The Gospel is Unstoppable

What happens when the church is shaken, but not stopped?

In Acts 8:1b–8, everything seems to be unraveling. Stephen is dead. Persecution erupts. Believers are forced from their homes. Saul is raging against the church. From the outside, it looks like loss, chaos, and retreat.

But Luke shows us something far different.

In this message from the UNSTOPPABLE series through the book of Acts, we see how God advances His purposes precisely through disruption. As believers are scattered, the gospel goes with them. Ordinary men and women carry Christ into new places. A faithful servant named Philip proclaims Jesus in Samaria. Hearts are united. Darkness is pushed back. And joy breaks out in an unexpected city.

This sermon explores:

how persecution becomes the means of gospel expansion

why the mission of the church is not limited to leaders

how God uses ordinary faithfulness in extraordinary ways

and why true joy is one of the clearest signs that the gospel is taking root

If you’ve ever wondered whether God is at work in seasons of upheaval, or how your everyday faithfulness fits into His bigger story=, this message is for you.

The church may be scattered, but the gospel is not silenced.