Three church leaders with open arms in front of a Free Methodist church in a Lukai village, Taiwan

Community of Three

Three believers.
One empty chair.

One new way to make disciples across Asia.

The story

Three believers, reflecting the life of the Trinity, living in intentional friendship that naturally opens toward those who do not yet know Jesus.

Rooted
in the Trinity
Released
for mission
Reaching
for the million

Not a program. Not a meeting. A way of being the church in everyday life. It needs no building, no budget and no title. Only three people willing to walk together with intention, and to keep one chair at the table empty.

Read the story behind C3

The film

Who is your fourth?

Five minutes with AD Eric, Dr. Darin and Bishop Alan

[Film embed, after Nov 7]
“Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep?”
Luke 15:4Every empty chair holds a name. Every name is someone God has already placed near you.

Brand values

The three marks

In the mark · three equal heads

Trinitarian Equality

Different by design, equal by grace

No single member leads by title. Leadership rotates by season and by gift. Voice is shared equally.

In the mark · the weave

Gifted Interdependence

All have gifts, none has all

Each names what they see in the others, follows the gift most needed, and offers their own without hoarding.

In the mark · the open centre

Missional Friendship

The circle that stays open

Every C3 exists for someone not yet there. The fourth is a neighbour, a coworker, a friend not yet known.

How a C3 starts

Not with recruiting. With recognizing.

  1. 01

    Pray for seven days

    Father, who have you already placed in my life for this?

  2. 02

    Find your three

    Faithful, available, teachable, and close enough to gather without heroic effort.

  3. 03

    Eat together weekly

    Ninety minutes, always with food, always ending with one clear next step.

  4. 04

    Name your fourth

    Write one name on the empty chair. Love that person for ninety days.

  5. 05

    Multiply

    When the fourth is ready, one table becomes two.

01 / 05

The six-week launch

Six meals to begin.

Ninety minutes, always with food, always ending with one clear next step.

  1. 01Table and TestimonyEat, then share how Jesus found you.
  2. 02Grace MappingName the gifts you see in each other.
  3. 03Name the FourthPray your street and write one name on the chair.
  4. 04Invite to the TableSet the empty place and invite your fourth.
  5. 05Listen to the WordRead Luke 10 together and take one step.
  6. 06Covenant and CommissionSign the covenant and send each other out.
  1. 01Table and TestimonyEat, then share how Jesus found you.
  2. 02Grace MappingName the gifts you see in each other.
  3. 03Name the FourthPray your street and write one name on the chair.
  4. 04Invite to the TableSet the empty place and invite your fourth.
  5. 05Listen to the WordRead Luke 10 together and take one step.
  6. 06Covenant and CommissionSign the covenant and send each other out.
Walk through the six weeks

Multiply

One table becomes two.

After walking with a fourth for a season, typically twelve to eighteen months, a C3 asks: can this become two communities of three?

Three believers. One empty chair.

1 table

The threeThe empty chair

One C3 that multiplies once becomes two. Two become four. Four become eight.

See two natural ways to multiply

Digital C3

No table nearby? The thread is the table.

For believers spread across cities, living abroad, or where gathering is hard. Same dish, three kitchens. A digital C3 is not a lesser C3.

  • A daily thread. A morning prayer, a question, a moment of honesty.
  • A weekly meal. Cook the same dish, open a call, eat together.
  • An empty chair. Your fourth’s name, spoken at the start of every call.

Already started a C3?

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