We are a church making disciples of Jesus to see Tampa become a port city for the gospel.

ABOUT THE STONE

The Rodrigo family of six, including two adults and four children, standing outdoors on a grassy field with trees in the background on a cloudy day. They are all smiling and dressed in neutral and cream-colored clothing.

OUR LEAD PASTOR

Sage is the husband of Mariah, father of four, and someone who spent years wondering why God kept drawing his family back to Tampa.

Now he knows.

His family has lived in Florida, North Carolina, and Texas. Every stop shaped them, but Tampa Bay never left their hearts. This city is growing, hungry, and ready, and they believe the most important thing they can do with their lives is plant a church that seeks to make disciples and send disciples.

This isn't a calculated ministry move. It's an act of faith. They're trusting God to build this house, and they're inviting anyone who feels that same calling to come build it with them.

Sage Rodrigo

OUR CORE VALUES

We invite all people into God’s family.

We pursue people across every background and invite them to belong, be known, and become part of God’s family.

We grow into who God made us to be.

We grow into faithful disciples, overcome fear and insecurity, and confidently live out who God made us to be.

We choose kingdom over comfort.

We choose faith-filled obedience, trusting God enough to prioritize what advances His kingdom over what feels safe, easy, or comfortable.

We are honest about our need for Jesus.

We recognize that we are broken and dependent on Jesus, so we embrace humility, confession, repentance, and grace.

We focus on three mission fields.

TAMPA

We bring the hope of Jesus to Tampa through justice, mercy, generosity, and tangible care for the vulnerable and overlooked.

We reach Tampa by serving our neighbors and seeking its flourishing.

CAMPUS

We want students to encounter Jesus, grow as disciples, and carry the gospel into their future workplaces, communities, and cities.

We reach the campus by making disciples among the next generation of leaders.

NATIONS

We want to send people to plant churches, make disciples, and serve among unreached and underserved communities around the world.

We reach the nations by sending disciples beyond Tampa.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

While the Bible is our only infallible rule of faith and practice, we are also committed—and accountable—to a specific statement of faith that represents a summary of the teaching of Scripture.

We believe in God the Father. He is the Creator of all things, and He rules over everything with perfect love and wisdom.

We believe in God the Son, Jesus Christ, the eternal Word and the only Savior. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, fully God and fully man. He lived a sinless life, died on the cross in our place for our sins, rose bodily from the dead on the third day, and ascended into heaven. One day He will return to judge the living and the dead and make all things new.

We believe in the Holy Spirit. He convicts us of sin, brings us to new life, unites us to Christ, lives in every believer, and empowers us to follow Jesus.

That God made us in His image, but we have all sinned against Him and are separated from Him, without hope apart from Jesus.
That salvation is God's free gift, by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. It isn't earned by good works.
That anyone who turns from sin and trusts Jesus as Lord and Savior is forgiven, made right with God, and given eternal life.
That everyone who is saved is made new by the Spirit and called to follow Jesus and help others do the same.
That one day all people will be raised: those in Christ to eternal joy with Him, and those who reject Him to eternal judgment.

That God inspired the Scriptures, and that they are without error in the original writings.
That the Bible is the final authority for all matters of faith, truth, and life.
That God created every person in His image, male and female, with equal dignity and worth.
That God designed marriage as the lifelong union of one man and one woman, and as the only place for sexual intimacy.

That the church is the body of Christ, made up of all who belong to Jesus and gathered into local churches.
That Jesus gave the church baptism and the Lord's Supper.
That every believer should be part of a local church, using their gifts to serve one another.
That every believer is sent to seek the good of the city and make disciples in Tampa Bay and to the ends of the earth.

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