cold person is actually closer to repentance than a lukewarm one, because at least they can acknowledge their own need — echoing Jesus' words in Matthew 5:3, "Blessed are the poor in spirit." The conversation turns to Judas Iscariot as perhaps the most vivid biblical portrait of half-hearted devotion: someone who loved Jesus, but not more than he loved himself. Coughlin argues that sacrificial giving — like the woman who broke the alabaster box in the Gospels — exposes lukewarm hearts every time. Vision Church is also in the middle of a million-dollar campaign to transform a 43,000-square-foot warehouse on Independence Boulevard into a 2,000-seat sanctuary. Learn more and connect at visionchurch.com. This episode is a challenge to examine your heart and choose wholehearted devotion over comfortable compromise.

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Quotes worth sharing

The greatest threat to the church is not the atheist or the agnostic, the unbelievers from the outside. The greatest danger to the church is from within, when people say one thing with their mouth, but with their heart and their life they tell a different story.

Tyson Coughlin

Judas loved Jesus, just not more than he loved himself. He served Jesus only so far. He wanted a position in his kingdom. He envisioned himself being the Secretary of the Treasury, and they were going to overthrow Pilate. And then when he realized it's a spiritual kingdom that Christ came to usher in, he didn't like it, so he betrayed him.

Tyson Coughlin

If a thousand dollars doesn't meet my need, it's better turned into a seed than consumed. The boy with the loaves and fishes — if he'd eaten that meal, nothing would have happened. The meal would have been forgotten about an hour later. But because he gave it to Jesus, it was multiplied and thousands were fed. And sometimes meals are not meant to be eaten.

Philip

What's Discussed

Pastor Tyson Coughlin of Vision Church in Charlotte, North Carolina discusses the spiritual danger of lukewarm faith, drawn from Revelation 3 and the letter to the church at Laodicea. He argues that cold unbelievers are closer to salvation than the half-hearted churchgoer, because they at least recognize their need — referencing Matthew 5:3. Coughlin uses Judas Iscariot as the Bible's defining portrait of lukewarm devotion: someone who loved Jesus, but not more than himself. He also connects the woman's alabaster box offering to the way sacrificial giving exposes half-hearted hearts. Vision Church has doubled in size each of the past two years, now running six Sunday services and seeing hundreds of professions of faith, while raising $1 million to convert a 43,000-square-foot warehouse on Independence Boulevard into a 2,000-seat sanctuary.

  1. Vision Church Growth and Six Sunday Services
  2. Million-Dollar Warehouse Campaign on Independence Boulevard
  3. Lukewarm Faith and the Laodicean Church
  4. Cold vs. Lukewarm — Who Is Closer to God
  5. Christ's Call to Wholehearted Commitment
  6. Judas Iscariot as the Lukewarm Believer
  7. Alabaster Box and Sacrificial Giving
  8. Great Commission and Gospel Preaching Every Sunday

Scripture in this episode

Matthew 5:3web

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Episode Transcript

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Intro

Philip:Hello, my name is Philip Cameron, and I am so glad that you are watching Daily Faith today. We have got a tremendous program. Now, between the introduction I just gave you and this beginning, the hard opening of the program, my son has informed me that I may have mispronounced my guest's name. You see, I'm a Scotsman, and we pronounce that name Coughlin, and he may be Coughlin. So when he comes on the show, he's going to correct me and tell me what I've done wrong, and I'm just going to ignore it completely, because that's an Irish name and I just don't know. If he's Irish, folks, you know, they're funny folk, these Irish people.
Philip:Having said that, I might as well confess the whole story. I gave Andrew — he came to me one day, he said, give me some of your spit in this tube, I want to find out your ancestry, because I've teased Irish folk all my life. I've got more Irish jokes than you can ever imagine. So I spat in that wee thing and sent it away, and six weeks later the results came back. And to my utter shock and horror I discovered that I'm half Irish. And it has absolutely destroyed me. I can't tell jokes about myself anymore, and all my Irish pastor friends have been brutal against me ever since. They talk about their Irish — I've got a dear friend up in Glen Burnie, Sean Murphy. He just abuses me when I go to his church because I told him by mistake that I was half Irish.
Philip:So, well, we'll talk about this later. We are just so excited to have you with us. We've got a great program. God's got an answer for you today. If you listen to the voice of God, this is Daily Faith in your life. I promise you, we have a Mission Outreach. It began 30 odd years ago. I adopted a wee boy in Romania. We migrated to Moldova because we discovered in that country when a girl turned 16 in the orphanages, she was put on the street and traffickers got them. One girl made $300,000 a year for a trafficker.
Philip:And we have a village called Vatra Village, the most beautiful place, next to the largest lake in the whole country, and we take these kids and we put them in there. We put them back in school, tell them that God has a plan for their lives, that they're not a mistake, even though they've been told their whole life that they're nothing, they're garbage. And these kids have become sons and daughters and amazingly become missionaries, and they now have outreaches. They are the ones that have been feeding the refugees from Ukraine. They go up and feed thousands of people up in Ukraine, in Odessa and Kyiv. I mean, it's amazing what they've done.
Philip:And so we've got a video from a few weeks ago and I wanted to show you what grace can do in an orphan's life. And I want you to watch the vans — a white van and a blue van. There are two of our vans — we have more, but there are two vans to show you what seed can do and how that van has gone all over the tragedies of that part of the world. Watch this video.
A year ago, their world was a happy place. They had jobs, their kids were in school, the corner shop sold bread and cheese and everything else. Their world was just like yours. Until, through the mist and snow, monsters came. The tracks rattled on the ice-packed fields. The guns pointed towards the world they lived in. It takes less than a second to obliterate everything that they had spent their lives building. There are no accurate numbers as to how many have died. The end is nowhere in sight.
We have been in Ukraine for years. From the first explosion we were involved. We took this assault personally. The orphan's hands could not stand on the sidelines and do nothing. Our amazing group of young men and women did the unimaginable. Once again, they drove into a war zone. Once orphans themselves, they have felt personally the hand of grace and redemption. To go to this devastated world seems to them as normal as having a meal or going to church.
They drove for hours, unable to stop and stretch their legs, as inches on each side of the vehicles were live mines. Every few miles they were stopped at checkpoints by nervous soldiers. They were running along the line between the Russians and Ukrainians. Our team finally reached her son, a recently liberated city still held in the grip of desperation. They had brought food, wood-burning stoves that will save lives in the bitter, deadly cold that is to come.
They brought blankets that to many is the only barrier between survival and death. On a dreary day, within the sound of guns and bombs, the most astonishing thing took place. The rescued became the rescuers. Hundreds waited in the rain, shuffling along in a line that ended in love — smiles, bread, fish, and words of care from the heart of the redeemed.
As they traveled, they came across bombed-out villages, scarred by the strife of bullets, destroyed by the landslides of death. Their water, electricity, and everything else was gone. But the wooden stove had become the guardian against the deadly cold. We know it is impossible for most to even imagine this world. But by giving and praying together for this unfolding tragedy, we can join our hearts and hands to bring the hope that was sent to earth by the living God.
If it were us, we would wait in line hoping that someone, somewhere, was thinking of us. We must go back. Will you send us? Every gift you give allows us to be his hands.
Philip:And those vans — churches and individuals gave us money to buy those vans. And the power of seed — God's been really dealing with me about the power of seed. That blue van just recently drove from Moldova through Romania, through Bulgaria, into the earthquake zones down in Turkey. There's a horrendous calamity taking place just now that the news is not reporting adequately about, and there are tens of thousands of people that have been killed by this earthquake. They say 50,000 bodies have been found so far, and they've gone through 20% of the buildings, the best they've excavated the ruins. So there are hundreds of thousands of people still buried under these buildings.
Philip:And we went down there — our team from Moldova drove our van down there, my son Andrew drove back over — and we bought tents for families to live in, thousands of pairs of underwear. That was one of the biggest needs they asked us for, because they left, they abandoned their houses at four o'clock in the morning when this thing happened. Shoes — they had no shoes. And so we've been involved in this. Andrew found a source of care boxes for $30 each, and we've given away hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of these boxes. And as God provides, we will go back again.
Philip:So if you can help us, whether you're helping us in Ukraine or helping us in Turkey, you can decide — you tell us what you would like to be a part of, designated on your gift. And you can contact us very simply: the Orphan's Hands, PO Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee, PO Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee 37716. Very simple. You can also contact us at Daily Faith — if you go to dailyfaith.tv, there's a giving page and you can designate what the Lord is talking to you about. If you'd like to help us, the Ukraine refugee situation is not going away. The situation in Turkey is only getting worse.
Philip:I visited one city — one point six million inhabitants in one city, and 90% of the city is destroyed. It is absolutely like the end of the world. And as the Lord provides, we want to go back again. In fact, we're talking with some Christian pastors, because the church in Turkey doesn't have an easy time, if you know what I'm saying, because of Turkey's faith. And so we're trying to help as much as we can, put this into the hands of Christians, and give them the means to survive during this horrendous time.
Philip:And I just put up on my little message board that a pastor contacted us this morning for more food and tents. Can you help us? Please help us. One family tent has cost us — this is not a number we've pulled out of thin air — it cost us $650 for one tent, one family tent. A box of food for these people, it's 40 pounds in weight, is $30. So if you would like to help us, could you imagine — can you imagine you providing a family home? Because they're going to be in those tents for years to come, years to come, with nowhere to go.
Philip:So let the Lord speak to your heart right now to be a part with us. And you can also dial — it's very simple — 833 Daily Faith. Just punch in Daily Faith on your phone and you can give. And by doing so, you are going to help be God's hand extended in the name of Jesus. We love you for caring about the world through the Orphan's Hands.
Philip:I'm excited to have this — I met this young man and I love his vision. A lot of times we live in a day and age when a church just wants to survive. That's been the mode through the pandemic and stuff. And once in a while you find a live wire. This is no — no, I'm not here to survive, I mean to occupy the land that God has given me. And Tyson Coughlin is one of those men, and I am excited to have him back on Daily Faith today. Tyson, I apologize that I mispronounced your name in the beginning. I've got some friends whose name is spelled like that and they're called Coughlin, and so that's what I got that from. So I apologize. I hope you forgive me. Welcome to Daily Faith.
Tyson Coughlin:Absolutely, Phil. Thanks for having me, and you can call me whatever you want — I'll answer to anything. But yeah, it's an honor to be here, and thank you for what you do all over the world. It's an honor to know you and to partner alongside of you.

Vision Church Growth and Six Sunday Services

Philip:I would like you to give us an update on Vision Church. You are occupying and expanding your reach in your part of the world in Charlotte. Tell us what God's doing there.
Tyson Coughlin:Yeah, we are actually experiencing a move of God I've truly never seen anything like. And to God be all the glory — we've been in this permanent location now for two years, and the church has doubled every single year for the past two years. And today we're running six services every Sunday, five in English, one in Spanish. This year already we've seen 105 people make a decision to repent of their sin and place their faith in Christ. Last year, 298 people made that decision. This is really, in our opinion, nothing short of revival. God is drawing the lost into his saving grace, and it's just an honor to be a part of it.
Philip:Well, I'm just so proud of you. I believe that God has put you there for this time. And God is looking for Davids in our generation that will say to the Goliaths around us, get out of my way — I've killed the bear and I've killed the lion and I am coming to get you. And I believe God anoints people for a specific purpose. God puts in your hand a specific goal and seed. And I believe that you are doing that, and you are $300,000 away — you're in a million-dollar campaign right now and you're $300,000 away from getting to the next level. Is that right?
Tyson Coughlin:That's right. And so it's a miracle, really. Last June, because of how many services we were doing here at this location, it became apparent we've got to do something. So last June we were able to buy a 43,000 square foot warehouse right on one of the major thoroughfares in Charlotte called Independence Boulevard. And we're going to transform that space so that lives will be transformed in it. It will become a sanctuary eventually. It'll hold right at 2,000 people per service. And we're just grateful to God. And yes, we're raising a million dollars, and by God's grace we've raised just under $700,000. We started with the goal for May of this year, so we're $300,000 short, but the Lord is going to do it. It's going to come through.

Million-Dollar Warehouse Campaign on Independence Boulevard

Philip:Well, we are standing with you. We believe God in you, that God has put this vision in your hand and in your heart, and I believe you're a Gideon's Army away from victory in the name of Jesus. And I speak life and provision into your circumstance.
Philip:The Lord's been talking to you about being lukewarm. If ever there was a timely word for the world we're living in and the church we're living in — God says because you're not hot or cold, I'll spew you out. God can deal with cold people, God can deal with hot people. But when you're lukewarm, you are a totally different animal in the kingdom of God. Tell us what God's been talking to you about.
Tyson Coughlin:Yeah, you're exactly right. Last Sunday I was able to preach this word to our church from Revelation chapter 3 about the lukewarm. And the truth is, Philip, you know, the greatest threat to the church is not the atheist or the agnostic, the unbelievers from the outside. The greatest danger to the church is from within, when people say one thing with their mouth, but with their heart and their life they tell a different story.

Lukewarm Faith and the Laodicean Church

Tyson Coughlin:And the Lord Jesus, he commands the church at Laodicea — I would rather you be hot or cold. Now, that sounds like a stark contrast and a little shocking, but really, if you study this closer, a cold person is closer to repentance and salvation. I believe that, because at least a cold person can understand and acknowledge their own sinfulness and their own need. And as you know, the Lord said, blessed are the poor in spirit, those who recognize their need for me, for theirs is the kingdom.
Philip:My wife is the worst person — my wife is lukewarm when it comes to eating out in restaurants. She drives me crazy. She'll say to me, oh, I'm hungry, and I'm thinking, yes, we're going to get a steak now. And she'll say, nah, I'll just toast half a bagel with cheese and I'm fine. And I'll say, where would you like to eat tonight, Chrissy? Well, I'm not really, you know — and my excitement is grounded and it dissipates. And that's how God feels when we won't come to his banqueting table and we go, well, you know, it's a rainy night so I'm not going to bother.
Philip:Yeah, I know I should tithe, but I shouldn't — that is the worst person to deal with in the church. I've got a lot of pastor friends and they would rather have stiff opposition that can be converted than someone that is like a limp piece of spaghetti that you can't — there's no point, there's no focus in their life. Exactly — lukewarm.
Tyson Coughlin:Yeah. Amen. He doesn't want indifference or compromise. He wants us to be on fire for him, passionate for him, zealous for him. And if you look at Christ all throughout the Gospels, there really is no gray area. You are either for him or you're against him. You're either with him or you oppose him. You're either his son or you're his enemy.
Tyson Coughlin:Philip, something that I say often that is the tough pill to swallow for our church — you know, we look at the world and say, well, everybody's God's child. But that's not true. Everybody is God's creation and he loves all of his creation. There's a difference. But only those who have repented and placed their faith in Christ are his children. To as many as received him, to them he gave the power to be the sons of God. And today we are either his children or his enemy. We either are for him or against him.

Cold vs. Lukewarm — Who Is Closer to God

Tyson Coughlin:But the whole thing is, in Revelation 3, he stands at the door and knocks. You know, the church at Laodicea was the only church that Jesus didn't have something positive to say. They were far from him, and many people think they were apostate — they were the worst church. But Jesus still comes to them and says, I stand at the door and I knock, and I'm ready to receive you, I'm ready to forgive you. If only you would turn to me, I'll receive you. And where your sin abounds, my grace much more abounds. What a great Savior we have in Jesus.
Philip:I'll tell you what, we're blessed. Napoleon was in Egypt, and when the generals of his conquered Egyptian army said to him, sir, why is the French army so incredible? And Napoleon says, I'll show you. So he said to a young French soldier, son, follow me. And he took him up to this bluff, this cliff, and he marched right up to the edge of the cliff, and he says, son, how much do you love France? And the young man says, with all my heart. So he says, march. And the young boy took a step off the cliff and fell off the cliff.
Philip:And the Egyptian general said, now get one of your men to do the same thing. And he got a young man, he marched him up to the edge of the cliff, and he said to the young Egyptian, how much do you love Egypt? And the young soldier said, this far — this is as far as I go. I don't love Egypt that much. And a lot of folk will say to Jesus, I love you, Jesus — you're mine up to this point. But you can't have my money and you can't have my tongue and you can't have my heart. You can have my body once a week for an hour.
Philip:But that doesn't — that's not building materials. Jesus said, I'll build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. And that is not the materials to build the church, when someone says, well, I'm only so far into this thing and then I'm going to back out. God's looking for people that are all the way in. And he gets your tongue and he gets your heart and he gets your pocketbook and he gets your time, and then he'll build a church that the gates of hell will not prevail against.

Christ's Call to Wholehearted Commitment

Tyson Coughlin:Amen. And to that point, the greatest example of a lukewarm person in the Bible, quite possibly, is Judas Iscariot. And you know, Judas loved Jesus. A lot of people say, oh, he didn't — yes he did. Judas loved Jesus, just not more than he loved himself. And that's true. He served Jesus only so far. He wanted a position in his kingdom. He envisioned himself being the Secretary of the Treasury, and they were going to overthrow Pilate. And then when he realized it's a spiritual kingdom that Christ came to usher in, he didn't like it, so he betrayed him.
Tyson Coughlin:Yeah, it's like — yes, he loves the Lord, but not more than he loves himself. He was a consumer there for himself. And may we all examine our heart today and say, Lord, yes, we love you, but do we love you more than ourselves? More than our preference? More than anything else in this life?

Judas Iscariot as the Lukewarm Believer

Philip:The thing that turned Judas was an alabaster box. A woman broke the box and she poured this spikenard over Jesus. And if you want to expose Judas in your church, take up an offering. Have someone give, believe God for something, and you will expose Judases every single time. And Judas said, this is wasteful, but this could have been sold and given to the poor. No, it wouldn't have been sold and given to the poor — it would have been sold and put in his bag that he carried. And the Bible says the entire house was filled with the fragrance of the spikenard. And Judas, smelling the sacrifice, went out and made a deal with the Pharisees to sell Jesus for the price of a slave.
Philip:Sacrifice and giving exposes Judases every time, because they are the half-hearted ones in the church. It's not time to build a new building — I'm sure you've heard it, Pastor. You never know — it's always — let me tell you something, it's time to be radical. In fact, I know you believe God for 300 more people to give a thousand dollars. We're going to give a thousand dollars today from Daily Faith to help you continue. You are going to do this and it's going to be successful in the name of Jesus.
Philip:And if you're watching today, wherever you are — you say, well, I don't live in Charlotte. I don't care where you live. I'm talking about making a statement to the devil. Join me in sending Tyson an offering of a thousand dollars. Let's believe God for this church to be built and this building to be changed in its use. It's Vision Church — V-I-Z-I-O-N — Vision Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the website is visionchurch.com. And I challenge you today, get in contact with this great young man of God that is inspiring me to believe God for great things.

Alabaster Box and Sacrificial Giving

Philip:You say, Philip, you're giving away money. Absolutely. Do we need it? My Lord, we need it. But I've discovered something — if a thousand dollars doesn't meet my need, it's better turned into a seed than consumed. The boy with the loaves and fishes — if he'd eaten that meal, nothing would have happened. The meal would have been forgotten about an hour later. But because he gave it to Jesus, it was multiplied and thousands were fed. And sometimes meals are not meant to be eaten. And I challenge you today, get in contact with my friend Tyson.
Philip:We've got a couple of minutes left. Excuse me, I've got a cough. I need you to talk for a couple of minutes so I can get a cold drink of water. Tell us what else God's doing with you.
Tyson Coughlin:Well, Phil, thank you so much for your generosity and your heart to give. It's a great example for all of us. And you know, our church's mission is very simple. We're all about the Great Commission, and we believe the church has nothing to do but win souls and make disciples. And the fruit we've seen — hundreds of people coming to Christ. You know, something amazing happens when you preach the gospel every Sunday, even if it's just for three minutes, five minutes at the end of the message. If you preach the gospel and you give an invitation for people to respond, the gospel works. It changes lives, and we've seen people's lives transformed. So we're grateful, and thank you for believing in us.

Great Commission and Gospel Preaching Every Sunday

Philip:Well, I'm just excited. I just feel that God's put you there for such a time as this. And there are seasons. In fact, what you may not know — I was on Independence Boulevard, I'd guess, before you were born. And we met a young guy called Jim Bakker sitting in a furniture store on Independence Boulevard. I've been there dozens and dozens of times, and I watched him build a massive network that reached the world for Jesus from Independence Boulevard. So whenever I know that address, oh my Lord Jesus — God can do it again from Independence Boulevard.
Philip:And so I just feel that God's up to something more. Sometimes I know in my life he gets us involved and he gets us going, and you think, well, this is the way I'm walking, and that's not the plan. God gets you walking in this direction, but he's got you going over there, or over here, or up there, or down there. And I've got a feeling that God has set you on a path, and it's bigger than just a church. It's bigger than just what you're doing, what you may think that God's called you to do. And I'm excited for you.
Philip:And I ask folks, in the name of Jesus, if you're anywhere in the Charlotte area, go to Vision Church and go and see Pastor Tyson and say, listen, I watched you on Daily Faith and I want to be a part of what God is doing. Right now you're on West Boulevard in Charlotte, but I believe the new building is on Independence. We're at a time, right, Tyson? Thank you for being with us, and I appreciate you. And I pray God's blessing — Father, in Jesus' name, multiply this ministry a hundredfold, because they're building you a house and you will take pleasure in it, in Jesus' name. Amen.
Philip:We love you today. Thank you so much for being with us, Tyson. We'll see you again.
Tyson Coughlin:Thank you, Philip. Thank you.
Philip:Now, listen, those watching — we've got about 10 seconds left. If you feel led to help us in our Ukraine and Turkey outreach, get in contact with us. And we believe that God's going to be with you. We'll see you again. Bye-bye.
For over 25 years, the Cameron family has been changing the lives of orphans in Romania and Moldova. From providing running water, flushing toilets, and clean wells, to coal for heat, new windows, as well as food and clothing, they have championed the physical needs of the orphans in these broken and desolate countries. Many of Moldova's orphans are saved from the horrors of trafficking through homes founded by the Camerons, and in the process orphans become daughters and sons. They come to know their heavenly Father and are forever changed by the love of Jesus.
God helped the Camerons lift these amazing young men and women out of darkness. Now, no longer orphans, they want to return and invade that very same darkness with the light of Jesus Christ. The Orphan's Hands equips these daughters and sons to become missionaries. Your monthly gift of $31 will allow us to rescue and take in more girls and boys, saving them from the hell of human trafficking. Your monthly partnership will allow us to care for those in the Orphan's Hands homes in Moldova and Ukraine. If you want to join Philip and Chrissy in taking care of these precious young people, please contact us today by calling 833 Daily Faith. You can also give by going online to www.dailyfaith.tv, or by writing to PO Box 25, Clinton, Tennessee 37716. So many lives depend on what we do. Thank you for loving the lost.

Common questions

What does Tyson Coughlin say is the biggest threat to the church today?

According to Tyson, the greatest threat to the church isn't atheists or agnostics from the outside — it's lukewarmness from within, when people say one thing with their mouths but live a completely different story with their hearts and their lives.

Why does Tyson say a cold person might actually be closer to God than a lukewarm one?

Tyson explains that a cold person can at least acknowledge their own sinfulness and their need for God, which puts them closer to repentance and salvation. He ties this to Jesus' words in the Beatitudes: 'Blessed are the poor in spirit, those who recognize their need for me.'

How does Tyson use Judas Iscariot as an example of lukewarm faith?

Tyson argues that Judas did love Jesus — just not more than he loved himself. Judas was in it for a position in what he imagined would be an earthly kingdom, and when he realized Christ's kingdom was spiritual, he betrayed him. Tyson uses Judas as a warning to examine whether we love God more than our own preferences and self-interest.

What is Vision Church's core mission, and what results has it seen?

Tyson says Vision Church is entirely focused on the Great Commission — winning souls and making disciples. In the past year alone, 298 people made decisions to place their faith in Christ, and already 105 more have done so this year. He credits simply preaching the gospel every Sunday and giving people a chance to respond.

What is Vision Church's building campaign, and how close are they to their goal?

Vision Church purchased a 43,000 square-foot warehouse on Independence Boulevard in Charlotte, which they plan to transform into a sanctuary holding around 2,000 people per service. They set a goal of raising one million dollars by May, and at the time of the episode had raised just under $700,000 — leaving them $300,000 short.

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