Breathe Communities
Worship. Community. Mission.
What is a Breathe Community?
A Breathe Community is a biblical community of believers experiencing the presence of Jesus (worship) who are sent out as a spiritual family to pursue and implement His mission in the world.
The Greek word translated “church” is ecclesia, which literally means “called out ones.” It is used to describe a gathering or an assembly of believers. The word “gathering” is not exclusive to a modern-day Church building. It is God’s people coming together to experience His presence and carry out His mission. That gathering includes all kinds of spaces; in buildings, in open space and in digital/online space.
The Breathe Community is an extended spiritual family, led by ordinary people, who live in everyday Gospel community, and own the mission of Jesus in a network of relationships.
Great Ways to Think About Our Church
We meet at the 1920 Hub at 10am on Sunday for Corporate Worship. We call that MACRO! We meet in spaces all around our community. We call that MICRO! In both the Micro and Macro communities our mission remains the same:
In a hurting and broken world, Jesus is inviting us closer:
// closer to Jesus (Worship)
// closer to Each Other (Community)
// closer to the world he loves (Mission)
missionary/shepherd leader:
// an ordinary person who plants themselves among people who are not yet reached, who demonstrates and proclaims the Gospel, makes new disciples and postures themselves as servant leaders.
breathe communities: (microchurch)
// an extended spiritual family that lives in everyday gospel community, led by ordinary people and owns the mission of Jesus in a network of relationships.
hub: (breathe church)
// a corporate gathering and a mission support system (Breathe Church) for coaching, training and back office resources. An apostolic team utilizing a shared space to fuel and equip a network of missionaries/shepherd leaders and breathe communities in a city or region.
pilgrims journey: (roadmap) – training and equipping plan for missionary/shepherd leaders
// the path to making disciples who make disciples, who plant the seed of Jesus into the soil resulting in multiplication and expansion.
- extraordinary prayer and fasting
- living as missionaries (on mission)
- leaders are developed and deployed
- plant the Gospel by learning how to love your neighbor
- church emerges