The Commons

Specialties

Hope Church North Park is about serving our community. We want to connect people to something greater than themselves, and challenge them to live for something greater.

History

Established in 2012.

It was a mark of the church for people to hold their lives and their possessions in common. We read examples of this in the book of Acts. Likewise the mission of the Commons Church is to be a community conspiring to proclaim the Cross, cultivating disciples, embracing the oppressed, and inviting you to join the movement.

Therefore, we wanted to select a name for our community that not only spoke to our mission, our identity in Christ, but also one that had historical significance.

There is this tradition within the history of the Church for naming something for all people, a «common.» (e.g. Common lectionary, Common book of prayer, Common Bible, Common Text of the Church) For something to be «common» was not to be ordinary, but to belong to the people. For something to be a «commons» was to represent a common space or resource that was of the people.

Now, our culture has lost the language and meaning of a «commons.» Common space and common resources have become increasingly quantif

Meet the Manager

Jon N.

Manager

Teaching pastor of The Commons, husband, father of 2 boys, but who cares about me… its all about Jesus.