Our Progress

Lives are changed often in a new church plant where believers become disciple-makers!

We launched our first church campus at 125 North Bank Street Cortland, OH on Easter 2019! We have already seen countless marriages strengthened, four couples become married after they heard the Gospel and gave their hearts to Jesus. We’ve seen 28 salvations in Cortland and many being filled with the Spirit’s power. This building was converted to our offices so that we can continue to grow and plant churches and yet all work together as a staff. This enables not only working wifi, iykyk, but a unity like we see in the story of Nehemiah.

We opened our Warren Campus open on Jan 2, 2022 with Pastor Andrew and Monica. Many have given their lives to Jesus Christ and many are coming back weekly to follow Jesus together and worship in this new church family. We’ve gone from 20 to 110 weekly with many saved, baptized and moved into Serve Team roles in just under 3 years!

12 couples in our churches have completed licensing for foster care and adoption! Many foster children have already been placed since launching our vision to see #EveryChild given a safe and loving home! 57 foster children have come into care in ROG families through foster care! 10 of them have been adopted! Many of them were re-united with their biological parents after they were loved and restored, often through the help of church members, Christians just like you and me. WOW, FATHER YOU ARE GOOD!

Interested in helping our foster families with a meal, a house-cleaning or date night money or even prayer? Join our F.A.M. team by emailing us admin@RockofGrace.org and we’ll put you in touch with Nikki, our FAM Director. You can also visit FAM.RockofGrace.org

Our next initiative? Addiction Recovery & Prevention! We’ll soon see those struggling with drug addiction or anger that leads to violence find the hope of Jesus Christ and the truth that sets them free from the lies that lead them towards those damaging behaviors. Only Jesus Christ makes us born again and changes us from the inside out - from someone who lives to serve ourselves into someone who lives to serve others! If you feel lead to help us with this INITIATIVE, contact us. We are doing prevention through encouraging ROG members to become Mentors at TCCS. We are doing Recovery through establishing a Celebrate Recovery ministry in 2026 at our Warren Campus.

We’re currently doing some research into a transition ministry for teens aging out of the foster care system. They often have nowhere to go and no support system. 80% of our homeless and addicted on the streets are former foster kids! Let’s love them well, provide a parental love and support they need and life skills training! Want to support us in this mission? GIVE.rockofgrace.org

430k / 1.5m

$430K Raised for CHURCH PLANTING

How can they believe unless they are told? How can they be told unless they are sent? Building a church takes real money. We’ve started two additional campuses which require finances for building & renovation, staff & resources. Help us reach 100%.

Our total goal for us to start all 10 churches is $1.5M. Here’s how that breaks down:

$600k for two new campuses.

$350k for 7 autonomous church plants started between summer of 2022 and 2030. Each plant that finishes our LeverageLeadership coaching and is approved by Pastor Jordan and Pastor David, receives $25k, coaching & care.

$350k for pastoral staff of 7 churches; we’re paying their first year of salaries using the parenting model of OCMN. The pastor starting full-time enables a strong, healthy start to the new church.

$200k for multi-site, full-time Directors to oversee ministries.

$175k for equipment and resources. (Sound System, Chairs, etc)

While that’s big, Jesus said that NOTHING is too big for God! “With God, all things are possible!” - JESUS

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57 Kids have been placed in ROG homes for foster care

MANY MORE Have been placed for respite care

11 kids have been adopted

12 Families now LICENSED TO adopt

We are truly shocked by what we’re seeing God do in the hearts of His people! We’ve seen 36 kids enter foster care in Rock of Grace families! These are children whom the Father knows and loves, children fighting questions and rejection, children who have been taken into loving care by Jesus followers! We believe that #EVERYCHILD deserves Father God’s love! We pray every child waiting will be adopted by Jesus-followers or re-united with their biological parents. We praying each foster family will not only care for the child in need but the parents who’ve lost their way. We believe the local church really is the “hope of the world” as Scripture says. We believe we can show the Father’s love, cementing that child’s identity as fully known and fully loved! We believe this will change that child’s future and family legacy. The cycle of pain known as normal STOPS with us. God’s LOVE pours into our hearts and out of our hearts into hurting kids and parents. Let’s #TRANSFORMTRUMBULL !!!!!!

Why do we count? Because people count.

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2 Campuses & 1 Autonomous Church ESTABLISHED

WARREN CAMPUS

Our Warren Campus is growing every single month as Pastor Andrew and Monica and their team are reaching the lost and inviting believers to become disciple-makers. Each member across our campuses is invited to Find Thier Fit and Use Their Gifts through a process of Starting Point, Connection Point & Launch Point.

Each church embodies our #EveryChild initiative! Each Pastor casts this vision alongside our FAM Director for a people that cares for the orphan, widow and the poor and does not just have “lip service” but shows the love of Father God in real ways.

If God has put it on your heart to plant a church in NE Ohio, but you don’t know where to start, contact us and we’ll discuss our process & pray about partnership with LeverageLeadership.

3rd CAMPUS VISION

God wants you to use your gifts to build HIS Kingdom. You can do that in so many ways - at work - in other churches - in non-profits… If you’d like to consider building Jesus’ Kingdom in our little corner of the world and help us open a third campus, please reach out to us! Trumbull County needs revival and that begins with Christians getting a burden for the lost and hurting. Let us know if you are ready to take the next step!