Antioch is a global family of churches that are Spirit-led, biblically based, and embracing every
nation, tribe, people and language. We are committed to the person of Jesus, His rule and reign in
all aspects of our lives and living out His values in community. God has called us to be a multiplying
church-planting movement through whom He brings transformation to personal lives, families,
neighborhoods, and every sphere of society in our city, nation, and nations for the glory of God.
Isaiah 54.2-3

1 // Who We Are: We are a people with a passion for Jesus and His purposes in the earth (Mark
12.30-31, Matthew 28.19-20).

3 // What We Do: Empowered by the Holy Spirit we are disciples who encounter God, make
disciples and live on mission (Acts 1.8, Matthew 28.19-20).

5 // How We Do It: The 5 Circles of a Healthy Church, each of which is activated through the Word
of God, the worship of God, prayer and obedience:

Circle 1: Personal Devotional Life (Psalm 27.4,8 & Acts 4.13)

Circle 2: Life on Life Discipleship (Matthew 28.18-20, 2 Timothy 2.2)

Circle 3: House to House (Acts 2.42-47, Romans 16.5)

Circle 4: Church Gathered (Acts 2.46-47, Ephesians 4.11-12)

Circle 5: Witness in the World (Acts 1.8, 2 Cor 5.20)

3. Love Those Who Don’t Know Jesus

a. We commit to Discipleship through intentional investment in other’s lives as our main
ministry
b. We pursue Evangelism, from our immediate sphere of influence to the unreached and
unengaged
c. We are committed to the Local Church
d. We care for the Poor
e. We embrace Diversity
f. We bless the larger Body of Christ

A Passion for Jesus and His Purposes in the Earth defines the Antioch Movement.
The vision of Antioch is to launch a multiplying church-planting church movement that reaches our
city, nation, and the nations of the earth by making disciples that Encounter God, Disciple others,
and live on Mission through the local church—all expressed within the five circles of a healthy
church. These churches will each contend to create a Kingdom culture based on our core values.
Matthew 22:37-39, Matthew 28:18-20, Acts 1:8, and the description of the church in Antioch (Acts
11-13) all anchor this calling.
We live out this vision through the 1-3-5 Antioch church model. A new church launch strategy will
look different from church-to-church. Typically, the Antioch model requires a few years to fully
develop so we don’t expect a church to fully implement everything right away. Instead, we view the
following as the core components each church seeks to establish as it matures.
– A weekly public service(s) for the Church Gathered that creates an environment to cast
vision and lead both believers and unbelievers into encounters with God. As the church
grows, churches may multiply congregations within a city to reach increasing numbers of
people.
– A focus on Personal Devotion, with an emphasis on prayer, through disciplines and events
such as church-wide fasts, Encounter Nights, freedom weekends, and consistent
corporate prayer meetings.
– The prioritization of disciple-making as the core ministry of the church. This occurs in
House-to-House gatherings, generally called Lifegroup or House Church. These groups
should then facilitate Life-on-Life Discipleship, typically through smaller groups of 2—3. We
believe these house churches are the very heart of the church.
– The Antioch Discipleship School that provides an intensive discipleship environment. These
schools are foundational for our missions pipeline, our leadership development, and our
next generation of U.S. church planters and staff.
– The call for each believer to embrace their Witness to the World. This call includes the
corporate witness of the church through a church-based missions department for local,
national, and international outreach that, as a general goal, sends out at least one new
church-planting team every few years. We self-fund these ministries by allocating 10-30%
of our operating budget for missions. As part of this1.5% is donated by each church to
support the operations of the Movement Support Office (MSO).
Although Antioch churches are found in a variety of places around the world, we feel a particular
calling to focus on reaching the urban, young, and diverse population of our nation. Churches will
contextualize to their city in significant ways around the core model listed above. A church in
Seattle will look different from Fort Worth or New Orleans, but each utilizes the same basic model.
The Church Planting Handbook describes our process for planting new churches based on this
model, which generally involves creating vibrant Lifegroups, setting culture, discipling leaders, and
then launching a public service.