Small enough to know you. Strong enough to send you. The smallest functional unit of the Ekklesia of Peacemakers.
A Care Circle is a gathering of 2 to 12 people who commit to meeting regularly — weekly or biweekly — for mutual care, shared worship, Scripture, intercessory prayer, and active mission in their community.
It is not a Bible study. It is not a prayer meeting. It is not a support group. It is all of those things — woven together around the living presence of Jesus Christ and the shared commitment of every member to carry His Kingdom into the world.
It can be launched anywhere: a living room, a coffee shop, an office breakroom, a prison cell, a park bench, or a video call across time zones. No special building. No ordination. No budget required.
Remove any one pillar and the community survives but will not reproduce. All five together produce a gathering that multiplies naturally.
Scripture as authority, not just information. Every gathering returns to the living Word — not for facts but for formation. The goal is disciples shaped by truth, not students who know more Bible trivia.
Intercession as a lifestyle, not an agenda item. Every Care Circle is first a prayer community — specific, faith-filled prayer for one another, for the lost in your network, and for your city.
Life shared — not just time shared. Genuine mutual investment: carrying one another's burdens, confessing to one another, rejoicing and weeping together. This depth requires deliberate cultivation.
The gathering exists to serve the scattering. Every member is in active mission in their daily sphere. The Care Circle gathering includes a mission check — an honest account of how the scattered week went.
From the moment a Care Circle is launched, it is raising up the leader of its next gathering. The goal is never the biggest circle — it is the most circles. Every healthy community is pregnant with the next one.
You don't need all five perfect to start. You need two willing people and a date.
Get Started →The Intentional Gathering Format (IGF) provides a living structure — not a rigid liturgy — that keeps the gathering moving toward its purpose while leaving full room for the Holy Spirit to lead. Runs in 60–90 minutes.
Open with a genuine prayer of invitation — not performance. Set the tone: we are here for Him, not for ourselves. Acknowledge that without the Spirit's presence the gathering has no power.
Participatory, not performance. A song together, a psalm read aloud, a time of quiet adoration. The goal is to host His presence. No instruments required — willing voices are enough.
Read 5–10 verses aloud. Invite responses: "What stands out? What is the Spirit highlighting?" Any member may bring a word, testimony, question, song, or prophetic impression. Everyone contributes.
Each person shares one specific, current need — not a prayer list, one honest thing. The group prays for each person, one at a time. The ekklesia functioning as a family: bearing one another's burdens.
Each member briefly reports: Who did you show up for? What person of peace appeared? Where did you see the Kingdom? Then each declares a specific field pledge for the week ahead. Accountability that connects the gathered life to the scattered mission.
The gathering does not end — it deploys. A brief prayer of sending: "Go as peacemakers. Carry the Kingdom." Share a meal together when possible — just as the early church did in every home gathering.
Ask the Holy Spirit for three specific people to invite. Not a list — three names. Then stop and listen.
Contact each person individually before announcing anything. Share vision one-on-one. Gauge hunger and receptivity.
Same time each week. A home or accessible space. The IGF framework. No elaborate curriculum needed.
Speak Numbers 6:24–26 over every person present in your first gathering. Set the spiritual atmosphere from the first moment.
In the first gathering, ask each person: "Where have you seen God at work this week?" Stories build community faster than any teaching.
Add the Sending Circle from the very first gathering. Establish from day one that this community exists for the world, not itself.
Within the first month, pray about who might lead the next Care Circle born from this one. Begin mentoring them informally.
When someone has a breakthrough, when a person comes to faith, when a new circle plants — stop and celebrate. Testimony builds faith.