About Us

God is a God of love, we are loved unconditionally, and we are called to love everyone, no exceptions, in the same way God loves us.

We are an intentionally Christian organization that roots our faith in Jesus, the embodied Word of God, and seeks to follow him holistically by the power of the Holy Spirit.

We believe God is in the city so we are not bringing God to our neighbors – many times they are the ones who teach us about the kingdom – so we take a posture of a learner in order to recognize the movement of God in ourselves, our neighbors, and in our society.

Our passionate love and value for the Scriptures leads us to engage the Bible critically, to understand its context and ours, in order to take seriously our responsibility to faithfully apply its truths to our lives.

We create transformational spaces where people from across the theological spectrum can unite around a common lifestyle commitment to love God, love people, and live out justice in the world.

We believe the gospel encompasses faith and action, righteousness and justice, personal and societal transformation. When personal faith or social justice is left out, the gospel is incomplete.

We share our faith authentically in the context of relationship when and where appropriate, in the way that feels most genuine to our personalities and giftings, in concert with our partner churches and organizations, and always with the conviction that our lived witness says the most about what we say we believe.

The kingdom of God prioritizes the poor, marginalized, and oppressed and invites us to be in community-rooted solidarity as brothers and sisters in Christ. Our love for our neighbors often requires us to use our voices to speak out against oppression and to engage in prophetic acts of solidarity and advocacy in collaboration with community leaders and movements. Our allegiance is first and foremost to the kingdom of God and not a political party, so we seek to hold all sides accountable to love and justice.

Recognizing that we only “see in part,” we make space for a diversity of perspectives and interpretations on a host of theological and political issues so long as everyone is open to mutual learning and transformation grounded in a common respect and love for one another.

We are committed to being an anti-racist and anti-oppressive organization. This means we center the margins as much as possible, we intentionally think about how our words and actions impact marginalized identities and communities, we reflect deeply on how resources, power, and access have been unequally distributed in our society and commit to move towards equity whenever we can, and we encourage people to bring their full self so that everyone can be dignified and affirmed in their personhood without fear of oppression or discrimination.

To discern decisions and live intentionally wherever we are and in whatever we are doing, we challenge ourselves with the Mission Year question, “In this moment, how can I best love God and love people.”