Romans is the Apostle Paul’s fullest and clearest treatise on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Throughout history, this letter has opened eyes, awakened hearts, and set movements in motion. It’s both profoundly theological and deeply personal, revealing the truth about God, humanity, and salvation. John Stott rightly called Romans a manifesto of freedom in Christ - a freedom that remakes our lives, forms us into God’s people, and sends us as witnesses of Jesus in the world.

2026 is going to be a significant year for the Soma family and our disciple-making, church-planting mission. On February 1st, we’ll transition to 2 Sunday Gatherings. By early Spring, we’ll launch 3-5 new Communities. Gospel Basics will move to Wednesday evenings, creating a mid-week opportunity for equipping. Over the course of the year, we’ll start new Communities in Cheney in anticipation of growing a new Soma congregation. And by the end of the year, Lord willing, we’ll have moved into our own permanent facilities. All of this - and so much more - is a gift of God’s grace, a unique moment for us to steward, and an opportunity to double-down on our core convictions of Gospel, Community, and Mission. To that end, we're studying Jesus' Spirit-empowered ministry in Luke 4, and inviting you to a month of prayerful dependence, sacrificial service, and joyful generosity. More info here.

2026 is going to be a significant year for the Soma family and our disciple-making, church-planting mission. On February 1st, we’ll transition to 2 Sunday Gatherings. By early Spring, we’ll launch 3-5 new Communities. Gospel Basics will move to Wednesday evenings, creating a mid-week opportunity for equipping. Over the course of the year, we’ll start new Communities in Cheney in anticipation of growing a new Soma congregation. And by the end of the year, Lord willing, we’ll have moved into our own permanent facilities. All of this - and so much more - is a gift of God’s grace, a unique moment for us to steward, and an opportunity to double-down on our core convictions of Gospel, Community, and Mission. To that end, we're studying Jesus' Spirit-empowered ministry in Luke 4, and inviting you to a month of prayerful dependence, sacrificial service, and joyful generosity. More info here.

Advent - the weeks leading up to Christmas - is all about slowing down, pushing back on the frantic nature of the season, and freeing ourselves from its consumerism and consumption. On Sundays and in community we'll create space to explore the deeper longings of our hearts, which for many are stirred at Christmas. To help us, we'll look at 3 Messianic Psalms, ancient songs of God's people longing for the world to be made right. Each Psalm will help us see that the incarnation - Jesus' arrival in flesh and blood - is not a sentimental story but the climactic answer to ancient expectations and modern longings.

Romans is the Apostle Paul’s fullest and clearest treatise on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Throughout history, this letter has opened eyes, awakened hearts, and set movements in motion. It’s both profoundly theological and deeply personal, revealing the truth about God, humanity, and salvation. John Stott rightly called Romans a manifesto of freedom in Christ - a freedom that remakes our lives, forms us into God’s people, and sends us as witnesses of Jesus in the world.

Romans is the Apostle Paul’s fullest and clearest treatise on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Throughout history, this letter has opened eyes, awakened hearts, and set movements in motion. It’s both profoundly theological and deeply personal, revealing the truth about God, humanity, and salvation. John Stott rightly called Romans a manifesto of freedom in Christ - a freedom that remakes our lives, forms us into God’s people, and sends us as witnesses of Jesus in the world.

Romans is the Apostle Paul’s fullest and clearest treatise on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Throughout history, this letter has opened eyes, awakened hearts, and set movements in motion. It’s both profoundly theological and deeply personal, revealing the truth about God, humanity, and salvation. John Stott rightly called Romans a manifesto of freedom in Christ - a freedom that remakes our lives, forms us into God’s people, and sends us as witnesses of Jesus in the world.

Romans is the Apostle Paul’s fullest and clearest treatise on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Throughout history, this letter has opened eyes, awakened hearts, and set movements in motion. It’s both profoundly theological and deeply personal, revealing the truth about God, humanity, and salvation. John Stott rightly called Romans a manifesto of freedom in Christ - a freedom that remakes our lives, forms us into God’s people, and sends us as witnesses of Jesus in the world.

Romans is the Apostle Paul’s fullest and clearest treatise on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Throughout history, this letter has opened eyes, awakened hearts, and set movements in motion. It’s both profoundly theological and deeply personal, revealing the truth about God, humanity, and salvation. John Stott rightly called Romans a manifesto of freedom in Christ - a freedom that remakes our lives, forms us into God’s people, and sends us as witnesses of Jesus in the world.

Romans is the Apostle Paul’s fullest and clearest treatise on the gospel of Jesus Christ. Throughout history, this letter has opened eyes, awakened hearts, and set movements in motion. It’s both profoundly theological and deeply personal, revealing the truth about God, humanity, and salvation. John Stott rightly called Romans a manifesto of freedom in Christ - a freedom that remakes our lives, forms us into God’s people, and sends us as witnesses of Jesus in the world.

September is the time we remember and recommit ourselves to our Mission: Forming whole-hearted disciples of Jesus in life-shaping relationship for everyday disciple-making ministry. As we study Paul's letter to Philemon, we'll explore our mission statement and commit to living it together in the coming year.

Philemon is a case study in gospel formation, the deeply personal (gospel identity), relational (gospel community), and purposeful (gospel mission) life-shaping process of discipleship to Jesus. The situation that occasions Paul’s short letter to Philemon would have been commonplace, but Paul’s solution is extraordinary. Paul pleads with the wealthy Philemon to choose of his own accord to receive his runaway slave Onesimus back, not as a criminal but as a brother in the family of God. 

Philemon is a case study in gospel formation, the deeply personal (gospel identity), relational (gospel community), and purposeful (gospel mission) life-shaping process of discipleship to Jesus. The situation that occasions Paul’s short letter to Philemon would have been commonplace, but Paul’s solution is extraordinary. Paul pleads with the wealthy Philemon to choose of his own accord to receive his runaway slave Onesimus back, not as a criminal but as a brother in the family of God.