Jonathan 'JP' Pokluda
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first heard Feb 2025
last heard Feb 2025
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No, I was sitting in staff. We have a staff meeting every Tuesday we call staff prayer. And I was sitting in there and I got this just random text. It was like, hey, I heard your message of passion. You did a great job. Dash Willie. And I mean, you know, I don't I never talked to Willie. I never met Willie or anything. And I just was like and I looked at that and I was like, who who is Willie?
This is my guy right here. Willie Robertson just texted me. I'm you know, I'm big, big fan of the whole family. I'll be honest. I've tracked people. I'm a day one-er. I'm an OG, way back, way back fan. And, you know, all the things. I'm in. I'm 100% in. And if you really want to make a young man's dream come true, like let's get in a duck blind or something, I'm ready.
How have y'all taken to Christian? Is he okay? Is he in the family?
Yeah, might as well.
Oh, wow.
Get off TikTok, Christian. I've been training that young man, trying to get him in shape, and so we're just about there.
Exactly. I wasn't going to say the name.
Yeah.
It's the craziest thing. So I got invited to speak at Auburn University, and the event was in six weeks, which, you know, I'm not trying to big-time anybody. I just usually... You have more of a heads up than that. And it was like, can you do this in six weeks? I was like, no, I can't do it. I mean, just there's a process that goes in front of the elders and all that.
I was like, nah, I can't do it in six weeks. And then a buddy of mine called and said, hey, this is my mother-in-law. You know, her husband's the coach, assistant coach there at Auburn. And, you know, would you do that? And I was like, all right, I'll do it. And so we get on a plane, go over there. And I'm thinking I'm going to talk to 600 college students. that's just kind of what was in my head.
And we got there and they filled the basketball arena and it was 6,000 college students. And I gave it, she wanted this real specific message on sexual sin is a really hard message. And it's not a, it's not a feel good message. And, um, just, I mean, it's, it's first Thessalonians four, it kind of, it, it, it ends with God is the avenger of such things.
And so I'm like, you know, I'm teaching that and working in grace and, And then Jenny went up after me, Jenny Allen. And so this woman, her name is Tanya Pruitt, and she had just been praying, like prayer walking this campus, just praying for revival, praying that the Holy Spirit would just do a work.
And she just was so burdened by some of the stories she was hearing from these college students about their addiction and just being enslaved to sin. And so we, you know, at the end of the night, we did an altar call and this one person, college girl texted in and said, hey, I've never been baptized. And Jenny's on stage just so organic. She's just having a conversation with the crowd.
It's like, hey, is there water nearby? And they're like, the Red Barn. And she's like, all right, we're going to the Red Barn. And then we just all, we thought it was like across the street, but it was a half a mile away. And so we all just, thousands of us walked out to the Red Barn and we started doing baptisms and 350 college students got baptized that night.
And some of those were like 20 minute conversation. It wasn't just line up and dunk. It was like, man, let me make sure you understand Jesus died for your sins. God raised him from the dead. Just really clarifying the gospel. And so we were out till about 2 a.m. I mean, we came back after midnight and just kind of talked through everything. And it was amazing.
And if that was it, it was like, that was one of the most fun nights I've ever had in my life. And we thought it was over. Well, then Alabama called, and then Tennessee, and then Georgia. And so we just started doing this SEC tour. And that has turned into, we've done 11 campuses, and they've all been kind of the same.
I mean, different, but thousands come, thousands trust in Jesus, hundreds get baptized. Happens at every campus we've been to. And so it's been it's it's really changed my life because, you know, I pastor a church full time. And and so, you know, have a staff and all that. And it really has changed my life and my job description and everything, trying to figure it out.
We're going to the nations. Like now we're reaching the lost.
It's true outreach now.
No, young adult. So I was raised Catholic and didn't go to church in college. You know, they say drug, sex, and rock and roll. It's kind of drug, sex, and hip hop in my case. And I was at a club 22 years ago and someone invited me to church. And I sat in the back row, hungover, smelled like smoke from the night before and started wrestling with what do I really believe about God?
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