Our long-term vision for Doxa is simply this: a church that reflects, from the top down, the racial and ethnic diversity of our community and to bear witness to the Glory of God in Jesus Christ....
A few have asked about the timeline around us reopening Sunday gatherings at the John Danz building in downtown Bellevue. There are several factors that go into the reopening of "normal" Sunday gatherings. But first, I want to mention how we make decisions like this....
A brief response to the death of George Floyd....
Can big church feel small? Can you get connected to what God is doing at Doxa. The answer is yes....
Like most days, the kids woke up first. I heard them giggling and playing down the hall way. I sat up in bed. I hadn't slept great, but I was already fighting the fogginess with anticipation that I'd be going to a gathering for the first time in eight months.I got dressed, packed my "work bag", scarfed down a quick bite for breakfast, chased the kids out the door, and took...
Keep Reading Our long-term vision for Doxa is simply this: a church that reflects, from the top down, the racial and ethnic diversity of our community and to bear witness to the Glory of God in Jesus Christ....
Keep Reading A few have asked about the timeline around us reopening Sunday gatherings at the John Danz building in downtown Bellevue. There are several factors that go into the reopening of "normal" Sunday gatherings. But first, I want to mention how we make decisions like this....
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WHAT IS FASTING? Fasting is mentioned 77 times in scripture. Biblically, fasting can either be done corporately for a shared visionor desire, or it can be done privately where it is something personal between you and God. Fasting is a spiritual discipline that Jesus commands us to do. In Matthew 6:16 Jesus says, "When you fast" not if you fast.The time we would normally s...
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Doxa has come a long way.We've seen more evidence and heard more stories of God's grace than we count. Our team has worked incredibly hard to stabilize, strengthen, and care for this church. From our beginnings as a church, I (Dave) have felt both the privilege and responsibility to help care for our team and make decisions that protect our most important resource as a lo...
Keep Reading Can big church feel small? Can you get connected to what God is doing at Doxa. The answer is yes....
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Is there really anything left to be said about hospitality (both Biblical and non) that hasn't already been said in numerous ways by boatloads of people more clever and more hospitable than I? (Case in point, my current read,The Gospel Comes With a House Keyby Rosario Butterfield. Wow. Check it out. Super challenging.) Hospitality can be one of those words we hear so muc...
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Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it! That quote from Ferris Bueller's day off also applies to discipleship and leadership in the church. One of my hopes for Doxa is that we feel empowered to slow down and deal with the harder aspects of our lives. That might sound presumptuous but most people on the Eastside are extr...
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