ORCHARD
GROUP
Annual Report 2024/2025
Thank you so much for helping people experience the life-changing love of Jesus through new churches!
In 2024 alone, your support provided resources for 32 churches in 17 different states, 7 countries and 4 continents. Collectively, these new churches are reaching over 10,000 people with over 1,000 baptisms. You are truly making a difference around the world!
The mission of Orchard Group is to reach people with the good news of Jesus through the establishment of new churches. We carry out this mission by connecting exceptional church planting leaders with generous partner churches and guiding the process until the church is eventually self-supporting, self-governing, and self-replicating.
One of our stated goals is: We want every planter and every partner at the end of every project to say, “That was a great experience. I would want to work with Orchard Group again!”
We’ve called this Annual Report “In Their Own Words,” because every word is a quote directly from someone starting a church or partnering with new churches.
Thanks again for your investment in this important mission!
Brent Storms
Orchard Group President
CONTENTS
PARIS
“Enlightenment thinkers Voltaire and Rousseau were based in the 5th district Paris. Their ideas have influenced the history of the world. Now, Voltaire and Rousseau are buried here. The Christian gospel presents what the dead philosophers were seeking: the truth, beauty, and goodness of the living God.”
Philip & Rachel Moore
COMING TO
Philip & Rachel Moore
Church Planters in Paris
COMING TO
GREATER AUSTIN
“There is a statement inscribed at the University of Texas that sums up our city pretty well. It reads, ‘What starts here changes the world.’ Our ultimate goal is to fulfill the axiom: to start a church that will someday help to change the world.”
Josiah & Jessica Weece
Josiah & Jessica Weece
Church Planters in Greater Austin
NEW
ZEALAND
“Our whānaungatanga (community), whānau (family), and whakapapa (ancestry) are reflected in this beautiful place. We want people to know that an even greater community, family, and ancestry are available to them in Jesus. He gives life abundantly!”
Levi & Nadia Marychurch
COMING TO
Levi & Nadia Marychurch
Church Planters in New Zealand
“This new church for New Orleans will point to the greatest hope of all. After all, our city has a cultural mandate to celebrate. It is our prayer that God would turn the hearts of the people to celebrate Christ at the center of all things and that this new church would play
a part in His good work.”
Aaron & Ashely Vogel
COMING TO
NEW
ORL
EANS
Aaron & Ashley Vogel
Church Planters in New Orleans
COMING TO
ST
PETERS
BURG
“Downtown St. Pete is one of the most artistic places we can think of. Buildings and streets are covered in murals, and even many of the people are themselves covered in artwork. We know that every life is a work of art, and we want people to know the Divine Artist who desires to create beauty in and
through them.”
Chris & Kathleen Dew
Christ & Kathleen Dew
Church Planters in St Petersburg
COMING TO
WASHINGTON
HEIGHTS
“Ours is a story of two kids from the Heights returning to the place and people we deeply love. We know that what God has done for us — bringing us into his place and his people — is also for everyone in our beloved city. He is writing a beautiful story of redemption in Washington Heights and we are honored to be a part of it. Let’s go!”
Emmanuel & Marlene
Dominguez
Emmanuel & Marlene Dominguez
Church Planters in Washington Heights, NYC
YOU CAN BACK CHURCH PLANTERS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN CITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
Coming in 2025 — Paris Project (Paris, France), Greater Austin Project (Greater Austin, TX), New Zealand Project (Bay of Plenty, New Zealand), New Orleans Project (New Orleans, LA), St. Petersburg Project (St. Petersburg, FL), Washington Heights Project, Washington Heights (NYC), Iron Coast Church (Brunswick, ME) — 2024 — DEVO Church (Denver, CO), Eden Church (Bergen County, NJ), Create Church (San Diego, CA), One Church (Seattle, WA), Intro Church (Bucharest, Romania), VIA Church (Hamburg, Germany) — 2023 — Oasis City Church (Boise, ID), Counterculture Church (Portland, OR), Refuge Church (Ojai, CA), Rū Church (Tampa, FL) — 2022 — City Coast Church (Fairfield County, CT), SoFlo Church (West Palm Beach, FL), The House (Ferguson, MO) — 2021 — History Makers Church (Greater Miami, FL), Beacon Church (Derry, NH), Accelerate Church (Camden, NJ), Reunion Church (New York City, NY), City Church OTR (Cincinnati, OH), New City Church (Oakland, CA), Hopeville Church (Baltimore, MD) — 2020 — Community Church (Babylon, NY) — 2019 — Şehir Kilisesi (Istanbul, Turkey), SLO City Church (San Luis Obispo, CA), Icon Church (Seattle, WA) — 2018 — Delaware Christian Church (Wilmington, DE), Mission City Church (Santa Barbara, CA), Coram Deo Church (Bangalore, India) — 2017 — Pro Deo Church (Cape Town, South Africa), City Church (Lagos, Nigeria), The Gathering (Harlem, NY), Église St-Lazare (Paris, France) — 2016 — Epiphany Church (Brooklyn, NY), Trace Church (Colorado Springs, CO), Thrive Church (Orlando, FL) — 2015 — Restoration Church (Philadelphia, PA), Collective Church (Los Angeles, CA), Miami Church (Miami, FL) — 2014 — Renewal Church (Chicago, IL), Renaissance Church (Harlem, NY) — 2013 — Redemption Church (San Francisco, CA), The Foundry (Baltimore, MD) — 2012 — Elevate Christian Church (Limerick, Ireland), Restore Church (Silver Spring, MD) — 2011 — Village Church (Buffalo, NY), Mission Christian Church (Ventura, CA), Everyday Christian Church (New York, NY), New City Church (Phoenix, AZ), Mustard Seed Christian Church (Osaka, Japan) — 1992-2010 — Mustard Seed Christian Church (Nagoya, Japan), Missio Dei Community (Salt Lake City, UT), The Hills Christian Church (Pittsburgh, PA), Revolution Christian Church (Annapolis, MD), Westchester Indian Christian Church (Yonkers, NY), Legacy Christian Church (Allentown, PA), Mosaic Christian Church (Baltimore, MD), Igreja de Cristo (New Rochelle, NY), Watermarke: Christ’s Church (Bellefonte, PA), Community Christian Church (Baltimore, MD), North Shore Christian Church (Riverhead, NY), True North Community Church (Port Jefferson, NY), Church of Park Slope (Brooklyn, NY), Discovery Christian Church (Cranberry Township, PA), Journey’s Crossing (Gaithersburg, MD), Christ’s Church of the Valley (Royersford, PA), Harbor of Hope Christian Church (Lowell/Chelmsford, MA), Crossroads Christian Church (Brooklyn, NY), Antioch Christian Church (Port Chester, NY), Crossway Christian Church (Nashua, NH), Princeton Community Church (Pennington, NJ)
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