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Orchard Group Report 2020-2021

It’s hard to think of very many aspects of normal life that haven’t been disrupted, at least partially or temporarily, in the past year. Yet, one thing has never been disrupted, and never will be: God is still at work in our world!

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Celebrating One Year (2020-style)

2020 has been a year like no other. Yet, even in the midst of unusual and unforeseen circumstances, God has been faithful to preserve and advance his church. This week,

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Remembering and Celebrating God's Work at Crossway Christian Church

This article is contributed by Dave Smith, who served as the founding pastor at Crossway Christian Church in Nashau, NH – one of Orchard Group's church plants back in the '90s.

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2020 Lead Planters Retreat

The 2020 Lead Planters Retreat was a great success! We're grateful for the refreshment the Lord supplied to lead church planters amidst the sunny skies of Miami. We're also thankful

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Celebrating Five Years

We're rejoicing with Renewal Church (Chicago) and Renaissance Church (NYC) as they celebrate their five-year anniversaries. Both of these churches are already to the point of being self-sustaining, one of

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Mission City Church

Sunday was a day of energy and excitement at Mission City Church in Santa Barbara, CA. Mission City is a church plant that launched in the fall of 2017. "Church

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2018 Annual Report

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2019 Church Planter Retreat

Spending time with these church planting leaders in Miami is the highlight of the Orchard Group calendar. They serve their people and their communities with tireless effort, humble sacrifice, and

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Mission Church Grand Opening

On September 23rd, Mission Church celebrated the grand opening of their new worship space in Ventura, California. The building is located right off of the main highway and is visible

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Celebrating One Year of The Gathering Harlem

Congratulations to our church family at The Gathering in Harlem, New York City! They celebrated their one year birthday in September. The Gathering has grown in numbers, but the leadership

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Launch Sunday: Mission City Church

Mission City Church held their first service on Sunday with two full services. One attendee, a resident of Santa Barbara, said, "I feel like this church was started just for

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Bay City Church Launches

Sunday was a great start for Bay City Church in San Francisco! Bay City meets in the Bayview neighborhood, one of the last remaining working-class neighborhoods in the city. As

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Upcoming in California

BAY CITY CHURCH in San Francisco is launching with their first worship service on Sunday, September 9th. Eddie Williams is leading this team with the goal of making a big

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Launch Sunday at Delaware Christian Church!

New season. New church. New you.Those words marked an amazing launch for Delaware Christian Church (DCC) in the heart of the city of Wilmington. People gathered at a public

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Collective Church's New Venue

It's so exciting when a church gets to sign for a new facility to worship! Collective Church has met in several venues on the west side of Los Angeles over

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2018 Lead Planters' Retreat

Church planting is a glorious (and sometimes exhausting) calling. Once a year, we gather many of our lead planting couples for a retreat in Miami. It is a time to

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A Church Grows in Brooklyn

At the launch of a new church, it's easy to wonder, "Will anybody show up?" Starting a new project is always a risk. Even after overcoming the initial challenges of

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Easter Round-up!

23,552That's the number of people who attended on Easter Sunday at a church started in the last twenty years with the help of Orchard Group. Among that number are individual stories of people who have heard the good news of Jesus for the

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Becoming a Spiritual Grandparent

From Nick Parsons, Director of Recruitment Even though I am only 34 years old, I recently experienced the joy of becoming a grandparent. Before you start doing math on the ages of my wife and daughter, know that I am talking about being a

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Pro Deo Launch!

Pro Deo Church celebrated a successful launch in Cape Town, South Africa last month! Partners from Mosaic Christian Church and Renaissance Church were on hand to volunteer and take photos:

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East and West

For sixty years, Orchard Group helped start new churches exclusively in the northeastern United States. Six years ago, we helped start a new church in Salt Lake City, UT. Since then, six more churches have been started out west. Those churches reach thousands every

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A Church That Throws Great Parties

What if Christians were known for throwing great parties- no strings attached? That has become the DNA of Mission Church. They have gained a reputation for loving people with openness and grace. Each summer, they host several Free Friday Flicks in a local park

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2016 Lead Planters' Retreat

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. - African ProverbOur church planter's retreat is a time to encourage and support each other. Starting a church is work that requires courage, creativity, and consecration of life

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Year-End Celebration

“Take heart! I have overcome the world.” Jesus must have known that his disciples needed to hear those words. Surely they remembered them often to find assurance and hope. Jesus’s statement is still powerful today. Facing a broken world, we can possess the

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Celebrating Milestones

Miami Church in Florida celebrated launch Sunday! Renaissance Church in NYC and Renewal Church in Chicago each celebrated 1 year. Autumn is an exciting time as we celebrate the launch of new churches and birthdays of established churches.