Church Profiles

Gateway Fellowship Church: Building Community

The key is establishing real community, authentic friendships and a true relationship with the Lord.

Venture Church: Community for First-Timers

“If people don’t make a single friend at your church, they’re not going to stay.” ~Pastor Di Beals

Community Christian Church: A Warm Welcome

When people visit Community and decide to stay, Pastor John Scott says, it’s because of the worship, the teaching, the children’s ministry and, most importantly, the feeling of belonging.

The Life Church: No. 6 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016

"We now have more people receive Christ in one weekend than we did in an entire year four years ago."

Citylife Church: No. 7 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016

Citylife’s mission is to become smaller as they grow larger, to be a place where people count and every life matters.

NewSpring Church: No. 8 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016

For years now, NewSpring Church has been known as a place where where life change takes place.

Rockford First: No. 9 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016

From the moment you drive onto Rockford First's campus, there is a very real sense of genuine love and care for people.

2|42 Community Church: No. 10 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016

“2|42 has a healthy and externally focused culture. We’re not seeker sensitive; we are seeker obsessed."

Tapping Into Joy: BridgePoint Church

No. 13 Fastest-Growing: BridgePoint Church in Florida Seeks out the Unchurched and Dechurched

Persuading Through Love: Park Valley Church

No. 22 Fastest-Growing: Love Is the Formula for Growth at Park Valley Church in Virginia

Intersection of Grace and Truth: Traders Point Christian Church

No. 23 Fastest-Growing: Traders Point Christian Church in Indiana Puts Newcomers at Ease