What’s Soma?
I have had a lot of people ask me what is Soma? Is it a church or a youth group or what?
Soma is Christian
This is the first thing you need to know about Soma. We believe that Jesus is building his church (Matthew 16:18). The name Soma is the Greek word for body, body is one of the metaphors that BIble uses to describe the church. If the church is the body, then Christ is the head (Colossians 1:18). This means Soma is all about Jesus: showing how great he is, seeking to please him, to listen to him through the Bible. So, yes Soma is a church and as a church we are unashamedly about Jesus.
Soma is a community
The second thing is that Soma is a community. A community where potentially anyone who wants to be a part of what we are on about can join. This is important for you to know if you are one of those people who think that church is a ‘Sunday thing’.
To help understand the community we have a formal membership process. We have two structures: Gatherings and Gospel Communities that enable people to love the community in different ways. In Gatherings we love lots of people a few ways and in the Gospel Communities we love a few people a lot of ways.
Soma is a mission.
Soma is also a mission. We think that Jesus is the best thing in the world and we want everyone to know about it. This effects the way we do things. We want people to feel as comfortable as we can so the can get to know Jesus, so there will be a number of things we will do differently: music, where we meet, where people can ask questions, etc.
