On August 8, 2004 Bryan Chapman began meeting with a group of friends to explain a vision for a new church in the Pee Dee area. This vision consisted of launching a church that would be creative, relevant, and innovative in its approach to sharing the love of Jesus Christ to people who are not actively involved in an existing church.  Many of those who come to us now have been hurt, wounded or turned off by people in another church.  Another, amazing fact is that 60% of the people you see your first Sunday here was not in any church 2 years ago.

After 4 weeks of explaining what the new church would be about, a launch team was formed and began meeting on September 11, 2004. This first meeting was dedicated to remembering the events of September 11, 2001 and committing to the hope that carried our nation through such a great tragedy. Our desire is to spread the love of Jesus Christ to as many people as possible in our community.

In January 2005, God provided us with a very unique setting for our church launch in the form of a local movie theater. We are the first church in our area to meet in a movie theater.

Being in a movie theater, we decided to hold previews of our upcoming feature presentation. On February 20, 2005, we held the first of three "Preview" Services at the Julia 4 Value Cinemas in Florence, SC. The other two "Preview" services were held on March 6 and March 20. Our official Launch Date was Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005.

We're excited to experience what He has in store each week as we continue to see people come to know Jesus Christ as their Savior!