From Performance to Presence - Francis Chan

Francis Chan challenges the celebrity culture in churches, arguing that focusing on the pastor and programs distracts from the true purpose: encountering God's love. He emphasizes the importance of scripture reading, communion, and experiencing God's presence together as a church body.
Key Points
- Pastors should prioritize facilitating encounters with God over personal fame.
- The church service should be centered around scripture reading, communion, and experiencing God's presence.
- The focus should be on God's love, not on performance or fear.
- A younger generation desires authenticity and experiencing God's glory, not celebrity pastors and gimmicks.
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[@kerrysteel-nl5ym]

He is a human being with faults and makes mistakes just like all of us. He is a brother in Christ with 5 kids and is still married too

[@conniechamplain9956]

What a comforting word for those of us brought up in legalism and find it hard to receive love for just being ourselves.Thank you ❤

[@OLskewL]

Bro. I hope all denominations can see this sermon. Praise God ❤

[@christress6719]

We do a week long consecration week a few times a year when we shut down the church and read the Bible for an hour, sing for an hour, and pray what God highlighted in the word. It is an amazing week for our congregation! Love my man Chan!!! Move on us God!!!

[@christress6719]

I forgot we do it 24 hours a day in 3 hour shifts continuously for a week. The 3am to 6:00 am is for the soldiers 🤣🤣

[@joygal7743]

Francis chan i love your teachings and even more that you closed your comment section Not only does it help me and i assume others to concentrate on listening to the word, instead of endless scroll in the comments looking for what not,i am also happy the it leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of does who wish to spill thier bitter gall in the comment. I thank the lord for you.

[@elizabethwollmann1099]

Amen ! He wants to know us , I’m humbled how The Father Loves us ! Holy are you Lord ! Oh we need the fear of the Lord to come visit us ,

[@stevenskinner8532]

So grateful for what God is starting to do in his church today.

[@gregercarter1]

Forgive us Lord for our arrogance and self love, You alone deserve “the increase”, all Glory, Honor, and Praise to You!

[@world_challenge]

Amen!

[@jesuslambofgodjesus6518]

Joseph priwife loves communion

[@zelma5380]

My first thought, I would have loved to be the one that kissed Jesus feet and cleaned His feet with my tears and hair. But yes to be at His chest and called His beloved. You conveyed such a glorious love of Jesus. God bless you and family. All the saints too. ❤

[@world_challenge]

So good!

[@olgaconway9131]

Beautiful deliverance, heartfelt, Holy Spirit driven🙏✝️💕

[@ruachnaim0305]

This is ABSOLUTELY phenomenal teaching. Yes and Amen. May we ALL pursue you a life wholeheartedly surrendered unto You. May we too experience and own the love that You have FOR US- May we too say(as John did), I am the disciple Jesus LOVES….🙌🏽🙏🏽🧎🏽‍♀️

[@patriciaryan1716]

Much agreed sister❤

[@world_challenge]

Amen!

[@jillydem5274]

How kind and gracious is Gods intention towards each of us. Lord let us live this out in reality and spread it far and wide by Your unfailing GRACE

[@TheNarrowGate_Lwazi]

YOHH!!! ❤❤ ❤ Bless you Pastor Francis!!!

[@louisdohrer489]

That is a really really good question . What did they do before the word of God, the law of the Ten Commandments was written on the two tablets of stone? They went solely by the word of God and didn't even have anything to read because nothing was written down at that point that you're talking about. All they were able to do was talked about through faith what God had spoken to his children his servants. Now we have the whole Bible and we struggle reading and praying I'm going to venture to say mostly because of laziness God forgive us and help us I pray. In Jesus name, amen and amen.

[@MrPeteparas]

Being fed with the finest of bread of life ,the key is the SPIRIT is speaking very succinctly here but are ears open to humbly receive as if GOD was speaking it directly and to make the truths shared here an integral part of daily life?

[@kathleenstahl1442]

I must decrees and he must increase John 3 30 35

[@80srocker65]

🙌🏽Amen

[@bcvahsfam]

That was amazing. This went along with what the Lord has been showing me.

[@sabinedobler139]

Now I can‘t wait to go to communion 🏃‍♀️!

[@space2079]

Jesus is the LORD!!

[@karlalehnhoff6069]

Thank you Father for loving me. Thank you Father for reminding me continuously that you’re with me and that you died for me🙌

[@world_challenge]

Praise God!

[@kimberleylynhindman1960]

Aaaaa

[@kimberleylynhindman1960]

Aaaaaaaaa😊a😊a😊😊a😊😊aa

[@reviewqueen1222]

So true ❤ preach

[@Agoraz123]

Beautiful ❤ Be Loved! 😭♥️😭

[@danicatrebel]

🙏🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽🙏🏽🙌🏽

[@born2bfree3]

AMEN and AMEN!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@Rosa-ww4rx]

😭😭😭💕

[@felixburch2451]

Powerful message!

[@benjaminshangpliangbenjami361]

Amen ❤

[@patriciaryan1716]

I can not even hardly contain my joy and excitement!!🙏🏽 Watching and listening to this whole service. Beautiful and wonderful teaching, reverence for what is Holy, God, and the talks of bringing things back that are sadly yearned and longed for. 43 yr old lady here who does have memory of these things in my life, and today, brother Chan I felt the Holy Spirit and the Communion with the church in this. My daughter and her husband are early 20's and they are part of the generation who wants "real" they've grown up in a fake world. They're wise and won't be satisfied with it. I love that. I am the same. I hope to see more and more emphasis on these things. Oh, the reading of the Word was so beautiful. Humility, Gods mysteries, Be- loved, I am loved and communing with Jesus in and the saints in communion. I get exactly what you said about communion being a feeling, intimate connecting to Jesus himslelf. Love communion. Lord that we would repent and forgive us for removing this beautiful gift youve given us and that we would partake with You in joy, excitment, and awe! Yes!!❤ Amen. Thank you

[@world_challenge]

We feel the same way! Thanks for sharing this.

[@user-by8ee8rm4u]

That's why God chose Francis first, that's why he's so close to God. Francis is one of the least of these, and God chose to tend to those first.

[@ThuliSiba]

12:21 😢

[@ThuliSiba]

26:22

[@andrewharichandran3465]

40 hours to read the Bible? Amen! Let's do it

[@cericeborrelli3404]

🕊✝️🕊 Thank you LORD GOD for posting this today. Rather than ‘later in the week’… I know this may come across as a ramble. But read it slowly. It’s just concise bullet points. Communion has been made a ‘common thing’ in these end days, just like Hebrews warns against. Shoved in the last 15 minutes once a month on Sunday. Passed out to anyone but as Francis points out it’s a sharing in the Body/Blood of the Christ. Intercourse Francis likened it to. Joining. That is why Paul made such a big deal of ‘would you join the body of Christ with a prostitute?’ NO! Remove such from among you. Pauls thoughts in the letter go back and forth about the sexual sin going on as he was writing it. The Pastors today are too afraid of the people to even put out a warning not to partake unworthily. That was extremely important to Paul. In that way Communion Hosts allow people to trample on the elements. Sexual sin has always been zero’d in on specifically all throughout the written Word as exceptionally Insulting to the Spirit of GOD. Both OT and NT. Heb 10:29 is eluding to the elements. such ones do NOT partake of the divine nature at Communion. Remember the Jewish Wedding Betrothal ceremonies. The cup. We are considered married already. It’s a spiritual mystery. Pastors are being watched to see what they will do with this message. -delivered at a “Leaders Conference”. This time from one of their peer equals instead of a warfare beaten up insignificant parishioner with a burden from GOD about it two years earlier. Most especially SoCal Calvary’s. Why? Because the revival GOD did through the Jesus Movement, and the raising up of all the Celebrity Pastors that came out of that. They made money off the Word of GOD. So much money over these last 40 years selling Tapes, CD’s, commentaries, books, speaking fees, etc. Can they honor Communion and put it in the honorable place it belongs? Time will tell. But keep in mind - Time is running out. The hourglass is down to its last few grains of sand. Selah. He is coming quickly. He is also watching. His eyes are everywhere. Especially with the live broadcasts today. In this way HE is speeding things up. Every message. Good job Francis Chan. Good job indeed! 😇

[@cristinamz2137]

WOW😮. Is this man becoming Catholic? God bless him! He needs to come home.

[@wesfin]

17:03

[@changeamerica]

But the Word of God must be interpreted. And believers disagree on what the Bible means.

[@cristinamz2137]

Yea, it must be interpreted. People's interpretations go askew. That's why we need to be guided by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not going to guide every reader in different directions that divide. He guides ONE HOLY CATHOLIC and APOSTOLIC Church, then everyone must follow Her, the Bride of Christ: the Church. One Church, not many. We get divided so much because everyone wants to be his or her own pope. Stop it already.

[@cindysanger1172]

That is why Jesus promised Holy Spirit. When we pray in Jesus name for wisdom and understanding, He guides us into ALL truth. He is the one who does this. That is why Paul said I learn from no man. Only Spirit of God. Humans who don't understand this truth are the ones who listen to man for interpretation and at times get lead astray. With Holy Spirit we can discern who is teaching God's Word accurately. That used to be me. I was so hungry for more, that I was dupped on a few accounts. I repented and I test the spirits with such influence like Pastor Chan. He has learned from Holy Spirit so I can glean the nuggets of truth.

[@user-ih9qd3jw1t]

If she could just stop… 29:30

[@cristinamz2137]

Thats the main differenc beyween Protestants and Carhoics. Carholic go for Holy Communion, this is our purpose foe Mass. Protestants go for the sermon, the band, the preacher. That is WRONG. Church ahoyls be for Jesus, not for the preacher.

[@user-ih9qd3jw1t]

That crazy lady is so obnoxious screaming and parroting. Great teaching but wasted on her. Some just want to make sure they hear themselves on the recording, I suppose. So disrespectful. 27:30

[@ashleigho5078]

Right?! And how about that baby at 49:33? The nerve. Don’t they know Gods word says to be silent, not to praise Him aloud, not to shout for joy and bless His name?…Father God, I pray for this person. I pray that you penetrate the yuck in their heart and show them how your goodness can be celebrated in worship through shouts of joy and affirmation. I pray that you give this person the boldness to love you in such a manner that makes others shout in agreement at their love for you. It’s in Jesus name I pray, amen.

[@user-ih9qd3jw1t]

You missed the whole point. I can’t even comprehend how can you miss the whole point entirely. Bless your heart, dear.

[@cristinamz2137]

At minute 14:15 Yes! Go and receive Our Lord Jesus in Holy Communion. Let His Blood mingle with yours when you receive Him in Holy Communion. You cannot receive the Lord in any Protestant Church's communion, bevausr he is not there, Jesus is truly present in the Holy Eucharist in Catholic Churches. Protestants stopped believing in the Real Presence about 500 years ago. Stop it. Stop PROTESTING. Come Home. Come Home to rhe One Holy Catjolic Church and receive the Lord, in the real sense.

[@jimihendrixx11]

Jesus is God. God can do anything

[@IAMFISH92]

That’s not officially what the Catholic Church teaches. Read Unatatis redentigratio.

[@wtan5814]

Please be careful of Francis Chan. His many associates, whom he approves and gives shade to are the very ones that David Wilkerson warned us so strongly about.

[@nettegain4615]

Interesting! Explain please with details.

[@cristinamz2137]

Why? Because his views are becoming too Catholic, now?

[@cindysanger1172]

Who are his many associates? Does this mean he condones all of their teachings? Who writes the warnings. I too was warned about God fearing men by the religious who trade the deep knowledge of God, true revelation for laws and rituals like the Pharisees did.

[@cindysanger1172]

This is a very Biblical teaching from God Himself. The blood and love of Jesus. Chan warns not to take communion lightly as Jesus did.

[@cindysanger1172]

I meant Jesus gave the same warning

[@user-fz6fc7nj7x]

What is this guy doing at World Challenge? He is a false teacher. David Wilkerson would not have allowed this man on stage.