An outpost in the body of Christ focusing on the people and land near the American Tobacco Trail in Durham, North Carolina and the surrounding areas.

Our fellowship and mission begins with a four-fold model of worship: Gathering, Word, Practice, and Sending Forth.

Simply, we get together. We actively listen to scripture and preaching. We participate in the ancient practices of the church such as: The Lord’s Supper, Foot Washing, Anointing, and Baptism of new believers. Finally, we are set loose to be God’s people in the world and to share the body of Christ in all that we do.

At our primary level we are formed to worship God. We are invited to take all the historic Christian traditions of worship and both mimic and renew them through the gifts of imagination, creativity, and restoration.

Second, we are called to go forth and enjoy the creative wonder that is God’s world. We celebrate the outdoors actively. We take note of the details of nature. We share the glories of God’s creation by making friends with our neighbor be they perceived friend or foe. We also consider ourselves gathering in the spirit of recreational activities. Specific to the American Tobacco Trail this may begin with walking, running and biking. But we are not limited in terms of how the trail might be used more creatively.

The Holy Spirit has infused us with power to imagine the church based on traditional models and outside of traditional models. For now, we are blessed with mobility and simplicity, gathering in no one plot or building, but staying mobile and creative, listening to where the Spirit tells us to gather in order to begin our liturgy or the work of the people.

We are in the habit of meeting for worship at 5:30pm on Sundays along the American Tobacco Trail. Our first public worship was June 26, 2010 and we planted on May 22, 2010 (Pentecost).