About us
We develop free resources to help churches apprentice in the Way of Jesus.
Our culture is distracted, fragmented, and hurried. Many of us are simply too busy and exhausted to have a meaningful life with God.
We need what Dallas Willard called a “curriculum for Christlikeness” – a clear path to being formed by Jesus in the modern era, rather than being counter-formed by a culture that skims near the surface.
To that end, we’ve created free resources to help people learn how to be with Jesus, become like him, and do as he did. We help communities integrate the practices and rhythms of Jesus and his earliest followers, creating space for the Holy Spirit to form people of depth and love.
Our FounderAbout John Mark Comer
John Mark Comer is a teacher and writer in Topanga Canyon, California.
For nearly two decades, he was the founding pastor at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon. The church spent many years working out discipleship to Jesus in the post-Christian West, and organized the community around a simple idea: practicing the Way of Jesus together.
After leading a five-year initiative around spiritual formation they called “Practicing the Way,” he stepped away from his role in 2021 to create simple, beautiful formation resources for church communities around the world.
Today, he’s developing new Practices, Courses, and podcasts for Practicing the Way and serving as a teacher in residence at Vintage Church LA with his wife T and their three kids.
A Rule of Life from Practicing the Way
A shared set of rhythms based on the life of Jesus. Start building a Rule of Life for you and your community today.
A community of rest in a culture of hurry and exhaustion, through the practice of sabbath.
A community of communion with God in a culture of distraction and escapism, through the practice of prayer.
A community of holiness in a culture of indulgence and immorality, through the practice of fasting.
A community of peace and quiet in a culture of anxiety and noise, through the practice of solitude.
A community of contentment in a culture of consumerism, through the practice of generosity.
A community of courageous fidelity to orthodoxy in a culture of ideological compromise, through the practice of Scripture.
A community of love and depth in a cultureof individualism and superficiality, through the practice of community.
A community of justice, mercy, and reconciliation in a culture of injustice and division, through the practice of service.
A community of hospitality in a culture of hostility, through the practice of witness.
Build beautiful, free resources with us.
All of our resources are available for free, thanks to the generosity of The Circle and other givers. The Circle is a group of monthly givers from around the world who partner with us to see formation integrated into the Church at large.
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