Jesus has for centuries offered himself as the way, the truth, and the life. He isn’t a magic elixir or a mathematical equation to solve all our problems, because after all he’s a human being! But he’s also fully God, and the designer of all humankind. So when we follow him he makes us new in ways we could never fix ourselves. He conquered death by coming back to life after he was executed for crimes he didn’t commit, and gives us hope for now and for after this life. He brings us together in community with others we would never get along with otherwise. Jesus spent time with the poor and with the rich, with conservatives and with liberals, with the healthy and with the sick. He offered healing for the wounded and challenged those who wounded others. He continues to offer himself to us today.

Many have left their churches in recent years. Some see this as a problem, but really it is a symptom of a larger problem. Many Christians are exhausted from the pressures and distractions of life, from feeling disconnected from those we live near, even from guilt and shame. The Aurora Initiative is not the name of our new church; it’s what we’re calling our movement to start a new church. The word Aurora means “dawn", and we want to see a new dawn in the lives of Aurora residents, including you.