As a community, we believe that God’s Word transforms and His presence empowers us, which is why read Scripture daily to draw near to God as we are transformed into His likeness. Rooted in His Word, we also seek to cultivate a hunger for God’s manifest presence and walk with an openness to experiencing the Holy Spirit so that we might carry and manifest His presence in our daily lives. Some of the ways that we practice the presence of God in our community include reading, believing, and declaring God’s promises, practicing waiting on the Lord and hearing God’s voice, and encountering God through worship, prayer, and fellowship.

Family is the primary model that God uses to multiply humanity on the earth. We believe that we are adopted into God’s family through Jesus, so we intentionally create family and community wherever we go. Just as children grow into maturity in a family, God uses spiritual family to raise up sons and daughters into the fullness of health and maturity. In our community, we pursue family by meeting and doing life together in groups of 10-20 people who regularly gather throughout the week to pursue God and encourage one another.

As followers of Jesus, we are all called to make disciples of all nations; to go where God leads us, and share the gospel with non-believers so that they might come to know and follow Jesus. Discipleship is about helping people know and follow Jesus by doing daily life together in a way that helps them fulfill their calling from God. This involves a high degree of intentionality: getting to know someone for who they really are, encouraging them to seek God in all areas of life, having deep conversations when sin is evident, working through conflict for reconciliation, and spending extra time with them when life gets difficult.

In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul states that we should be mindful of the spiritual gifts, which are given by the Holy Spirit for the building up of the body. He explains that each believer is a part of the body and that every part of the body is necessary for strength of the whole. We have to be careful not to think that some gifts are better or more necessary than others. As Mosaic, we intentionally structure our gatherings to create space for everyone in the body to contribute.

Many churches begin small and relational, but doing church as family becomes challenging as the Lord adds to its number. The solution to this is “multiplication.” Multiplication of God’s family is God’s way of advancing His Kingdom throughout the world. At Mosaic, we multiply to preserve the healthy number of 10-20 people in a church in order to maintain relational discipleship and prioritize the mission of God. We structure our churches in a way that is reproducible so that they can be multiplied effectively.

When the church Paul planted in Corinth was facing problems, he explained how he started the church. He states that he intentionally stayed away from using “eloquence,” “human wisdom,” and “wise or persuasive words” when starting and building the church in 1 Corinthians 2. Paul wanted them to build their faith in Jesus and the power of the Spirit, and not on human wisdom. At Mosaic, our heart is to create an environment where you can focus on what matters most in our lives as believers: connecting with Jesus and finding belonging in a community of believers who are hungry to experience more of Him. Jesus said that He will build His church. Jesus knew how to build the church. Paul knew how to build the church. We want to follow in their steps.

Our weekly Sunday gatherings are modeled after the example of the early church that is outlined in Acts 2:42-44. In a traditional church service, you get worship led by a professional worship team and a sermon by an excellent speaker on the platform. At Mosaic, we want people to view their Scripture reading as their sermons. We want to devote ourselves to the apostle’s teaching by thinking deeply about the inspired word of God, instead of thinking about the pastor’s words. In our Sunday gatherings, we spend time worshiping together, reading the Scripture and allowing God to speak to us through the Scripture, and praying, where everyone can participate and contribute.

Once a month, all of our ekklesias (churches) meet together as a large group for worship and prayer on Sunday. This large gathering will include worship, the proclamation of the Word, the activation of truth, prophetic prayer, and fellowship, creating space for everyone to exercise their gifts. These gatherings are designed to strengthen, encourage and equip the church to walk with God as we pursue life together in community.