Our Story

Everyone has a story. Yours has a place here.

How a shared stirring became a church in Costa Mesa — and why we believe you were made for a part in the story God is writing.

The Call

It began with two people and the same quiet stirring.

Suddenly, dormant desires erupted in their hearts. The Holy Spirit was igniting new passions — and pastors Daniel Orduña and Scott Williams could each see that God was stirring the very same thing in the other.

Words weren't necessary. There was a knowing in the room — a sense that something new was being born, and that the two of them were being drawn into it together.

I'm looking across the room, knowing that the Spirit is speaking the same thing to Daniel as He is to me.
Pastor Scott Andrew Williams

As they kept discerning the call, one conviction grew louder than the rest: the power of story — and the truth that each of us has a place in the grand narrative God is writing. This is an epic story of God's love for all people, and his desire that everyone would experience grace and find their role in His narrative.

From that stirring, a calling took shape: to bring a unique church community to the city of Costa Mesa — a people who would live out three rhythms of life together, formed by a central discipleship process they call Story Crafting.

Our Mission
To help people discover their story within the narrative of love and grace that God is authoring through history.
Our Vision

A community of people who…

Three rhythms shape our life together — not programs to attend, but a way of walking with God and one another.

01

Encounter God

Encuentre a Dios

Know God's love and love him back. Everything begins in his presence.

02

Explore Purpose

Explore su Propósito

Live like Jesus and find your role in the story he's writing.

03

Engage People

Engrana con la Gente

Love your neighbor and share your story with the world around you.

We want to be a church of apprentices.

Not a program-driven, consumer church — but a community learning to live like Jesus. Sundays are the launchpad, not the destination. When we lean in, formation follows participation, and Jesus shows up in powerful ways.

The Central Process

Story Crafting

At the heart of Narrative is a formational discipleship process we call Story Crafting — a way of discovering how your life intersects with the bigger story God is telling, and learning to live your part of it on purpose.

01
Hear the story. Encounter the God who is writing it.
02
Find your place. Discover your identity and role within it.
03
Live it out. Join the rhythms and write your story with others.
The Core of Who We Are

Our Values

Five commitments that shape how we gather, grow, and go.

Missional

Relational

Formational

Multi-generational

Multi-cultural

Our Team

The people God called to begin this

Two co-lead pastors who looked across a room and knew God was stirring the same thing in both of them.

Co-Lead Pastor

Daniel Orduña

Daniel carries a deep conviction for our identity as God's treasured possession, made in his image. He helps our community see the dignity God has placed in every person — and live from it.

Co-Lead Pastor

Scott Williams

Scott teaches on our role as a royal priesthood — people who stand between heaven and earth as God's representatives, sharing his love and restorative work with the world. He's also a writer exploring what it means to be human.

Your turn

The story's still being written.

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