Who We Are

Mission

Our mission is to join God in the renewal of all things as everyday missionaries of Jesus Christ, in the fullness of the Spirit, where we live, work, and play.

Vision

Our vision is to be a community gathered and scattered, living out the hope of Jesus our cities so that God’s Kingdom can reign in every heart and every home in the cities of Ann Arbor, Brighton, Milan, Ypsilanti and beyond!

Core Values & Behaviors

Our core values flow from our desire to worship Jesus Christ, follow Him as disciplemakers, and participate in His redemptive mission. These inform and shape our Evergreen Community as we gather and scatter, living out the hope of Jesus in the city.

Love

  1. We receive God’s holy love and extend it to ourselves, others, and the world.

  2. We participate in spiritual disciplines for daily formation.

  3. We make friends and open our hearts and homes with all people.

  4. We give generously of our resources and time, coming alongside those hurting and in need.

Rest

  1. We see ourselves as human beings, not human doings.

  2. We create space and cultivate rhythms for contemplation and prayer.

  3. We take time to holistically care for ourselves and our families.

  4. We sabbath weekly.

Story

  1. We know, live out, and invite others into God’s story of creation, incarnation, re-creation.

  2. We welcome and listen to all people’s stories.

  3. We celebrate God’s story and activity among us.

Peace

  1. We forgive and seek reconciliation with neighbors, even our oppressors.

  2. We seek justice for the oppressed and non-violent resolution of conflict.

  3. We receive and extend the peace and wholeness of Christ to ourselves, neighbors, city, and world.

  4. We seek and build relationships with people of peace.

Community

  1. We make close spiritual friendships and practice the 9 arts of spiritual conversations.

  2. We confess sin, lay on hands, and pray with one another.

  3. Gather and scatter as an extended family.

Multiplication

  1. We scatter as a community and are all missionaries  where we live, work, and play.

  2. We make disciples and leaders who make more disciples and leaders.

  3. We listen, discern, and send teams to plant new churches.

  4. We pray for workers to be sent into the Harvest.

Why We Exist

Throughout the last century or more the American Church has been crippled by consumerism, materialism, individualism, and racism. So much so, that many of our neighbors, co-workers, friends, and family see no importance for being a part of it, let alone the Christian faith because of personal hurt or its bad reputation. YET, there is a real spiritual need inside every human being. A longing to be known and loved. There is real darkness, brokenness, and division which exists in our families, neighborhoods, cities, nations, and world which so desperately needs healing and wholeness...renewal and reconciliation...Hope.

At Evergreen we believe the hope that the world so desperately needs is encapsulated in the person and work of Jesus Christ. We also believe that the local Church is the primary means and strategy through which Jesus desires to renew and reconcile families, neighborhoods, and whole cities. 

We are so convinced that the Church is meant to be a thriving and multiplying movement of radical followers and missionaries of Jesus Christ overflowing with the holy love of God and neighbor as they listen and obey the voice of the Holy Spirit. At Evergreen we are striving to do our best at receiving the unconditional love of God through Jesus Christ and then giving it away to everyone where we live, work, and play because the Church isn’t a place, it’s a people. So inviting people to Church looks like inviting people into our lives. We welcome you and invite you, no matter what you believe, into the life Jesus Christ through Evergreen Church because it’s where you belong.

To learn more about how we fit into the larger church and Christian community, visit our Affiliations page.