"I was ruined for modern Christianity when I came to Christ in Hawaii."

Shawn O'Schrader was thirty-one and totally unchurched when he found a small church in Hawaii where the practice was simple: when someone walked in the door, the question was not who invited them. The question was that God did. In this Thursday interview, host Rolland Wright sits down with Shawn — a Pacific Northwest believer Rolland first met during COVID at Grand Avenue Park in Everett. The conversation walks Shawn's path from Hawaii, through Henry Blackaby's Experiencing God, through the 2018 launch of house Ekklesias that multiplied into three communities, into five trips to Nepal and a ministry sponsoring computers for at-risk Nepali kids with discipleship built into the curriculum. God is under no obligation to bless what I do for Him, but He will bless His work when I do it His way.

You'll hear:

• Shawn's conversion in Hawaii at thirty-one — and the church that ruined him for modern Christianity

• The three expectations of that church: ministry involvement, family ministry (home gatherings), and Experiencing God

• Henry Blackaby's framework and why it still shapes Shawn's discipleship

• The 2018 launch of house Ekklesias from Shawn and Becky's home

• Multiplying from one gathering to three

• The COVID-era park gatherings in Grand Avenue Park, Everett, where Shawn and Rolland first met

• Picking up strays — Shawn's adult daughter's description of their open-home ministry

• Nepal: five trips since 2018

• Baburam's story — the son of a Hindu high priest who started speaking after praying for rest

• Why healing is central to evangelism in Nepal

• The Luke 10 method — bless, fellowship, heal, then proclaim

• The computer sponsorship ministry — three hundred dollars per laptop, discipleship through typing Scripture

• God is under no obligation to bless what I do for Him, but He will bless His work when I do it His way

• David Albrecht's line about letting your light shine — but somebody's got to tell them who flipped the switch

Scripture referenced: Acts 17:11 (the Bereans), Luke 10 (the sending of the seventy), Deuteronomy 29:29 (the secret things and the things revealed), Ephesians 4 (equipping the saints), Matthew 5:16 (let your light shine), John 5:19 (the Son does what He sees the Father doing)

Resources

Ekklesia Declared! — https://a.co/d/0fkrigsy

Ekklesia Infused! — https://a.co/d/0gdii5A0

Choose Life — https://a.co/d/069OtMTN

Choose Life Workbook — https://a.co/d/06vseuNH

First Place Ministries Website — https://www.firstplaceministries.com

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Guest Resources — Shawn O'Schrader

Email: shawnoschrader@gmail.com

Also mentioned in this episode:

• Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby

• Henry Blackaby Ministries (now run by Henry's son Richard Blackaby)

• Baburam and the children's home in Pokhara, Nepal

• David Albrecht — Christian author and speaker

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