"A THRIVE-ing Church"

In 2004, God laid on my heart to plant a life-giving Spirit-empowered church in the South Suburbs of Chicago that saw God moving powerfully like He had in the way I had known growing up there.   When we moved back in 2013, after many years living up north, we knew we would plant someday.  That day came on September 11, 2016.  We launched with a team of 30 people and over nearly the last 3 years we have seen the church grow to about 120 total.  People have gotten saved regularly, nearly 30 people have been baptized in the last 3 years, people have been filled with the Spirit, and we are only getting started!  One of the most amazing things is how intentionally we worked to see who we reached were unchurched, and de-churched people under 40 because we felt very few churches were focused on reaching them and that is exactly what we have seen God do.  Nearly half our church consists of people who were far from God and church and being discipled by our core team through relationships, growth track, ministries, and more.  What is so incredible is how, just like God created the universe, He created a church community out of nothing.   Through the partnerships with our District, the Assemblies of God, and the power of the Holy Spirit in our team, we have watched God do great things and it is still only the beginning.