Missional communities
A missional community is a small family of believers who follow Jesus together and live on mission where they already are. They meet in homes, barracks, and neighborhoods across Fort Hood.
FamilyWe share meals, carry each other’s burdens, and show up for one another through PCS moves, deployments, and new babies.
DisciplesWe open the Bible together, pray, and help each other obey Jesus in everyday life.
MissionariesWe serve our neighbors, our units, and our barracks so that people who do not know Jesus can meet Him.Find your community
Agape Equip
Agape Equip is the training behind every missional community at Agape Hood, and it is one of the pillars of our church.
The guide shows how the gospel shapes who we are and how we live as a family of missionary servants. Leaders work through it in Equip: MC Leader Training on the first Sunday of each month. Anyone who wants to understand how our communities work is welcome to read it.
What is inside
- What shapes the church: defining the church by what God has done, not by what we do.
- The gospel: the power of God for salvation and the story of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration.
- Gospel identity: who God has made the church to be.
- Everyday gospel rhythms: story-formed, listen, celebrate, bless, eat, and recreate.
- Building and leading a missional community: leadership posture and living with gospel intentionality.
- Appendices: a community covenant template, a covenant example, and a leader readiness indicator.
Adapted from material produced by Soma Communities, Tacoma, Washington.
Why we gather in communities
Sunday gathers the whole church. Missional communities send it out.
In Acts, the early church met in the temple courts and from house to house. We follow that rhythm. On Sunday we worship together at Main Post Chapel. During the week we meet in smaller groups that live out the gospel in the places God has put us.
Our communities are built to go where people live. Some meet in family housing, and some meet in or near the barracks so single soldiers have a church family close by.
Acts 2:42–47 · Acts 5:42
Monthly rhythms
A few gatherings bring the whole church family together each month.
- Fellowship Meal: second Sunday, 12:15 to 1:15 PM, right after service.
- Single Soldier Lunch: first Sunday, 1:00 to 3:00 PM.
- Agape Women’s IF:Table: fourth Monday, 6:00 to 8:00 PM.
- Equip: MC Leader Training: first Sunday, 10:00 AM, for community leaders and those preparing to lead.
See every date and location on the Church Center calendar.
We are building
We are continually aiming to build missional communities that can reproduce here and all over the military.
Building a community on mission can be challenging. Here are seven things to consider.
Lead or host
Every missional community starts with someone willing to open their door.
Agape Equip trains leaders and hosts so they can shepherd a group with confidence. We also need volunteers to serve the kids in our communities. If you want to lead, host, or serve, let us know.