Meet our new church planters!
As a church, NewSpring aims to plant 10 churches
by 2030. This is part of a wider vision that we’ve labeled Vision 2030. Most of this
year’s Overflow Offering will
help us build a permanent home for the Aiken Campus, but a portion of all
funds raised will also go toward future church plants. We want to identify,
train, and send out people we believe God has called and are ready to start a
new church — not a NewSpring campus.
It is with great joy we get to share two future church plants in
motion. These churches will be started through the NewSpring Network, and we
believe God will raise up other people in our church who will feel called to
go and be a part of these church plants!
Josh and Tayla Bull
Josh and Tayla Bull will start a new church, Society, in Melbourne,
Australia, in 2025. Josh and Tayla Bull have been married for nine years and
have two wonderful boys, Elijah (3) and Zane (1). In 2017, the Bulls moved to
South Carolina from Australia to be part of the NewSpring Church family. Josh
and Tayla have spent the past 10 years serving the next generation as youth
and young adult pastors, including a season leading those ministries at
NewSpring.
The Bulls are passionate about building the local church and
believe God wants to do a mighty work in Australia. The Bulls plan to move to
Melbourne in the first half of 2024 and launch Society in 2025. Melbourne is
Australia’s largest city, with a population of over 5 million people.
Melbourne is richly diverse, with more than 140 cultures and 55% of
Melbourne’s population born overseas.
Melbourne is best known for its restaurants, sporting culture,
artistry and fashion, central business district, leading universities, and
breathtaking landscapes. Yet, there is a desperate need for churches. The
number of Australians attending church regularly is less than 10%, and the
number of people identifying as having ‘no religion’ on the Australian census
is increasing.
To learn more about how you can partner with Society, receive news
and updates, move and join the launch team, or give directly to this vision,
visit www.societychurch.org or
contact Josh directly at josh@societychurch.org
Chris and Kathleen Dew
Chris and Kathleen Dew will start Artisan City Church in St
Petersburg, Florida, in 2025. Artisan City exists to see the beauty of Jesus
portrayed in the people and city of St. Pete.Chris and Kathleen have
been married for seven years and have two beautiful daughters, Evelyn (2) and
Quinn (4 months). Chris got saved at NewSpring Florence on Christmas Eve in
2010 while in rehab for heroin addiction.
After watching God radically transform his life, Chris launched Chris Dew Ministries and
has been preaching the Gospel and teaching the Bible ever since. He’s had the
privilege of speaking at churches, conferences, student events, rehabs, and
jails. Chris is currently working on a master’s degree in theological studies
and is the author of “The Real Answer to Addiction.”
The Dews plan to move to St. Petersburg in early 2025 and launch
public services in the downtown urban core later that year. St. Pete is a
beautiful city and a hub of creativity, art, and unique cultural
expression.
Out of the quarter million people who call St. Pete home, more than
80% are unchurched or de-churched. One researcher ranked it in the top six
“godless” cities in America. Every 43 hours, someone else dies from a drug
overdose in the county. The Dews can’t wait to see people meet Jesus, to see
addicts set free, and to see culture renewed! To learn more about how you can
partner with Artisan City, receive news and updates, move and join the launch
team, or give directly to this vision, visit www.artisancity.church or
contact Chris directly at chris@artisancity.church
We’re prayerful and expectant to see God move beautifully in
Melbourne and St. Petersburg. If you’ve given to NewSpring, you’ve had a
part in making these church plants a reality. We’ll share more about these
church plants in the coming months and update you on how God
moves.