Who is Jesus Collective?
God is at work raising up a movement of churches, ministries, and disciples all around the world that are passionate about advancing a Jesus-centred, Jesus-looking Kingdom.
This is a movement with roots in the Anabaptist Radical Reformation, but one that welcomes Jesus followers from a wide range of backgrounds and contexts to the party. We place Jesus at the centre of everything, choosing in our differences to unite around him in a polarized world.
What We Do
Many leadership development and network organizations excel in one of these areas: relationships or resources. Jesus Collective is unique because we do both exceptionally well — or so we’re told!
Jesus Collective strengthens the Jesus-centred movement by connecting leaders and equipping them through relational learning environments. We often hear people say they’ve “found their people” through Jesus Collective — this shared connection fosters encouragement, peer resourcing, and the creation of Jesus-centered tools we couldn’t develop alone.
- Through intentional spaces like Hubs, Online Learning Collectives, Regional Gatherings, Partner Summits, and Author Summits, we bring people together not just to know more, but to grow together. We focus on the real, unique challenges facing leaders and communities today, offering formation that is deeply relational and rooted in the way of Jesus.
Jesus Collective creates resources to fuel the Jesus-centred movement and provide vision for a more hopeful and relevant vision of Jesus (or Christianity) in this cultural moment. These resources bring greater attention to this movement within the broader sweep of Christendom and equip Partners and Friends to share resources that can introduce more people to this unfolding movement — of a more hopeful Christian expression centred on Jesus.
- This can look like blogs, podcasts, books, articles, videos, and the shared resource library on the Jesus Collective platform.
What Guides Us
We believe that the following Values should be evident to everyone at Jesus Collective — whether on staff, volunteering, in partnership, or just getting to know us. We keep each other accountable to living these values each day.
We recognize that each of us has things to contribute and things to learn. We offer our own gifts generously and practice hospitality toward the gifts of others. We lead with curiosity, assuming the other has something to teach us.
We welcome disruption and embrace discomfort as a space of transformation. We commit to putting ourselves in places we will be stretched and challenged. We bring our whole selves to engagement with each other and present our thoughts honestly.
We are generous with power, sharing it freely and using it where we have it to amplify others. We take seriously Jesus’ model of self-emptying as the way of God. We practice mutual submission in all our engagements with each other.
We embrace the full diversity of Christ’s body and seek to learn from each other in our differences. We root ourselves in our shared identity as followers of Jesus. Even in our disagreements, we recognize and acknowledge each other as members of one body.
We seek to integrate theory and practice, to go beyond new ways of thinking to new ways of being. We pursue the integrity of alignment between our claims and character. We open ourselves to the Spirit’s work, transforming us more and more into Jesus’ likeness.
Who is Jesus Collective For?
We’re a relational network for churches and leaders who:
- Resonate deeply with Jesus-centred values and have a high value for scripture, regardless of context, label, or background.
- Believe that now is the time to bring together and resource this Jesus-looking Kingdom movement.
- Want to champion a “third way” – caring deeply about their convictions while loving and learning from others who may disagree, and choosing in their differences to unite around Jesus in a polarized world.
- Want to go beyond “beliefs,” rolling up their sleeves to learn, live, and share the Jesus-centred way of life and leadership alongside like-hearted peers and churches.
- Are hungry for belonging, formation, and practical equipping to support forward-thinking mission and growth in our increasingly post-Christian context.
- Value collaboration and sharing among aligned but diverse leaders and church expressions from a variety of backgrounds.
- Are part of an existing church, ministry, or network that could both benefit from and contribute to the strength of the network.
Kids and Youth Curriculum
To claim to be a Jesus-centred movement and overlook kids and youth ministry would be a huge miss. We care deeply about equipping parents, guardians, and churches with high quality Jesus-centred curriculum to help develop lifelong followers of Jesus. We’ve partnered with RaiseUpFaith to offer a full suite of video-based teaching that includes lesson plans, activity pages, and take-home materials.
This curriculum is one of the amazing resources available to Jesus Collective Partners at a discounted rate, but it’s not exclusive – anyone can subscribe directly to the curriculum today and start using it with your students this week. Check out RaiseUpFaith.com.
Who is behind Jesus Collective?
We chose the name Jesus Collective for a reason. That’s because this is a network that is about way more than any one church, uniting and resourcing a diverse range of leaders, churches, denominations, and ministries from across the movement. We’re doing this together by forming a relational network comprised of giftings and contributions from a range of committed churches, ministries, and leaders, all passionate about uniting, equipping, and amplifying a Jesus-centred movement.