Check Out These New Church Plants

September 14, 2009 in Growing Strategies with 5 Comments

One of the aspects of the vision at West Ridge that really excites me is the commitment to planting new churches. Over the last 12 years, the church has helped plant nearly 50 other churches throughout the country. Here’s an update on a few of the newest launches:

  • North Ridge Community Church, located in Johnson City, TN, is led by Jim Richmond. Yesterday, they had their first service, and there were 220 people in attendance.
  • TrueNorth Church is in Calhoun, GA. James Wisener is their lead pastor. They had 94 people at their first preview service and one person accepted Christ.
  • Awaken Community Church is launching in Chattanooga, TN. They’re led by Justin Deweese. Awaken had 70 people at their first preview service including 15 people who were not plugged into a church.

If you are considering planting a church or have previously planted and are looking for ongoing connection and training, please let me know who you are so we can keep you in the loop. We’ll be announcing some next steps in the coming months.

5 Responses to “Check Out These New Church Plants”

  1. Paul Castelli September 14, 2009 at 4:01 pm #

    Way to go! It is a crazy adventure but worth the ride.

  2. chris farrell September 14, 2009 at 4:14 pm #

    I am considering planting a church in far North Dallas in 2010 so please keep me posted as I’d love the opportunity to learn from a church that knows what they’re doing.

  3. Ben Sigman September 15, 2009 at 12:43 am #

    Tony,

    One church plant you will want to keep on your radar is Great Lakes Church, http://www.greatlakeschurch.com It is a true church plant and is already at nearly 600 a weekend after 8 months.

  4. Chris Thompson September 15, 2009 at 9:58 am #

    After 15 years of serving as a youth pastor, my family is now planting a church. The church I served for the last 12 years commissioned a group of 7 families (including my own)to plant a church to reach yet to be Jesus followers.
    We’ve spent the last year praying, planning, preparing for this coming Sunday, Sept 20th when we have our Grand Opening Season of Radiant Life Fellowship.
    We’ll be meeting at Blythe Elementary School. God has given us great favor with the people at Blythe. We’re able to store lost of our equipment at Blythe and we’re able to set up on Friday afternoon or Saturdays. Many of us volunteer at the school on a regular basis.
    Please pray for us and that God would continue to show us favor by entrusting us with the lives of people who are far from Him.
    Chris

  5. Rick Long September 17, 2009 at 9:44 am #

    We are a 3.5 year old church plant in Central Kentucky (metro Lexington). We have an on-site church planting residency program and will be starting two churches in 2010, one in Indianapolis and another in Lexington Ky. I’d love to talk more about partnerships.