In his sermon titled 'Evangelism in the Family Integrated Church,' Kevin Swanson discusses the challenges of integrating individuals from diverse backgrounds into a church community. He presents a scenario where a prostitute, interested in the gospel of Jesus Christ, enters a family-integrated church. Swanson contrasts the typical church response, which may be to isolate such individuals into specific recovery groups, with the example set by Jesus, who was known for dining with publicans and prostitutes. The sermon emphasizes the need for churches to embrace a more inclusive and compassionate approach, mirroring Jesus' actions, by integrating individuals directly into the church community rather than segregating them based on their past or current lifestyle.

Let's say that you had constructed a family-integrated church that had a fairly high level of discipline, and you worship together every day on Sunday, and a prostitute walked into the church saying, I'm interested in the gospel of Christ. I've been talking to some people in your church and here I am. I'm interested in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Now, she's maybe not dressed appropriately, she maybe doesn't live the kind of life that you live. The question is, what do you do with her?

Well, the average church today puts her in a small group for recovering prostitutes. You see, you put her right in that slot, and so she gets in there with all the other recovering prostitutes. Well, what would Jesus do? Well, Jesus would have dinner with her, see. Jesus was accused of that sort of thing, of having dinner with the prostitutes and the publicans.

But that's exactly what we do. Jesus crossed a universe.