Jeff Vanderstelt, pastor of Soma Communities in Tacoma, Washington, and a good friend and mentor to Coram Deo, will be in Omaha next week to lead a training event. Though Coram Deo isn’t hosting this event, we want to help get the word out and invite all of you who might benefit from Jeff’s wisdom.

Jeff is a wonderful brother in the gospel who shares our passion for the gospel and for missional community. When we planted Coram Deo, we thought we’d invented the term missional community. Then we met Jeff and his crew at Soma and realized they’d been doing it longer than we had! The more I’ve gotten to know Jeff, the more amazed I am at the similar influences we share. Wise observers will note many areas of overlap between Soma’s DNA and Coram Deo’s. In fact, CD’s gospel identities and missional rhythms were worked out in dialogue with Soma. Their input was tremendously helpful as we sought to articulate what it truly means to be a gospel-centered missional church.

The training event takes place on Wednesday, December 2, from 10 AM to 4 PM at Prairie Lane Christian Reformed Church. See attached flyer for more. Jeff will also be joining us for the Omaha Church Planters’ Quarterly next Tuesday, so if you’re a planter and you’re reading this, be sure to get on the list for that invitation-only event. (Email us for more info).