UNITED KINGDOM –– Hassan*, a Kurdish young man from western Iran, walked into the Upper Room church. From the very beginning, he began asking question upon question about the differences between what was taught there and what was taught in his strict Islamic upbringing. The Communitas church he walked into is highly focused on refugees…
“I’m telling you stories that my grown children don’t even know.” Bryan and Terry Harms are members of the Communitas regional Advancement Team for Latin America, focusing on coaching and connecting with our projects in Brazil. They also lead a new local church plant initiative in Caxias do Sul, Brazil. For the past year, Bryan…
While speaking to a parent from his daughter’s school in Dublin, Ireland, a Communitas church planter was asked what he did. He replied, “We create spaces where people can talk about faith and Jesus – safe spaces where they can ask questions and express doubts, and it’s okay. Here is no judgment.” The response? “Do…
In 2005 I started my journey with Communitas as an “incarnational missional investigator” in the city of Santa Barbara, CA. There was radical need within the margins of an otherwise wealthy community, and for over a decade we worked with and for the marginalized, including a special focus on working within our homelessness culture and…
In the Twin Cities, Minnesota, a missional project came to the aid of many in the community, as Covid hit those who are under-served the hardest. Whether it was putting someone up in a hotel because they were sleeping in a porta-potty, or paying for a veteran’s vehicle brake repair so he could continue to have…
Being consistently present changes lives. It did for Sasha. She spent most of her young life in the orphanages in Russia. She was quiet, reserved, and seemed to be content with just one or two friends. One day, a group of Russian adults showed up to her orphanage on a Saturday to play some games, hand…
Communitas starts churches that think, care, and act like Jesus did when He was on earth. We reach out to those who are hurting, the downtrodden and outcast. And because of that, we see real change in peoples’ lives. Undeniable change due to the working of the Holy Spirit! When Geoffrey* used to walk in,…
Check out CA’s community in Glasgow, Scotland, where God is moving in powerful ways. Listen to their story as they talk about unexpected ministry opportunities that have tremendously blessed their community. For more information on Mosaic click here.
In the midst of a pandemic, it’s easy to see the hardships, the struggles, the trials. But if we look with eyes to see and ears to hear, we might just see God at work. He is always working. In southern France, for example, a long-established café culture exists. Almost everywhere, you can find small,…
On Friday, April 24, I spent a long time on the phone with two young men of Mslm- background named Kasem and Bashir, and their story is such good news in this time of corona-virus uncertainties. They called to tell me they had responded to our invitation to meet Christ in the Eucharist (communion) at the conclusion of our live-stream Upper…
