our rhythms
are rooted
in our
heartbeat.
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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 together by rooting deeper in His person and practicing the way of Kingdom living he modeled. Living the way is like two pedals: presence + practices. Much of our time together looks like helping activate and encourage one way to follow Jesus and flourish in His presence.
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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.
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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 house churches is built 12-20 people. This size is small enough for people to live set-apart, sent, and as family 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.
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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 and share life together. We share the story of Jesus and seek to submit our story to be formed by His story.
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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. We seek to share Jesus, serve our city, and weave ourselves into the fabric of our neighborhoods in order to embody the Good News of Jesus and bring the Shalom of God right where we are.
a short story
From the Eden mandate to the Great Commission,
we exist to fill each neighborhood,
every crack and corner,
with the Kingdom of God,
by setting tables and multiplying family,
from the campus to the world.
We are Cultivate Church Network.
our heartbeat
is found
in our
story.
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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.
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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?
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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 and an authentic life of following Jesus.