Rooted Fellowship Sermons
A church in Pretoria, seeking to Glorify God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ in a Transcultural Community for the Renewal of our City & Beyond
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Philippians - This is Living: Rejoice in the Lord!
As we close our 11-week journey through Philippians, Paul ends his letter like an encore: repeating, underlining, and elevating the major themes we’ve walked through all series long. From prison, he urges the church to pursue unity, to rejoice ...
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Philippians: This is Living - Cling to Christ: The Path of Maturing Faith
As we near the end of our This Is Living series, Paul invites us into a deeper, grown-up faith. A faith that doesn’t drift, coast, or cling to old patterns, but presses forward with purpose. In Philippians 3:12–4:1, he admits he’s not yet perfe...
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Philippians: This is Living - Finding Life in Christ Alone
In chapter 3 Paul begins to call out the “Jesus and…” believers in Philippi and he cautions us against self-sufficiency as he calls us to lay down the things of this world.
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Philippians: This is Living - Gospel Partnerships
As the gospel transforms our lives, we need to foster joy and commit to building unity in the church (local and global). In this sermon, we take a deep dive into Philippians 2:12-30.
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Philippians: This is Living - Mindset of Living
In Philippians 2:1–11, Paul paints a breathtaking picture of the mind of Christ; a mind marked by humility, unity, and obedience. Writing from prison, Paul calls the church to mirror Christ’s self-emptying love, the kind that counts others as m...
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Philippians: This is Living - Live Worthy of the Gospel
This Sunday in our series This Is Living, we’re in Philippians 1:27–30 (through the lens of 2:5–11). Paul calls us to live as citizens of heaven; lives whose conduct matches our calling. We’ll see how unity isn’t optional; it’s our strength and...
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Philippians: This is Living - Joy That Advances the Gospel
Paul’s chains didn’t stall the mission. They amplified it. Because Christ is his life, even death is gain. Today we see how God turns adversity into a platform for witness, how courage spreads through a church, and why motives can’t mu...
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Philippians: This is Living - To live is Christ
We launched This Is Living in Philippians with the big claim: to live is Christ. Paul frames a Christ-shaped life: downward in humble service like Jesus, upward in God’s exaltation. He invites us into a gospel partnership God himself began and ...
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Awaken to Bold Witness
This Sunday Elder Kenny closed out our Awaken series by pointing us to bold witness through the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8. He reminded us that God often calls us into uncomfortable and unfamiliar spaces but no place is ...
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Awaken to Bold Faith
This past week at Rooted Fellowship we were reminded that our God is not only able to deliver us from the fire, He is present with us in it. From Daniel 3, the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shows us that bold faith is not about avoid...
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Awaken to Bold Hope
This past Sunday at Rooted Fellowship we were reminded that in Christ, we are a people of hope. From Romans 5:1–5, we saw that hope is not naïve optimism, but a deep confidence rooted in Jesus’ finished work. Through His death and resurrection,...
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Awaken: Bold Truth
As Rooted turns 10, we’re praying for Bold Awakening and this week, Bold Truth. In Acts 7 Stephen embodies truth and love: he tells hard truth to hardened hearts, sees Jesus standing at the Father’s right hand, and forgives his enemies as he’s ...
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Awaken: Bold Love and Bold Service
This Sunday we kick off Awaken—Rooted’s annual birthday season—celebrating 10 years of God’s faithfulness and asking Him for Bold Revival. From Mark 2:1–12 and Mark 10:32–45, Pastor Jono called us to a faith that tears through roofs to bring pe...
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Awaken Prayer Sunday
Today we prayed for Awaken month's theme - BOLD REVIVALLed by the holy scriptures, we prayed on the following topics:1)That He would AWAKEN us to BOLD SERVICE2)That He would AWAKEN us to BOLD LOVE3)That He would AWAK...
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Discipleship 4 - Great Commission
This Sunday, Elder Kenny closed our Discipleship series with a charge from Matthew 28:16–20. He reminded us that discipleship begins with grace, costs us daily, transcends culture, and culminates in the Great Commission. Jesus calls ordinary pe...
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Discipleship 3: Discipleship & Culture
Elder Bongani reminded us from Acts 15 that salvation is by grace alone through faith in Christ with no cultural add-ons. The gospel transcends every culture, preserves what is good, and transforms what is broken.Whether in our tradition...
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Discipleship 2: Counting the Cost
In Luke 14:25–35, Jesus makes it clear — salvation is free, but following Him will cost you everything. Discipleship isn’t a label; it’s a daily, Spirit-empowered surrender that shapes your relationships, priorities, and possessions. Each belie...
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Discipleship 1 - Dead to Alive: The Foundation to Discipleship
This week at Rooted Fellowship, Pastor Jono kicked off a brand-new sermon series titled simply Discipleship. Coming off a significant moment in the life of our church, saying farewell to our founding leaders, Pastor One and Mamoruti Confidence,...
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Galatians - Be Free: Part 8
As we conclude both our sermon series in Galatians and a significant chapter in the life of Rooted Fellowship, we are reminded of one unshakable truth: you are free. Not because of what you’ve done, but because of what Christ has done. In this ...
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Galatians - Be Free: Part 7
This week in our Be Free series through Galatians, we turned to chapter 4 where Paul reminds us of a stunning truth: in Christ, we are no longer slaves, but sons and daughters—heirs of God. With clarity and pastoral warmth, we were reminded tha...
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Galatians - Be Free: Part 6
This week’s message in our Be Free series dives deep into Galatians 3:15–29, a passage where Paul reminds the church that we are not spiritual beggars trying to earn God’s favor—we are heirs of the promise. Just like someone unknowingly living ...
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Galatians - Be Free: Part 5
In part five of our Galatians series, we’re reminded that the Christian life begins and continues by faith in Christ alone. Paul confronts the Galatians—and us—with a sobering question: if we began by the Spirit, why do we now try to f...
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Galatians - Be Free: Part 4
This week, we continue our Be Free series in Galatians by confronting one of the biggest threats to Christian freedom—adding to the gospel. In Galatians 2:11–21, Paul boldly opposes Peter for compromising the truth of the gospel out of fear and...
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