The Faithful
The people of Ephesus stand in history as great reminders of God’s love and grace. They were at one time pagans, separated from God and darkened in their understanding. However, by the Spirit enabled preaching of the gospel from Paul they freely chose to put their trust in Jesus. Their continuation of their faith in…
Read MoreTo the Saints
Understanding who the biblical saints are and what their nature is really like, is one of the most difficult subjects MPI church has to deal with. On one hand, the church has to lovingly correct the false view of saints being dead super-Christians who are now worthy of prayer and worship. Sadly, this false view is…
Read MorePaul, the Apostle
Paul, born as Saul, was a tremendous leader and majority author of the New Testament (13 out of 27 books). He was hand picked by Jesus in a post resurrection appearance to be an apostle (Acts 9:1-19) and was primarily responsible for both the grace message of salvation and Gentile missions (Galatians 2:2). As an…
Read MoreThe Will of God
The will of God can be confusing for some Christians because they have a misunderstanding of God’s sovereignty. Though God’s will may be mysterious at times, it is a mystery that can be uncovered via our relationship with Jesus (Colossians 1:26). God has always intended for His people to know and understand both His will…
Read MoreYear in Review for 2016
Please take a few moments to rejoice with us as we celebrate all that God did this year at Metro Praise International church. Click here is you would like the report in pdf. Also, click here for a year-to-year comparison of our detailed finances. Psalm 145:1-21, “1 I will exalt you, my God the King; I…
Read MoreThe Goal: 100,000/50/500
MPI believes God has promised a great harvest both in Chicago and in the nations. Chicagoland has over 9 million residents and needs a strong discipleship church in each of its fifty wards and beyond. Also, today with almost 3 billion unreached people around the globe living mostly in the “10/40? window we sense God calling us to…
Read MoreMPI’S Distinctives: Evangelism & Discipleship
In this series we have been learning that Jesus’ plan to change the world is His church! This week we will see the method He has given the church for accomplishing this task – that is, discipleship and evangelism. Simply put, discipleship is when someone is taught how to follow Jesus and keep his commands…
Read MoreThe Strategy: Connect, Mentor & Send
For too long the majority of pastors in the U.S. have settled for their churches having 20% disciples or less. They have willingly traded making Spirit-filled disciples to accommodating comfortable consumers on Sunday. Christianity is shrinking and secularism is growing; violence, perversion and greed mark many of our youth because often times their parents compromised with God’s commands regarding…
Read MoreThe Vision: Loving God, Loving People
We need the love God on our streets like never before, we need to fall on our face and call on the name of the Lord. It’s like a desert out here with no rain in sight, everywhere we turn nobody wants to do right. All we ever see in our city is people wanting more…
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