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Office of Church Engagement

  1. Whitworth University
  2. Church Engagement
  3. Calling Communities
  4. Called to Church Planting

Called to Church Planting

Called to Church Planting is a collaboration between the OCE and a group of dedicated and experienced church planters in Spokane. This group seeks to identify, develop and deploy 400 missionary leaders to start reproducing self-sustaining churches in the Spokane area and beyond.

The community currently consists of 28 churches. The group of pastors and residents (future church planters) meets periodically throughout the year for training, networking and fellowship.

They have planted nine churches so far: 

  • Doxa Church | Coeur d’Alene, Idaho | Pastor Joel Paris
  • Northbridge Life Church | Otis Orchards, Wash. | Pastor Ben Sharkey
  • City Hill Church | Spokane | Pastor Sergey Tsuber
  • Real Life Cheney | Cheney, Wash. | Pastor Shane Austin
  • Real Life South Hill | Spokane | Pastor Michael Kotsala
  • Hillyard Micro Church | Spokane | Pastor Jeff Parker
  • The Garden Church | Spokane | Pastor Phil Moore
  • River's Edge Plant | Portland, Maine | Pastor Chris Losey
  • Journey Foursquare Church | Nine Mile Falls, Wash. | Pastor Wayne Farris

For more information, please visit the Pacific Northwest Church Planting Movement website.