I see a church that reclaims its ancient heartbeat, centering its life around the Lord’s table. A church where faith is not a performance, but a shared life. A church where discipleship isn’t outsourced to institutions, but cultivated in homes, around meals, through deep relationships.

This is the vision. This is the call. This is the church that could be.

Tim Keller laid out ten bold messages the church must reclaim, messages that answer the deepest longings of our world.

But these truths can’t just be preached—they must be practiced.

The Communion Revolution answers Keller’s call by returning faith to the table. It’s here, in shared meals and deep relationships, that identity is formed, guilt is lifted, justice is lived out, and hope is made tangible.

The next era of the church won’t be won through arguments alone—it will be embodied in radical hospitality and real community. The question isn’t just what we believe, but how we live it.

The American church isn’t just in decline—it’s in freefall. Churches are closing, pews sit empty, and entire generations are walking away. But Tim Keller refused to despair. He saw this moment coming and laid out a vision for renewal.

In this post, we explore Keller’s 15 key markers of a renewed church and how The Communion Revolution answers that call by restoring the ancient, life-giving rhythms of the agape feast: hospitality, discipleship, and Communion.

Why does it feel like the church is losing its spiritual power? Why do our best efforts—sermons, strategies, and programs—seem to fall flat in shaping culture? Jesus’ disciples faced this same frustration in Matthew 17 when they tried and failed to cast out a demon. They had the knowledge, the experience, the method—but no power. Jesus’ response? “This kind only comes out by prayer and fasting.”

Jesus prayed that we would be one (John 17). But today, churches are divided – not necessarily by doctrine, but by institutional barriers that keep them from working together. What if we stopped building church empires and started building a church-web? The early church wasn’t an institution—it was a movement. A decentralized network of believers, bound together through agape feasts, hospitality, and mission.

Another small group. Another book study. Another surface-level discussion where no one really knows each other. The problem isn’t that small groups exist—it’s that they don’t change us. Tim Keller saw this crisis coming: The world is discipling us 24/7—but the church isn’t keeping up. What if discipleship wasn’t about more content, but more connection?

CrossFit. AA. The Civil Rights Movement. What do they all have in common? A defining habit that shapes identity, builds community, and fuels transformation.

The early church had one, too—the agape feast. A shared meal that wasn’t just symbolic but central to discipleship, worship, and mission.

You show up on Sunday. The worship is moving, the sermon is solid, the people are friendly. But as you drive home, an unsettling feeling lingers—Was that really church?

If you’ve ever felt like church has become just another event to attend rather than a family to belong to, you’re not alone. Millions of Christians feel the same disconnect.

The American church is in decline—but Tim Keller believed renewal is possible. He saw a way forward: deeper discipleship, radical hospitality, and unity among believers shaping culture.

That vision is at the heart of The Communion Revolution, a movement to rediscover church as a shared life of faith, centered on the table.