A community of disciples on mission in Lexington, Kentucky.
A little about us…
Our Story
Our community was started by a small group of families and young adults who moved to Lexington, KY in the summer of 2022 to plant a Christian covenant community and launch a university outreach at the University of Kentucky.
Our Life
We come from various Christian traditions but have a common way of life, seeking to encourage one another to live fully for Jesus Christ in our present age. We commit to daily prayer, supporting one another in small groups, and gathering to pray and worship together every other week on Sunday afternoons. We also celebrate the Lord’s Day on many Saturday evenings by praying, eating, sharing blessings from the week and spending time with one another, often with other community members and guests.
Our community, summer 2022
Why Lexington?
Invitation
In our initial scouting visit to Lexington, we met with various local pastors and campus ministers. We knew God wanted us to move, but didn’t know where. And we began to search, taking a visit to Lexington and meeting with pastors and campus ministers in the area. As we shared our call of mission and community with them, we received a remarkably strong invitation from all of them to come to Lexington. That invitation was confirmed by us in prayer over the next couple of months and in June 2021 we committed to move to the city.
2. Location
Lexington is centrally located in the heart of of Kentucky. It’s the second largest city in the state and has a wide diversity of jobs, neighborhoods, and churches. It’s also the cultural heart of the state, surrounded by the horse farms and bourbon distilleries that the state is known for and home to the University of Kentucky.
3. University of Kentucky
UK is a large school, with over 30,000 students. The school draws from all over the state and outside, with many students from the surrounding states of Ohio, Tennessee, Indiana and Illinois. There are also over 2,000 international students on the campus. All of this makes UK a fertile ground for gospel and Christian renewal.
4. Gateway to the South
As we continue to seek to plant more university outreaches and communities, we hope that being in Lexington could be the beginning of a movement of God to bring strength to his people through new Christian communities in the American South.
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Many of us are alumni of a campus ministry called University Christian Outreach in various cities around the country, and currently several community members serve on staff with UCO at the University of Kentucky.