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ABOUT

About Formation Church
MISSION
“To be a community on a journey toward a full and meaningful life.”
Formation Church is a Christian community growing in a shared journey, shaped by a simple but profound question:

Who am I becoming?

We believe transformation begins with belonging.

Everyone has a story, and your story is personal, complex, and still unfolding. God knows it intimately, and through Jesus and the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit, we believe He meets people in all different stages of their lives and brings others alongside you, all the while letting you know that you belong.

You don’t have to have everything figured out to be a part of Formation Church. We see ourselves as fellow faith journeypeople—imperfect individuals learning, stumbling, growing, and walking in grace together. You don’t have to believe all the right things or have a polished faith story—like the first followers of Jesus, you’re invited to walk with Him and be seen, heard, and loved just as you are.

FORMATION IS A WAY OF LIFE

We call ourselves Formation because we intentionally focus on spiritual formation, which is the lifelong process of being shaped into the likeness of Christ for the sake of others.

We believe this journey can be described simply as:

  • Being with Jesus
  • Becoming like Jesus
  • Doing what Jesus did
  • For the sake of others

Being spiritually formed isn’t about engaging religious performance. Conversely, spiritual formation is about becoming the kind of people whose inner lives are slowly transformed so that love, goodness, and integrity naturally flow into our work, homes, relationships, communities, and everyday life.

CHURCH BEYOND SUNDAY

While gathering on Sundays for services is important, Formation Church is not an event you attend, but is actually a way of life. We encourage one another to be the Church every day, wherever life takes us. Our hope is for people to learn to live as apprentices of Jesus, being formed by His teachings, His way of life, and His love for the world. We teach and practice the way of Jesus together, knowing we are unfinished people on a shared journey of grace.

ROOTED AND GUIDED

Jesus is our teacher, model, and center, and we are rooted in his words, actions, and Holy Spirit. We are also grounded in the truth and authority of the Bible and have been deeply shaped by voices who have helped the Church recover a vision for transformation, including Dallas Willard, R. Robert Mulholland Jr., Richard Foster, John Ortberg, and John Mark Comer.

Their wisdom helps us articulate what followers of Jesus have practiced for centuries: Faith is not just something we believe but is something that forms us.

A GLOBAL FAMILY

Formation Church is affiliated with the Missionary Church denomination, a global family of over 160,000 people across 1,500 congregations in 28 countries. Together, we share a commitment to Jesus’ invitation to love God, love others, and participate in His renewing work locally and around the world.

IT STARTS WITH RELATIONSHIP

At the heart of Formation Church is a simple hope: that every person would experience a real, personal relationship with Jesus. This type of relationship reveals what you were created to be, and we believe Jesus meets the deepest longings of the human heart, especially the emptiness, loneliness, and sense that something is missing. As we learn to love God with our whole lives, love naturally overflows into care for others and the common good.

Formation is more than a product or end goal; it is an individualized process, a shared journey you are a part of, an act of becoming, done together in community.