MAKING MORE SPACE: From Organization to Movement
Often, before God invites us into something new, there is first a quiet stirring. An unsettled feeling. A holy discontent that is difficult to put into words.
It isn't necessarily that anything is wrong. In fact, much of what has been may still be deeply good and beautiful. And yet, somewhere beneath the surface, we begin to sense that God is gently inviting us beyond what has been familiar. The language we've been using no longer seems quite large enough. The structures that have served us faithfully begin to feel too small for what God is growing. We don't yet know exactly what is changing—but we know we're being invited to listen.
That was where our Proskuneo leadership found ourselves last summer.
Rather than rushing ahead with plans or trying to solve the tension too quickly, our leadership sensed an invitation to slow down. Together, we entered into an extended season of prayer and fasting, setting aside several months simply to seek God and ask:
"Jesus, where are You leading Proskuneo next?"
What emerged surprised and delighted us—not because it was entirely new, but because it gave language to something that had quietly been growing among us for years.
Naming What Had Already Become True
As we prayed together, we also began to have honest conversations with one another.
We found ourselves acknowledging something we had sensed for quite some time: each of us was carrying unique callings from God. Some of those callings centered very directly around multicultural worship. Others extended into mentoring refugee leaders, healing through somatic and story work, spiritual direction, writing, pastoral ministry, and more.
We were wrestling individually and collectively with a tension. Did these ministries need to exist outside of Proskuneo? Or was our ministry quietly becoming larger than our articulated vision and mission?
Multicultural worship has never been merely an end in itself. It has always been one beautiful expression of something even deeper: God's desire to heal what is fragmented, to reconcile what has been separated, and to draw the whole Church into greater unity in Christ. As we looked back over the past twenty-four years, we realized this deeper calling had been woven into Proskuneo's story from the very beginning. We simply hadn't named it this clearly before.
That realization led us to articulate a broader vision and mission that more fully describe the work we believe God has always been inviting us into.
Vision
Making spaces for the integration and unity of the global Church.
Mission
Mending, mobilizing, and equipping individuals for the health of the whole Body of Christ.
Interestingly, while our vision and mission expanded, our core values remained exactly the same. We didn't discover a new heart. We simply found language that more fully expressed the heart God has been cultivating within us all along.
From Revelation 7 to John 17
For many years, Revelation 7:9-10 served as Proskuneo's defining picture—a beautiful vision of every tribe, language, people, and nation worshiping together before the throne of God. That vision continues to inspire us. We continue to pray along with Jesus that God’s kingdom would come on earth as in heaven in that way.
But, these days we find ourselves also praying along with Jesus’ words in John 17:22-23. "May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."
Our longing is not simply to celebrate diversity in worship, but to participate in Christ's ongoing work of healing, integration, and unity throughout the whole Body of Christ.
Making More Space
As our vision became clearer, another question naturally followed. How could Proskuneo create more space for others?
Our previous organizational structure had served us faithfully for many years. But it also carried an unintended consequence: every time we added a new staff member, it placed an additional financial burden on the organization itself. Ironically, our desire to welcome more people into ministry was being limited by the very structure designed to support them. At the same time, we kept connecting with remarkable people. People with clear callings. People who were deeply passionate and motivated. People who desired relationship, accountability, and organizational covering—but not unnecessary hierarchy or micromanagement. They didn't want to be lone rangers. They wanted companions.
We realized we needed a structure that could make room for them.
A New Structure for a New Season
As these ideas began to take shape, we started sketching what a different kind of ministry structure might look like. Rather than asking, "How do we build a bigger organization?" we found ourselves asking, "How do we cultivate the kind of community where diverse callings can flourish together?"
That dreaming eventually led us to hire an organizational change consultant to help us think carefully, ask good questions, and design structures that matched the kind of movement we sensed God inviting us to become. The result is a model that is more decentralized, more relational, and more sustainable.
Staff members remain connected by a shared vision, mission, values, rhythms, and mutual accountability, while having greater freedom to pursue the unique ministries God has entrusted to them within their own contexts. Today, Proskuneo staff already serve from three different states, and we expect that diversity to continue growing in the years ahead.
What Hasn't Changed
Sometimes organizational transitions raise understandable questions. So let us say clearly what has not changed.
Jesus remains at the center of everything we do.
Our passion for multicultural worship remains as vibrant as ever.
Our commitment to reconciliation, healing, and the unity of the Church remains unchanged.
Our core values remain exactly as they have been.
And, we now have language and a structure that more fully reflect the work we believe God has been doing among us all along.
Looking Ahead
In the coming months, we'll begin welcoming applications for new staff members.
We are praying for people whose lives resonate with this vision—people who are already faithfully living into the ministries God has entrusted to them, and who long to pursue those callings within a diverse, relational community committed to the health of the whole Body of Christ.
As always, thank you for walking this journey with us. Whether you've followed Proskuneo from nearby or from a distance, your prayers, encouragement, friendship, and generosity have helped make this next chapter possible. We are deeply grateful.
And we are filled with hope for all the ways we will continue to partner with God in making space—for healing, for creativity, for reconciliation, and for the beautiful integration and unity of the global Church.