Hey friend, welcome to the Mere Christians podcast. I'm Jordan Rayner.

How does the gospel influence the work of mere Christians? Those of us who aren't pastors

or religious professionals, but who work as farmers, special forces officers, and engravers.

That's the question we explore every week, and today I'm posing it to Dr. Kenan Vaughn,

lead pastor at Harvest Church in Memphis, Tennessee, and founder of Downline Ministries.

Dr. Vaughn is one of the people.

God used a decade ago to transform my thinking on the Great Commission,

and we finally had a chance to connect live for the first time here on the podcast. We talked about

this brutal and tragic accident. Dr. Vaughn was in a plane crash in January of 2023 and how it

changed his relationship to his work.

We talked about how the most common misapplications of the Great Commission are thwarting

your purpose at work. And we talked about why you and I need to do less and abide more if we

want to be effective in making disciples in the workplace. Friend, you are not

going to want to miss this terrific episode with Dr. Ken and Vaugh.

Dr. Ken and Vaughn, welcome to the Mere Christians podcast. Oh man, thank you so much, Jordan.

So honored to be here with you.

I was telling you before we recorded.

I don't think there's a person alive that I've quoted more that I have not actually talked to live than Dr.

Ken and Vaughn.

So the honor is all my man, really.

It's a treat to have you here.

So, hey, I mentioned to you before. I define this

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