A Spirit-Dependent Church

Aug 30, 2026    Jenna Luoto

We've spent two thousand years adding to the church — buildings, programs, staff, traditions, strategies. But what if all of that activity has slowly pulled us away from what Jesus actually had in mind? This week, Pastor Jenna Luoto kicks off our new fall series, Becoming the Church, by asking a simple but uncomfortable question: are we a Spirit-led, Spirit-empowered church, or are we just a really well-organized one? Drawing from Acts 1, she challenges us to rediscover the one thing the early church had that made everything else possible — a radical dependence on the Holy Spirit.