What if friendship wasn’t just a nice extra, but an essential part of following Jesus?

In episode 3 of our series on friendship our Digital Content Manager Sarah chats with Jess Avery about spiritual friendship, shared life and creating churches where everyone—especially single people—can experience genuine belonging. Jess shares powerful stories and practical wisdom on building friendships that can hold both joy and grief, sustaining relationships through life’s changing seasons, and creating communities where faith is lived out together.

Jess is the Executive Director of Awakening Project and is also an Elder at Arise Church in Kentucky.

Jess talks about Discipleship Bands in - find out more about this here!