J, D, & P are currently spending their first year in France for immersive language training, preparing to serve in a North African country where less than 0.04% of the population knows Christ. After completing their year of French study, they will relocate to their placement country to begin learning a local Arabic dialect, launch a legitimate business, and build meaningful relationships in a region where the ratio of Christian workers to non-Christians is 1:55,000. They serve alongside an experienced team who will help them adjust as they faithfully seek opportunities to share the hope of Jesus.

For the past several years, God has been drawing together a group of families and college students who share a heart for the people of Knoxville. By the summer of 2025, more than 40 of them will have moved to the city to help launch a new church called Calvary Commons—a church designed to reach and invest in the next generation.

One Church. Two Communities.

Calvary Commons is forming from two groups of people who come from different places and backgrounds but share one calling: to help bring new life to the Westview community and to serve the greater Knoxville area. Their mission is simple—reach the 865 area with the hope of Jesus, disciple the next generation, and help strengthen or replant other local neighborhood churches.

Calvary Commons exists to cultivate stories of hope, healing, and renewal in people, families, churches, and neighborhoods throughout Knoxville. And there’s room in this story for you too.

OneCo, the outreach and serving arm of One Community Church, exists to equip, mobilize and serve the people of New York City. Through partnerships with community nonprofits and organizations, OneCo assists with volunteer coordination, planning, and facilitating events that allow community and neighborhood engagement and create initiatives that lead to change. OneCo hopes to see neighborhoods transform and flourish through this work, with the church playing an influential role. While we have begun our work in Hells’s Kitchen, we hope to bring this ministry to several neighborhoods in NYC!

Young Life is a global Christian ministry dedicated to introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith. Through fun, relational activities and caring adult mentors, Young Life meets kids where they are and walks alongside them in their everyday lives. With programs for middle school, high school, college students, teen moms, and youth with disabilities, Young Life creates a welcoming space for every young person to experience God’s love and truth.

Chapel Hill Christian Academy an Christian school founded in 2020 with a mission to partner with families in providing an education that is distinctively Christian, academically excellent, Biblically saturated, and service and mission-oriented. The school’s name reflects its commitment to daily worship (“Chapel”) and its aspiration to be a “city on a hill,” as described in Matthew 5:14-16, symbolizing a beacon of faith and learning. Since its inception with 120 students, CHCA has experienced significant growth, expanding its programs to include a Hybrid Homeschool Program and plans to add tenth grade in the upcoming school year, moving towards a full PK-12 curriculum. Chapel Hill emphasizes spiritual development alongside academic achievement, aiming to nurture students’ relationships with Jesus Christ.

Since 1971, First Baptist Church Hollister has faithfully served the community of Hollister, Missouri and the greater Branson area. However, in the Spring of 2021, after a year of seeking the Lord’s guidance and direction, the church decided it was time for something new…First Baptist Church of Hollister would be replanted! It became Real Life Hollister. In September 2021, Real Life Hollister gathered under the new leadership of Pastor Jody Kilburn and established a new mission and vision for how to reach and serve the community.

Real Life is part of Summit Collaborative, a globally connected family of more than 70 churches committed to helping leaders and churches thrive and multiply. Originating from The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, Summit Collaborative focuses on identifying and developing emerging leaders through intentional relational assessments, supporting one another like a family through shared resources, and championing church multiplication—so when one plants, the whole network celebrates and contributes. Built as a “farm system” for leadership development, the Collaborative exists to strengthen churches, accelerate mission, and expand gospel impact together.