Focus: Gospel Community

2019 was really our first collective step towards seeing our community groups engage our neighbors and city in more intentional ways. It has been unbelievably encouraging to see the willingness and eagerness from so many within Living Hope desire to grow in participation in a Gospel Community. Our Gospel Communities at Living Hope have been asking themselves some hard questions, seeking the Lord in prayer and in the scriptures discerning where the Spirit of God is leading us as a body.

This year we were able to launch Gospel Community Genesis, which serves as a place where people within our body can connect into deeper community while gaining new clarity and insight on what following Jesus into his mission could mean for them. From our first time walking through Gospel Community Genesis we saw twenty families from Living Hope begin exploring where the Spirit is leading them. We’re also celebrating the four new Gospel Community groups that were launched out of this time together.

In 2019 we saw groups begin to initiate neighborhood dinners, gatherings, and parties to build relationships with those in our city that God is leading us to. It has been beyond encouraging to see so many of our people faithfully following the leading of the Spirit. My prayer as we Focus in during this sermon series on what it means for us to be the Church here and now is that we see more and more of God leading us to love and serve our city. My prayer is that we see everyone at Living Hope connected in a community committed to loving God, one another, and those around them. 

- Dakota Zook, Gospel Community Pastor