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History

We began in September 2008 with a vision to be a church community where we could follow Jesus and his kingdom vision, without reservation, and be a welcoming place for those who were investigating the person and work of Jesus. Our first formal gatherings, led by Ben Rey and a fellow seminarian, were evening prayer services in a home on Green Street in Jamaica Plain. These twice-a-month evening prayer services transitioned to twice-a-month communion services early in 2009 as the Rev. Mark Booker discerned, with the core team that God had assembled in Boston and the leadership of the Northeast Network (see Global & Local page), the call to move to Boston with his wife and three children to shepherd this community.

During the first half of 2009, we continued building existing relationships and forming new ones through our formal worship gatherings but also through many informal gatherings, including a weekly women’s Bible study, visits to art shows, parties, BBQs, service projects, camping trips, and regular prayer gatherings.

We began weekly worship services on September 13, 2009, and formed our first neighborhood groups in the fall of 2009. Our community and mission continues to be formed and shaped around regular worship, prayer and meeting together.