our rhythms

are rooted

in our

heartbeat.

  • Before it was called Christianity, it was called "the Way." Jesus calls Himself “the way” (Jn. 14:6) and thus everything we do is rooted in the presence of Jesus. As we seek to abide in Jesus, we flourish through seeking to be deeper rooted in the way of life as modeled and taught by Jesus. It’s like two pedals: presence + practices. Much of our time together looks like helping activate, encourage, and develop one-another as we follow Jesus together in the ordinary moments of life.

  • Across cultures and ages, the anchor for family is the table. The same should be for spiritual family. Much of Jesus’s ministry was done in and around meals. Therefore, within our church communities, much of “church” takes place around tables. Something happens when we eat together. There is a sacred deepening of relationships as who we really are begins to manifest beyond the superficial. Stories are shared, confession and sharing flow, and family is cultivated. Tables are Cultivate’s primary place of both church, discipleship, and mission.

  • Church was never meant to be a one hour service, event, or series of programs. Though we value and practice extended times of collective gatherings, our primary structure of 12-20 is small enough for people to find and enjoy rhythms of life together. We worship together and play together. We grieve and celebrate life together. We work and create together. As family, we seek to be in life's rhythms in the formal and informal and planned and spontaneous.

  • Our hearts are hardwired for story. More information is not the solution to deeper transformation. Therefore we practice sharing our story and listening to others as we gather for weekly meals. We share the story of Jesus and seek to allow our story to be formed by His story.

  • In a distracted, detached world, embodied presence is a vital Kingdom value. We see ourselves as Kingdom ambassadors who live full, deep lives in our cities. We seek to be people of proximity and really live where we live, work, and play so we can truly love our neighbors. We seek to share Jesus, serve our city, and weave ourselves into the fabric of our neighborhoods to embody the Good News and bring the Shalom of God right where we are.

our heartbeat

is found

in our

story.

  • When God wants to move, he often stirs upcoming generations. Revivals, reformations, and movements are often incubated on campuses and among young adults. Luther Wishard, a missional catalyst from one of the world’s largest missions movements that was primarily made of college students and young adults once prayed at the site a campus movement “Where water once flowed, let it flow again!” This is our prayer.

  • In 2004, what started as two college graduates traveling overseas for a gap year, birthed a movement that spread across college campuses in a closed nation. In one of the leader's own words, “My life was turned upside down. As two inexperienced young men who were simply willing to be used by God, we saw things we never imagined: we saw our friends receive Christ and get baptized in our bathtub. We started a new house church on our campus. We saw miraculous healings and regularly answered prayers. And we saw our own lives transformed from the inside out. After that year we asked ourselves: What if this isn’t just for us?"

    This question has inspired Cultivate. Mentored by these same leaders, Cultivate has asked, what would this same movement look like here in our own backyards across our own campuses?

  • Inspired, trained, and mentored by underground campus leaders, Cultivate Network was born in 2023. Cultivate's heart is to see a movement of Jesus followers in the next generation marked by true spiritual family, an authentic life of following Jesus, and with a belief that they could cultivate the Kingdom of God wherever they are.