Year One:

We launched out of Pekin First Church of the Nazarene in February of 2005 at the Bertha Frank Performing Arts Center in Morton.  Beginning with a launch team of 30 commited people we saw the church grow to about 120 by the end of our first year. 

Year Two:

We moved to the Morton Cinemas and saw the church grow to nearly 170 in worship.  We also began looking at property in the Morton area, but after failing to find a meeting place that fit our needs we commited ourselves to becoming a church that cares more about people than it does property.

Year Three:

We continued to focus on people and saw more people discover a relationship with Jesus Christ than any other year in our history.  The church continued to grow rapidly and was averaging nearly 220 by our 3rd anniversary.

Year Four:

In our fourth year of existance as a church we launched a second campus in the city of Pekin in September of 2009.  While we only ran that campus for a few months we saw 36 people begin to follow Christ through the ministry, and the church grew to over 300 in worship.

Year Five:

We sent out our first team to plant a new church called Second Chance Church in Fishers, Indiana.  Matt Robinson who had been on our staff for three years along with 4 other families from BridgeWay relocated their entire families to help start a brand new church in one of the fastest growing cities in the country.

Year Six:

Now in our sixth year of existence we are seeing between 450 and 500 worship with us weekly, and have seen over 400 people give their lives to Christ.