History
We are a local expression of the Body of Christ.
Bloom began as just a few friends that started meeting together at Michael and Lisa Gungor's home. The Gungors moved to Denver at the end of 2006 from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Michael and Lisa had been music leaders at a large church for six years. They felt their hearts stirred to resign from that job and to move to Denver to learn how to live as the church in a new and more meaningful way.
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Our values both flow from and guide our dreams. They begin with a vision of God, and culminate with a vision of the kind of world God desires to see.
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Bloom is led by several communities of leadership. Starting with our Lead Pastor and Congregational Leadership Team, we hold all matters of our identity and calling within community. The staff and section leaders provide further support in leading our house church leaders and ministry volunteers, as well as imagining new ways in which our values and vision may be expressed through our life together.
Congregational Leadership Team
- Elected within the community
- Steward mission, vision, and life together
- Display deep commitment to the Bloom Community
Staff
- Enable those within the Bloom community to live as committed followers of Jesus
- Exist to equip and disciple the Bloom community
- Come alongside others to guide and lead
Seminarians
- Pursue theological education and/or ministry opportunities
- Serve Bloom through their passions and gifts
- Are provided with leadership development and ministry opportunities by Bloom
Section Leaders
- Serve as a pastoral presence to House Church Leaders
- Encourage house churches
- Cultivate a shared life in the community of house churches
Congregational Leadership Team
The Congregational Leadership Team are elected leaders from within the Bloom community who are tasked with safeguarding and stewarding Bloom’s overall vision, mission, and life together through prayerful discernment and staff support. The mark of a CLT member is that he/she are individuals who display deep commitment to the Bloom community and lead lives that are reflective of discipleship to Jesus and Spirit-filled ministry. Two CLT leaders are elected from among our house church leaders, two are elected from the greater congregation, and the CLT is led by Bloom’s Executive Pastor.
Responsibilities:
- Create staff roles
- Advise in the hiring and dismissal of staff members
- Set gathering times and locations
- Approve annual budget
- Approve non-budgeted items over $1000
- Selection of section leaders
- Ensure healthy House Church and organizational structure
- Meet in person for 2.5 hours each month, on the fourth Sunday of the month
Guidelines:
- Must align to Bloom’s marks of a leader
- Must align with Bloom’s Statement of Faith
- Basecamp software is used to conduct business throughout the week
- CLT members will be called upon to speak into certain areas during the Sunday Gatherings
Staff
The staff of Bloom exist for a single purpose: to enable the whole of the Bloom community to continually rise to become a people committed to loving and following Jesus. We see our role as primarily one of equipping and discipleship: from providing our house church leaders with training and resource for shepherding God’s people, to gathering the family together for worship and sacrament, to speaking the love and life of the Spirit into one another, and helping to empower the Spirit’s work beyond the Bloom community and into the greater world. We are not the providers of programs, but instead are friends coming alongside other friends in the task of being guiding the Bloom community into all that God dreams for her.
Responsibilities:
- Enable those within the Bloom community to live as committed followers of Jesus
- Exist to equip and disciple the Bloom community
- Come alongside others to guide and lead
Seminarians
We believe deeply in discernment and preparation for ministry, and as such have traditionally made it a point to try to create formational spaces for individuals who desire or demonstrate capability of being leaders in the Church. Thus, the seminarian is a person pursuing theological education and/or ministry opportunities for the service of the local church. He/She serves Bloom in ways congruent with his/her passions and gifts and that are mutually beneficial to Bloom’s life together. In exchange, Bloom provides seminarians with leadership development, mentored formation, and various ministry opportunities.
Responsibilities:
- Pursue theological education and/or ministry opportunities
- Serve Bloom through their passions and gifts
- Are provided with leadership development and ministry opportunities by Bloom
Section Leaders
Section Leaders at Bloom serve as a pastoral presence to the House Church Leaders in our community. They meet regularly with House Church Leaders to hear how things are going, offer support and prayer, and encourage house churches towards full health and life with God. Our Section Leaders are also tasked with cultivating a shared life in the community of house churches in their care by planning social gatherings, worship and prayer nights, and service opportunities.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a pastoral presence to House Church Leaders
- Encourage house churches
- Cultivate a shared life in the community of house churches






I went on to study at a Cedarville University and majored in Christian Education and Youth ministry. My time at Cedarville was formational for me. I was surrounded by others my age who wanted to serve Jesus too. It was there that I met my wife Susy.
I have served as a youth pastor on staff at a church and extensively in the non-profit world too. Currently I own a small roofing company. Our goal is to create employment opportunities for homeless men who have no other options. It is rewarding and challenging to run a for profit business while at the same time expanding opportunities for the marginalized in our society.
I am excited to serve on the CLT at Bloom. I see the community of Bloom as a powerful outpost in the Kingdom of God. So many here are willing to be involved and make a difference in so many unique areas. I look forward to all that God has for us in the future.


Aaron along with his wife Michelle and three daughters Kylie, Christian and Kenedee have called Bloom “home” for over three years; they all serve the Bloom Community. He has a vision to see Bloom continue to grow and touch many lives throughout Denver and its surrounding communities.


Being Bloom
Thoughts on faith and life, the Church, and leadership.
From the Bloom staff and leadership, as a resource for the Bloom family and the Church at large. Topics include worship and liturgy, house church, spiritual formation, structure and leadership, recommended readings, conferences, podcasts, blogs and more.