Our hope is to equip people to follow The Way of Jesus in an increasingly complex and anxious world. This fall, we are launching the next Discipleship and Mission Cohort, an intensive, high-challenge/high-support environment for those ready to go deeper in learning and practicing The Way of Jesus.

The cohort is for people in any life stage who are ready to grow in their trust in Jesus and make a deeper commitment to living The Way of Jesus in everyday life.

While hosted at Mill City Church, the cohort is open to Jesus followers from any church community.

The intensive will focus on three discipleship priorities:

Loving God, living like Jesus and being led by the Spirit.

Wednesday nights 6-7:30pm at 685 13th Ave NE

  • Fall: September 23 – Dec 9, 2026  (25th off for Thanksgiving)
  • Winter/Spring: January 13 – May 5, 2027*

There will be childcare for birth through preschool and discipleship programming for Elementary students as well as for Middle and High School students. 

*This cohort has a second year of content that we will invite participants to consider fall of 2027.

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Additional Information:

The purpose of the Church is to equip God’s people to follow The Way of Jesus in an increasingly complex and anxious world. Our goal is not simply to have more people participating in activities, but to deepen a discipleship culture in our communities, leading to more individuals and families living as committed disciples on mission in their everyday spaces.

Purpose

The Discipleship & Mission Intensive creates a high-challenge/high-support environment for those ready to engage in a more intentional and intensive experience of learning and practicing The Way of Jesus. We have led intensives like this in the past and have seen the fruit of this kind of investment.

Who is this for?

People in any life stage who are in a season where they are ready to be challenged, grow in their trust in Jesus, and deepen their commitment to living The Way of Jesus.

The intensive is open to people from our Network churches and beyond. We will intentionally create a culture that welcomes those from a variety of church communities, as well as those who are not formally part of a faith community.

What is expected of participants?

  • Attend at least 90% of the sessions. 
  • See themselves as people who will invest what they are learning in others, formally and/or organically, in the future.
  • Childcare will be provided for those who need it.

Hopeful Outcomes

The intensive will equip participants to:

KNOW GOD

  • Covenant & Kingdom: Relate to God as our parent while embracing our responsibility as heirs of God’s kingdom.
  • Receive & Reflect: Receive God’s love and grace so we can reflect that love and grace to the world.
  • Shaped by Scripture: Allow God’s word to shape our hearts and minds.
  • Spiritual Rhythms: Practice the presence of God through spiritual practices that deepen our trust in God and sensitivity to God’s voice.
  • God’s Mission Has a Church: Understand that the Father sent the Son and Spirit into the world, and the Father, Son, and Spirit now send us to join in the restoration of God’s world.
  • Belonging in Community: Because God exists in triune community, we reflect the image of God as we seek to live as a unified body of Christ.

LIVE LIKE JESUS

  • Surrender: Follow Jesus’ model and invitation to live in full surrender to him.
  • Emotional Maturity: Jesus was responsive, not reactive as he engaged with others.
  • Words, Works & Ways: Live what Jesus taught, live with authority in Jesus’ name, and live compelled by love.
  • Forgiveness & Freedom: Receive the forgiveness and freedom from sin and brokenness made possible through Jesus’ work on the cross.
  • Up, In & Out: Prioritize relationship with God, community with others, and those we are called to reach, as Jesus did.
  • Kingdom Justice: Join King Jesus in making wrong things right in the world around us.
  • Spiritual Authority: Pray for protection, healing, and blessing in the name of Jesus.
  • Multiply Disciples: Reinvest in others what has been invested in us.
  • Authenticity & Integrity: living true to who God created you to be and as a whole person in every part of life.

LED BY THE SPIRIT

  • Listen & Respond: Discern the voice and movement of the Holy Spirit and respond.
  • Kairos Moments: Pay attention to the ways the Spirit breaks into our everyday lives to lead us.
  • Meaning Making: Letting the Spirit guide us to empowering meaning when it comes to our experiences in life.
  • Fivefold Gifts: Discover and use the gifts of the Spirit that equip each of us to live The Way of Jesus.
  • Staying Curious: Embrace the mystery of faith and allow the Spirit to guide us as we ask courageous questions.
  • Radical Generosity: Live for others, recognizing that everything we have belongs to God.
  • Holistic Hospitality: Allow the Spirit to empower hospitality in all our interactions with others.
  • People of Peace: Pay attention to the people the Spirit is inviting us to love in Jesus’ name.
  • Experimenting: Practice discernment by taking faithful steps and experimenting our way into God’s future for us.

What the Discipleship & Mission Intensive is NOT

  • The only way to grow as a disciple. There are many ways to be equipped to follow Jesus.
  • A leadership pipeline for church programs. We want our leaders to participate, but the primary purpose is to equip people to live more fully as disciples of Jesus in their everyday lives.
  • An obligation to lead a specific group, team, or program. Participants will be invited to invest in others and offered opportunities to do so, but the primary invitation is to consider how they can invest in others in their everyday lives. There is no obligation to lead in any particular way.
  • A set of small groups designed to continue indefinitely. The groups formed within the intensive are part of the intensive experience and are not expected to continue afterward.