BUILT FOR BABYLON

What does it look like to remain faithful to God in a culture that is constantly trying to reshape who you are? How do we stand firm without withdrawing from the very city God has called us to reach?

Thirteen years ago, Discovery Church began with a handful of people and a prayer that Bakersfield could taste a little more of heaven. This Anniversary Sunday, we celebrated everything God has done—and were challenged to remember why we’re still here.

Like Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, we are living in a culture that will try to rename us, retrain our thinking, normalize compromise, and demand our worship. But we aren’t called to simply survive Babylon. We’re built for it. We refuse to be renamed. We refuse to bow. But we also refuse to abandon the city God has placed us in. We pray for it. We serve it. We invest in it. And we live in a way that allows people to see the Kingdom of God through us.

Thirteen years later, the assignment is still clear: In California as it is in Heaven. There is more to do, more people to reach, and more of His Kingdom to carry. “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.” — Matthew 5:14

If you weren't there or want to revisit it, you won't want to miss this one.