Pangea Communities

Specialties

A new Seattle church for folks who aren’t into «church.»

History

Established in 2015.

In order to understand Pangea | Communities, one need only to read through our values. Everything we do, flows from these 8 areas, which are summarized by 3 distinct human longings: friendship, activism and spirituality. Our gathering ethos & our missional actions in our city and world emerge as we allow our values to shape our collective character. Ultimately, these values are driven by something even deeper: love.

Community: We choose countercultural relationships guided by love.

Inclusive: We choose to invite everyone to the party.

Peace: We choose to love our enemies.

Justice: We choose to right wrongs with those at the margins.

Context: We choose to ask rooted questions to unleash creativity.

Hope: We choose to imagine the world as it ought to be.

Story: We choose to live into the narrative of God.

Transformation: We choose the subversive path of knowing & following the crucified Christ.

Meet the Manager

Kurt W.

Manager

Kurt Willems (M.Div., Fresno Pacific) is the founding pastor of Pangea | Communities of peace, justice & hope. He is also a graduate student at the University of Washington focusing on early Christianity, Greco-​Roman Religions, and Classical Languages. Kurt writes for various print and online publications including his site The Pangea Blog and is also on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.

Through his Patheos hosted blog, Kurt writes broadly on themes related to Anabaptism within post-​Christendom. Inviting the church to see the beauty of a nonviolent Jesus and the subversive nature of God’s Kingdom are just some of the key issues he engages. Kurt also utilizes the blogosphere to wrestle with various other theological, missional, formational, and cultural topics. Through speaking and writing, he urges others to both know and follow the resurrected Jesus on a countercultural mission of love.