J17 Ministries

J17 Ministries is uniting the Body of Christ FOR our community and a divided world. We seek to mature the Church through humility, serve the community unconditionally, and point to Jesus wholistically, through strategic alignment with Jesus' own heartbeat as revealed in John 17.

Jesus' prayer in John 17 strategically reveals both what unity is supposed to look like and how to achieve it. Furthermore, the degree to which we align ourselves with Jesus' own prayer is the degree to which our communities will come to know who Jesus is and how much God loves them.

The Bible talks about "dividing walls of hostility." The world in which we live seems to be experiencing more and more dividing walls of hostility, despite more frequent calls for tolerance and kindness. In Jesus, dividing walls of hostility come down, not only because that's His ongoing prayer, but because He made it possible. Whether the barrier is Jew/Gentile, denominational, ethnic, generational, or any other variety, Jesus chose to pray that the barriers would give way to a peace that passes all understanding. We seek to be part of the solution.

We directly oversee and/or support the following programs, designed to help Christ-followers align with Jesus' John 17 prayer:
**Pastor & Citywide Ministry Leader Prayer Summits
**Pastor Partners
**Pastors' Edge
**John 17 Weekends
**Tucson Ministry Alliance
**City Church Communications

Testimonials

"Originally I went [as a participant] to the John 17 Weekend because my daughter invited me. Being with the [John 17 community now] is helping me to get over the loss of my husband and to know that there is something for me to do other than grieve… Serving on team… I've been growing… This is a very critical part of my growth, and getting over things in my life. Plus, I get to spend time with my daughter!" -R.S.

"Serving on [John 17] Weekends like this, I kinda feel like I'm a cup and, throughout the year, it gets empty. This helps fill me up! And when I serve, my goal is to share my love. Whether it's with a talk or with food… to fill others up in any way that I can." -K. P.

"What I experienced here [as a participant] at John 17 Weekend was God's grace. It was an overwhelming theme throughout the entire weekend. I experienced love. I experienced brotherhood." -A. S.

"When I came to the John 17 Weekend [as a participant], I didn't know really what to expect. But I came with the encouragement of people that surround me. I came and just found so much of God's love. The agape love just came rushing in, at a moment in my life where I just felt so dry. I feel like I've learned so much about the power of God's love to transform lives. And, on this Weekend, I feel so much more empowered to love those people around me: at my job, in my church, in my community." -N. M.