…to help churches reframe their God-given mission, relearn the ways of Jesus in community and release their God-given potential within an ever-changing cultural context.
…to help churches reframe their God-given mission, relearn the ways of Jesus in community and release their God-given potential within an ever-changing cultural context.
three rivers collaborative
Reframe. Relearn. Release.
Three Rivers Collaborative exists because of a great love for Jesus and his church, and because of the belief that the church is absolutely central to God’s mission and intent for his creation. As the world is ever changing, there is a great need for an honest assessment of what it means to play a crucial role in this mission to extend the Kingdom of God.
Many, if not most, churches today find themselves culturally and pandemically in need of a prophetic reimagining required to discern God’s call for flourishing as communities of faith. Because of our deep love for the church AND for those who want nothing to do with the church, we are convinced of this need to clarify mission and calling, to live well within this cultural moment, and to follow in the radical ways of Jesus.
three rivers collaborative
Reframe.
Relearn.
Release.
Three Rivers Collaborative exists because of a great love for Jesus and his church, and because of the belief that the church is absolutely central to God’s mission and intent for his creation. As the world is ever changing, there is a great need for an honest assessment of what it means to play a crucial role in this mission to extend the Kingdom of God.
Many, if not most, churches today find themselves culturally and pandemically in need of a prophetic reimagining required to discern God’s call for flourishing as communities of faith. Because of our deep love for the church AND for those who want nothing to do with the church, we are convinced of this need to clarify mission and calling, to live well within this cultural moment, and to follow in the radical ways of Jesus.
THREE RIVERS
A Collaborative Effort.
To help cultivate a collaborative learning community centered on mission, Three Rivers Collaborative is built around a series of retreats, workshops and immersion trips, with learning communities working together through these phases of reframing mission, relearning the ways of Jesus and releasing the church’s potential.
Three Rivers Collaborative has identified seven marks of transformative faith communities which fall under one of the three phases above that serve as the framework for the entire program. Each of the seven marks includes a belief (paradigm) and a set of behaviors (practices) that bring holistic and lasting change to the culture, mindset, practice and skill set of a church and its leaders.
THREE RIVERS COLLABORATIVE
Boundless Opportunity
Three Rivers Collaborative will provide the opportunity for churches to enter into a yearlong collective journey of exploration and application with a core group of strategic leaders (pastors and lay leaders from their own and other churches within a 200-mile radius of Knoxville, TN) who hope to understand, translate, integrate and multiply the “Seven Marks of Transformative Faith Communities” into their churches.
Each fall, we will form the following:
1 Learning Community
3 Cohorts in each Learning Community
4 Churches in each Cohort (12 churches total)
5 Leaders from each church (60 leaders total)
Interested in learning more about Three Rivers Collaborative? Feel free to send us a message and check back frequently as the site continues to grow.
