Common Life seeks to connect the people of Columbia City to the place we live for the strength of our souls and the flourishing of our neighborhood.  We long to see the people of the neighborhood be more relationally connected, engaging in acts of kindness and service, participating in conversations that encourage, and spiritually connected with others in the place we call home.   

Not everyone who participates in Common Life finds affinity with all of these longings.  And that’s okay.

For some, what will be common is our neighborhood and simply being known within it.

Others may also choose to be part of meaningful conversations and acts of service that enrich us and strengthen our neighborhood.

Others may look to Common Life for times of spiritual and life enrichment.

We encourage people to find common ground, common life in Columbia City, at whatever level they choose.

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HERE'S WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT US....

Testimonials
Christiana Rice

Common Life embodies what they claim with whole-hearted devotion and an authentic desire to join God’s work of love and restoration in their neighborhood of Colombia City.  Its exciting to see what God has done and will continue to do as they embed in the neighborhood, forming and training people to live in the ways of Jesus wherever God sends them. 

Christiana Rice

Director of Beta Communities 

 

Rob Yackley

If you’ve been looking for a community of people who love God, love their neighbors, and love their neighborhood, a faith community with experienced leaders who care about the formation of people’s souls, the flourishing of their lives, and the nurturing of their dreams, then look closely at becoming a part of this community!  I have lived in community with Matt and Amy Chapman and I can say firsthand that they are people who make everybody around them better people!”

Rob Yackley 

Founder and Architect of NieuCommunities and Thresholds 

Jon Huckins

Common Life is not only a gift to the neighborhood in which they inhabit, it is a gift to the Church as a whole. There is plenty of great thinking and theory floating through the minds and halls of academia, but there are few who are choosing to every day live the message they communicate. Rather than train more Church leaders for the pulpit, Common Life is training leaders for neighborhood...a leader the world desperately needs."

Jon Huckins 

Author of Thin Places and co founder of the Global Immersion Project