Frequently Asked Questions
Why does Current Collective only meet twice a month?
Our rhythm of gathering twice a month is intentional. We believe spirituality is not just about attending services but about integrating a deep, contemplative awareness of God into everyday life. By meeting on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month, we create space for meaningful connection without overwhelming schedules. We also encourage personal spiritual practice, small gatherings, and reflection between services, allowing faith to unfold in a natural and embodied way.
Is Current Collective open and affirming to the LGBTQ+ community?
We are absolutely open to everyone, and we celebrate all people as sacred expressions of God. However, when it comes to affirmation, we believe that can only happen within oneself. No external person or institution has the power to validate or affirm who you are—only you do.
At Current, we seek to dismantle the idea that people need outside approval to be whole and beloved. We trust in the inner connection to the Spirit of Truth, believing that each person is capable of, and encouraged to discerning how God is leading and orchestrating their life.
We also want to be clear that being LGBTQ+ in no way affects anyone’s ability to volunteer, be involved, or lead within our community. Many churches operate with a bait-and-switch approach—offering welcome at the door but later restricting participation. We don’t do that. When it comes to any form of leadership and service we take everyone on a case-by-case basis, discerning spiritual maturity, gifting, and ability rather than basing decisions on sexual orientation or any other external factor. If you feel called to contribute in an area where you have skill and passion, we welcome those conversations in the same way we would with anyone in our community.
We are committed to being a space where you can explore your spiritual journey and the wisdom of Christ freely, in community, without imposed rules or external validation. We welcome conversation and dialogue because that’s what spiritual community is all about, but we do not set regulations around things that are deeply personal and rooted in one’s own experience and conviction.
Where does Current Collective stand on traditional Christian beliefs like the Bible, the Virgin Birth, and the Resurrection?
We approach Christian tradition through a expansive mystic and contemplative lens, which means we embrace the depth, myth, symbolism and beauty of these narratives without being bound to rigid doctrinal and dogmatic interpretations.
The Bible – We see Scripture as a sacred story—a collection of wisdom, poetry, and divine encounters over thousands of years through many different authors and editors that invite us into deeper understanding rather than a set of fixed doctrines. We read it with an open heart, guided by Spirit and experience.
The Virgin Birth – We honor the symbolism and significance of Jesus' birth narrative, recognizing it as a powerful story of divine incarnation. Whether understood literally or metaphorically, the deeper truth remains: God is with us, present in our humanity, inviting us to salvation.
The Resurrection – Whether a historical claim or a powerful symbol, the resurrection reveals the enduring presence of Christ in all things. It speaks to transformation, surrender, renewal, and the divine invitation to move beyond fear and into new life.
For us, rather than asking, "Did it happen exactly, literally, historically this way?" we ask, "What does this awaken in us? How do I see the reflection of this narrative in my own life? Is there a deeper, more powerful symbolism that I could be overlooking?"
Our approach is not trying to dismiss tradition but we are about engaging with it in a way that is honest, alive, and spiritually transformative.
Do you believe Jesus is God?
Yes, but, as Jesus himself taught his followers (us), the anointing was never supposed to stop with him.
Jesus teaches a Way that extends the invitation of anointing to the world. For us, we see Jesus as the divine incarnation—the embodiment of Love, revealing our own divine nature and calling us into deeper communion with God.
Instead of viewing Jesus as a distant deity or personality to worship (an idol), we follow his Way of union, wholeness, and awakening, seeing his life, teaching, and spiritual power as an invitation to embody the same divine presence (see John 17).
Where does Current Collective lean politically?
We are not a politically influenced spiritual community. We do not bolster or demonize either the right or the left.
Instead, we believe that our spiritual practices should inform the way we each choose to live our lives—not through allegiance to a political ideology but through an embodied commitment to love, wisdom, and justice that happens in our everyday lives and not just at a rally or social display of virtue.
At Current, we see spirituality as a path that first awakens us within to intimacy and union with God, and from that place of wholeness, transforms our will, refines our thoughts, deepens our emotional awareness, and makes us more holistic human beings. As that transformation unfolds, different people in our community will naturally feel that truth expresses itself through different political convictions. But as a collective, we do not identify with or encourage affiliation with any political party or ideology.
As an organization, we seek to walk the middle path, avoiding extremes, knowing that extremism—on any side—often fosters fundamentalism.
We find inspiration in teachers like Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzu and others who pointed to a Way of action without attachment to identification—a way that is not reactive but rooted in peace, presence, and discernment. We believe real change happens not through institutional alliances but through personal transformation and direct engagement with the world around us.
We recognize that government has its place and that politics affects all of our lives. But as a spiritual community, we seek to provide a reprieve from the kingdoms of this world—a space where we can awaken to the deeper reality of a kingdom not of this world, one that calls us beyond division, into mystery and paradox, and into the living presence of Love itself.
From that place, we are empowered to be instruments of love—not just in theory, but in the way we show up in our actual lives, with our family, our actual neighbors, coworkers, communities, and beyond.
Are you affiliated with a denomination?
No. As of now Current is an independent community rooted in the Mystic and Contemplative Christian tradition. We draw directly from our expeirnce with the teachings of Jesus found in both the canonical and apocryphal scriptures, ancient Christian mystics, modern contemplatives, and inter-spiritual wisdom embracing the depth of the Christian path without rigid institutional ties and seeing connections between our tradition and the worldwide wisdom and spiritual traditions.
What is sin, and what does salvation mean to you?
The word “sin” comes from an ancient archery term meaning “to miss the mark.” It’s not as much about breaking religious or moral rules as much as it’s about anything that takes us out of the center of who we are in God—anything that pulls us away from our identity in the image and likeness of God and living in tune with the flow of God’s presence. The journey of faith isn’t about guilt or shame but about returning to the ever-present movement of God within and around us.
The word for salvation in the original language of Scripture is Sozo, which means healing, wholeness, and restoration.
Salvation is not simply about agreeing to a theological belief—it is about being healed in the innermost parts of our being from the fragmented divide within ourselves, into the fullness of who God is in us and seeks to express as us. It is not about escaping to some utopia after death, but integration to the abundance of life here and now. It is the ongoing awakening to our union with the Ground of Being—the Divine Reality, God—in which we live, move, and have our being.