Home groups at BeFree are a main way we connect with and grow deeper relationships between the members of our church family.

Home groups are smaller communities within our church family where deep, lasting relationships can be made. We believe that joining a home group is the best way for someone to connect to the life of our church. If you are interested in learning more about our home groups, we encourage you to reach out to our home group leaders directly.

• Chaz & Cherie Greeley - Tuesdays, weekly at 6:30pm

• John & Charla Dejager - Thursdays, weekly at 7:00pm

• Tim & Adina Nielsen - Thursdays, weekly at 6:30pm

• Andy & Deb Smith - Thursdays, weekly at 6:30pm

Want help discerning which home group is the best fit for you? Please contact Andy Smith and you can discuss which group might be the best fit for your schedule, location, and specific needs.

Who are Home Groups for?

If you are a follower of Jesus Christ, these groups will seek to better connect you with the life of our church family, growing deeper relationships with others as you grow deeper in your relationship with Jesus Christ.

If you are in a season of searching and are trying to figure out what you believe about Jesus, a home group is perfect for you too. They are safe places to seek answers to your questions and wrestle with your doubts . As you search for truth, let us walk beside you.

What Happens in a Home Group?

Relationships are Built - Deep and lasting relationships are not built by sitting near one another on Sunday morning, nor by simply knowing each other’s names and faces. Rather, relationships are built by regularly and intentionally spending time together. Home groups are the best way for anyone who calls BeFree home to connect to the life of our church. Entering each other’s homes, we interact through vulnerable discussion, prayer, and meditation upon the word of God. This intimate and personal context lends itself to deep, lasting, and Christ- centered relationship.

Discipleship is Nurtured - The primary goal of home groups is to nurture a deeper love for God, love for others, and a passion for making disciples. In other words, the primary goal of home groups is discipleship. We believe that home groups are a prime place for discipleship because of their highly relational nature. While the church leadership offers general direction to home group leaders, we intentionally allow the group leaders to have the final say in what their group looks like. After all, it is the home group leaders that best know their people and are therefore most in tune to what their people need in order to grow as disciples of Jesus Christ.

Care is Offered - Everyone in a church should expect to be cared for by their church family. At the same time, everyone in a church family should be actively involved in the care of others. That’s how families work! However, the larger a church, the more likely it is that someone might fall through the cracks. Home groups help prevent this from happening by caring for each other both in tangible and spiritual ways. This does not mean that a home group carries the weight of care on their own. Rather, we desire for our home group leaders to be in constant interaction with the elders in order to partner with them in the shepherding of their portion of the church family.

Leaders are Cultivated - God has called and equipped every believer to work together for the building up of the church and the glory of God. Home groups are settings where members take responsibility for a small portion of the church family by building relationship with them, praying for them, and modeling a life of a discipleship for them (loving God, loving others, and making disciples). As home group leaders find other people who are faithful, available, teachable, and living the irreducible core, they will invite them to share in the ministry of the home group and encourage them to use their gifts in the larger church family.