Welcome to The Awakening Church where you can come as you are, connect with real people, and experience the the powerful love of God. We exist to help people say “Yes” to God in all areas of their lives and we invite you to bring your family and friends to The Awakening Church!
OUR VALUES:
Vision is what you want to be. Values are who we are, the boundaries we keep, and what we pray for.
ANYTHING SHORT OF SIN: We will do anything short of sin to reach people who don’t know Christ. To reach people no one is reaching, we’ll have to do things no one is doing without compromising scripture (Luke 19:10, Romans 5:8, 1 Corinthians 9).
SPIRITUAL CONTRIBUTORS: We are spiritual contributors, not spiritual consumers. The church does not exist for us. We, as the church, exist for the world. We can live out this purpose by practicing radical generosity through giving our time, treasure, and talent.
MAKING IT BETTER: We persistently improve our ministry to honor God and inspire people (1 Chronicles 12:32).
FORCE MULTIPLIERS: We are in the business of multiplying leaders and churches. The most effective evangelism is in multiplying churches. (Staff/Leaders/Teams: You’ll always have a place if you are replacing yourself.)
OPEN HANDED: We grow when we embrace constant change. Practicing "palms up living" helps us stay calm and embrace change because those who make a difference must be open to change.
RISK TAKERS: We are faith-filled, big-thinking, bet-the-farm risk takers. We’ll never insult God with small thinking and safe living.
OWN IT: We value individuals who take initiative. We promote doers not talkers. We take pride in what we do for God.
STAY FIT: We stay fit to fight. The more responsibility you have in an organization, the more important it is for you to stay fit – spiritually, physically, mentally, financially, and relationally.
OUR AFFILIATION:
Excel Leadership Network exists to support church planters and high level leaders in the work God has called them to do. We plant churches and network church planting entities with church planters in order to do more together than we can do apart. We’re developing a movement where church planting leaders are reproducing healthy churches. Our mission and philosophy comes from Acts chapter 13:
“The Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’ So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.” —Acts 13:3
JD Pearring is the founder of Excel Leadership Network. Stephen has been mentored and coached by JD and his team for over seven years and acknowledges that The Awakening Church would not have existed, or even so survived without the support of JD Pearring's church planting expertise. JD's vast experience includes planting churches, leading growing congregations and assessing potential new church planters. He also currently serves as the Director of the Excel Leadership Network, Church Planting Lead for Transformation Ministries, and Teaching Pastor at Journey Church in Elk Grove, CA. JD is a graduate of UCLA and Denver Seminary. JD and his wife, Lori, have four children and four grandchildren.
