Purpose City Church with Talaat and Tai McNeely

What if the cutting, loss, correction, and pressure you have experienced are not signs that God is punishing you, but evidence that He is preparing you to become more fruitful? In “It’s Not Punishment,” Dr. Hart Ramsey teaches from John 15 on the purpose of pruning. God does not cut simply to take something away. He prunes what is fruitful so that it can produce even more. Sometimes that pruning t...

You cannot control the middle, but you can trust the Master who meets you there and already knows what comes next. What do you do when you have left one season behind but have not yet arrived at what God promised next? In Master The Middle , Dr. Monique Flemings walks through Paul’s uncertainty in Acts 22:30-23:11 and shows why waiting on God does not mean your life is stalled. This message is for...

Being unbothered is not apathy. It is refusing to let misunderstanding, false accusations, or pain control your obedience. In Acts 21:17-40, Prophetess Tai McNeely looks at what happens when Paul arrives in Jerusalem and finds that his reputation has arrived before him. He is misunderstood, misrepresented, and mistreated, yet he refuses to let other people’s assumptions pull him away from what God...

When God speaks but the road ahead looks painful, how do you know whether to stop, wait, or obey anyway? In Ready Anyway , Pastor Talaat McNeely teaches from Acts 21:1-16 NLT about what happens when God’s direction seems clear, but the people around you reach a different conclusion. This message is for anyone trying to discern God’s voice, make a difficult decision, release control, or keep obeyin...

Your life is too valuable to waste running a race Jesus never assigned you. Learn how to finish yours faithfully. In Acts 20:13-38, Paul says goodbye to the elders of Ephesus knowing that hardship is ahead and that he may never see them again. Pastor Talaat McNeely uses Paul’s final words to ask a question that cuts through busyness, comparison, and accomplishment: Are you faithfully running the r...

You can love God, still feel tired, and quietly drift. Acts 20 shows how to stay awake before fatigue becomes distance. In Stay Awake , Pastor Talaat McNeely teaches from Acts 20:1-12 NLT , where Paul strengthens weary believers and a young man named Eutychus falls asleep, falls three stories, and is restored to life. The message speaks directly to spiritual exhaustion, isolation, discouragement,...

A silversmith's profits are threatened by the gospel, so he starts a riot. What is money revealing about your idols? Before the crowd in Ephesus ever shouted about worship, Demetrius the silversmith was already talking about profit. In this message from Acts 19:21-41, Pastor Talaat McNeely traces what happens when the gospel does not just change what a city believes, but changes what that city...

The voices you trust will shape the life you live, but God's Word exposes every loyalty competing with Jesus. In The Word Got Out , Pastor Talaat McNeely walks through Acts 19:8-20 to show what happens when Scripture moves beyond our ears and begins transforming our loyalties. If you are navigating social media, spiritual counterfeits, the need for control, or habits you cannot seem to release...

God is not looking to shame your rough edges. Discover how He matures your natural talent into lasting spiritual authority. In this message from our Unstoppable series, Pastor Talaat McNeely unpacks Acts 18:24-19:7 to show what happens when real talent meets spiritual maturation. Whether you are leading in your career, stepping into church leadership, or learning how to process feedback, this serm...

God has people waiting on the other side of your obedience, so fear and rejection cannot be the reason you stay silent. In I Got People There , Pastor Talaat McNeely walks through Acts 18:1-17 and Paul’s difficult assignment in Corinth. Paul faces resistance, fear, rejection, and even a courtroom, but God keeps reminding him that the opposition is not the whole story. This message is for anyone tr...

What if the problem is not your circumstances, but the cultural lens shaping how you respond to them? Guest speaker Fred Gilmore teaches from Acts 17:16-34 NLT and challenges the assumptions that often shape Christian decision-making. In It’s Me Not You , he explains why kingdom citizenship requires more than adding faith to your existing habits. It calls for repentance, realignment, and a willing...

God may already have answered your prayer. The real question is whether you will obey what He already said. In  Don’t Waste The Word , Dr. Monique Flemings teaches from Acts 17:1-14, comparing how the people in Thessalonica and Berea responded to the same gospel message. One group resisted truth when it challenged their comfort and influence. The Bereans received the message eagerly, examined Scri...

What comes out under pressure reveals what has been forming inside you long before the crisis arrived. In Formed for Multiplication , guest speaker Katrina Boatright walks through Acts 16:16-40 NLT to show how the Holy Spirit formed Paul and Silas through opposition, suffering, worship, and restraint. This message is for anyone facing pressure, questioning whether resistance means they missed God,...

Ever felt like your life was put on a sudden pause, or that a door slammed shut right in your face? It’s easy to blame the enemy or feel like you’ve failed, but what if that closed door is actually a setup for something monumental? In this episode, Kyle Welton dives into Acts 16 to unpack the concept of "Divine Detours." We look at the Apostle Paul, Silas, and Timothy as they find themselv...

Paul and Barnabas were as close as it gets: ministry partners, spiritual brothers, proven friends. Then they disagreed so sharp that Scripture says they parted ways for good. So what do you do when two people who love God can't agree? In this episode, Alan Blackmon Sr., Director of Discipleship at Purpose City Church, continues our Unstoppable series with a message from Acts 15:36 through 16:5...

Most of us have clicked "I agree" without reading a single word. We scroll, we tap the box, and we move on. But what happens when someone slaps fine print on the gospel? In this episode, Pastor Talaat McNeely walks through Acts 15 and confronts one of the quietest, most dangerous threats the early church ever faced. Not prison. Not an angry mob. Not persecution. The threat was confusion ab...

The crowd called Paul a god. Then they stoned him, dragged his body outside the city, and walked away. And just when that quiet ditch should have been the end of the story, Paul opened his eyes, pulled himself up out of the dirt, and walked right back through the same gates where the stones had flown. That is the anatomy of endurance. If you have been doing exactly what God called you to do and st...

Are you truly prepared for the moment God calls your name? In this episode of The Purpose City Church Podcast , we continue our powerful message series, Unstoppable: A Journey Through the Book of Acts . Speaker Kyle Welton takes us into Acts chapter 13 to unpack what it means to live in a constant state of spiritual preparation. "Jesus will call, but you prepare in His presence." Through t...

Have you ever done everything right and still watched your carefully built life fall apart in a single moment? Most of us are walking through life with an unspoken script in our heads. A plan for how things are supposed to go. And when reality crashes into that plan, our first instinct is to wonder whether God has forgotten about us. In this week's episode of The Purpose City Church Podcast, P...

What if the biggest thing holding you back from your purpose is not your circumstances but your need for an audience? In this powerful message from Acts 11, Pastor Talaat McNeely draws a sharp line between two kinds of people: sent ones and seen ones. Using the early church at Antioch as the blueprint, he unpacks how a group of nameless, scattered, persecuted believers changed the entire trajector...

Are you constantly praying for God to open the next door, relationship, or level of influence in your life? What if the biggest barrier to your progression isn't a closed door in front of you, but the unfinished heart work inside of you? In this episode of The Purpose City Church Podcast , Pastor Talaat McNeely breaks open Acts 10 to reveal a profound truth: Before God ever expands your assign...

Are you consuming the mission — or carrying it? That question alone could change your life. In this powerful Mother's Day message from the Unstoppable series, Co-Lead Pastor Tai McNeely brings a clarifying, convicting, and encouraging word from Acts 9:31-42 that every believer needs to hear. The mission Jesus started didn't stop when He left — it multiplied. And you are part of that. Week...

Who have you decided is "too far gone"? We all have that person in our lives—the one whose heart seems too hard, whose past seems too dark, or whose skepticism seems too deep for God to reach. But what if the reach of Jesus is longer than your resistance? In this powerful installment of our Unstoppable series, Pastor Talaat McNeely dives into Acts chapter 9 to explore one of the most radic...

What do you do when the very thing you're asking God to stop is the very thing He's using to propel you forward? In Part 3 of our Unstoppable series — a journey through the Book of Acts — Pastor Talaat McNeely lands in Acts 8, one of the most jarring chapters in the entire New Testament. The church has the Spirit, the miracles, and the community. But they also have a problem: they never le...

What happens when life starts squeezing you? In this powerful second installment of our Unstoppable series, Pastor Talaat McNeely explores the aftermath of the Upper Room and the reality of taking your faith into a world that might not applaud it. We often pray for God to remove the pressure, but what if the pressure is actually a tool for revelation? Drawing from Acts 4:13-31 , this episode break...