More Than a Chair | Part 1

Pastor Mike opens a vision series at CenterPoint Church by challenging the congregation to see a simple church chair as more than a piece of furniture. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 5, he explores how the love of Christ compelled the Apostle Paul to see himself and others in a completely new way. The sermon weaves together the theological reality of the gospel -- that Christ died for all so that all might live for him -- with the practical story of Centerpoint's 10-year journey in their current building. The core message is that every chair represents a real person with a real name and a real story, and that every one of those stories matters to God. The sermon also serves as a state-of-the-church address, celebrating the growth from roughly 1,000 to over 2,000 weekly attendees and introducing the congregation to Centerpoint's transition to a multisite model, with a new Payson campus. Throughout, Pastor Mike emphasizes that the church is not the hero of this story -- Jesus is -- and that all growth, all chairs, and all campuses exist solely to connect people to the gospel.