According to Carey Nieuwhof, when people go shopping for a church, 86% choose a church based on the quality of the preaching—they want to be fed. Thom Rainer says that “being fed” is another way of saying that they want the church to cater to their “desires and preferences.” We know that the preaching of the Word should not ever be focused on what people want to hear, but still 86% of people are looking for that. Is the purpose of preaching to feed or equip the members of the church? In this sermon, we will examine Jesus’ “Feed my sheep!” statements to Peter and Paul’s “Equip the saints” statements to church members in Ephesus. We will pay close attention to what it actually means to “feed sheep” and how this correlates with the idea of “equipping the saints for the work of the ministry.”