On June 8, 2008 about 40 people gathered down in the basement of the Bacon’s house on a Sunday night. No, we are not a cult - just couldn’t fit in the living room. We committed together to be a Family trying to learn how to be missionary servants in our city.
We did not want to just create another “Church Option" in Tempe. We longed to be people who understood the implications of the gospel for our lives and lived them out together as the church.
We spent the summer, grasping for deeper understanding of the gospel and trying to see how that good news could be lived out in our city.
In September 2008, we spread out from one group of 40 into 5 smaller Missional Communities.
A month later, we realized that in additon to the Missional Communities scattered throughout the week, it would also be helpful to gather everyone together weekly as well (Shocking!). We began meeting together on Sundays at Thew Elementary School for teaching, encouragement, worship, and communion.
Over the last three years, we have been constantly evolving. We have seen unbelievable evidence of God’s grace in our lives. We are now 11 Missional Communities living out the gospel together on mission and planted a church in New Jersey in 2010.
We are praying that in the future God would continue to grow us a as a faithful Family of Missionary Servants.