stories

Church of the Margins and the Dones

Church of the Margins and the Dones

In 2005 I started my journey with Communitas as an “incarnational missional investigator” in the city of Santa ...
God Always Leads the Way: The First Year on The Field

God Always Leads the Way: The First Year on The Field

Like any other year, our first year in the Czech Republic (Czechia) was an endless testimony to God’s light ...
God Never Stopped Working

God Never Stopped Working

I have sometimes thought that we are more of a hindrance than a help to God's work. In moments of personal prayer ...
God is Moving in Brazil

God is Moving in Brazil

God is on the move! Even in the midst of strange COVID-19 days, we see God at work. Here are a few examples from ...
Praying for Disciples in Italy

Praying for Disciples in Italy

One of our core values within Communitas International is "Kingdom Seeking," which means we embrace the daily ...
Great Joy in the Midst of Trauma

Great Joy in the Midst of Trauma

On Friday, April 24, I spent a long time on the phone with two young men of Mslm- background named Kasem and ...
Building Community to Change Lives

Building Community to Change Lives

While speaking to a parent from his daughter’s school in Dublin, Ireland, a Communitas church planter was asked ...
A Life Lived in God’s Presence

A Life Lived in God’s Presence

What does it look like to experience the unique gift of a profound awareness of God’s presence? Geoff Rinehart, ...
Making a Difference in Berlin

Making a Difference in Berlin

Communitas often focuses on serving “the least of these,” but sometimes we interact with very influential people ...
Consistency in Community Creating Lasting Impact

Consistency in Community Creating Lasting Impact

Being consistently present changes lives. It did for Sasha. She spent most of her young life in the ...
Serving Well in Warsaw

Serving Well in Warsaw

A Warsaw partnership that goes beyond faith boundaries What does it look like when a church forms a partnership ...
The Art of Using Art as Ministry

The Art of Using Art as Ministry

“Love your neighbor” was the anthem Amy Swacina followed when she moved to the Ruzafa neighborhood in Valencia, ...