We recognize that God has graced the body with gifts (Eph 4:11-16) that are key resourcing gifts to the church. The apostolic & prophetic, as foundational gifts for all the other gifts to flourish (Eph 2:20-22), have been particularly significant in the shaping of The Table. These gifts bring a ‘heaven to earth’ perspective & mobilize believers to defy cultural & religious idols in order to see the Kingdom advance in & through us.  We believe God designed these gifts to provoke our thinking towards heavenly realities (ie the making of mature disciples by the renewing of our minds) & to provoke our doing towards 

Our desire is to see deeply rooted disciples multiplying & being sent out from our community. We believe we are called to grow DEEP - that disciples are called to maturity, fruitfulness, & relationships marked by authenticity & radical love.  We believe too that God has called The Table to grow WIDE - to reach many people in this city + reproduce what He establishes in Boston, elsewhere in the nations.  We believe God for the shaping of the landscape of the city physically (establishing a presence & a building in the heart of the city), culturally (impacting how the city thinks & resisting cultural idols), & practically (partnering together to serve the needs of the city).

We believe that equality across gender, race, age & background is a deeply biblical concept.  We see equality established repeatedly throughout scripture as the blueprint design of God - in the inauguration of creation (Genesis 1&2), in the inauguration of the new covenant (John 20) in the inauguration of the church (Acts 1&2), in the coming of the Spirit (Acts 2, 1 Cor 12), & in the realization of the age to come (Rev 7:9).  It is our delight to see men & women of diverse colors & ages serving The Table in every context of leadership & church life in accordance with their God-given gifts.

At the heart of The Table there is both a deep value for scripture & an unashamed, radical pursuit of the person of the Holy Spirit, His presence, & His gifts amongst us. We love studying and preaching the word - submitting our lives to being shaped by scripture.  And we wholeheartedly surrender to the Spirit - recognizing God amongst us - and lean on Him for understanding, obeying, & demonstrating the word.

We believe ‘church’ can’t be fully realized if it is confined to the realm of theology or individual experience.  The Bible forces us towards a tangible expression of church in the sanctifying realm of flesh + blood community: Come, Belong, Serve, Give.  At The Table, we’re building a community of disciples that really love each other (John 13:35) and are committed to gathering together as the manifold wisdom of God on display in our city (Eph 3:10).  Equally, we recognize that the rule & reign of God is not limited to the confines of church buildings & gatherings but is intended too for so-called ‘secular spaces’, the church being deployed as ambassadors of the truth & the power of God across our city.