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A New Season of Expansion
Seven years ago (May 6, 2018), God planted Iglesia El Refugio de la Oveja in Utah with a clear assignment: build a church that feels like home and produce disciples, not spectators. Today, after years of faithful growth in our Spanish-speaking congregation, we sense God calling us into a new season of multiplication. This new church plant has a purpose of Kingdom expansion.

God placed Ezekiel 37 in our hearts — the Valley of Dry Bones

We believe He has called us to:

• Speak life where there is spiritual dryness
• Prophesy hope into broken families
• Declare restoration over marriages
• Call youth back to purpose
• Reach those spiritually distant
  
  

But as we prayed, God made something clear:  We are not called to only one culture. The dry bones are in every language, so the Gospel must be spoken to every race. To fulfill this calling, we must expand beyond a Spanish-only congregation and become a truly multicultural church.

So our mission became “Go and make disciples of all nations…” Matthew 28:19

We are actively living Jesus’ final command. We do not produce volunteers, We produce disciples. And disciples multiply. If we are to fully obey the Great Commission, we must reach beyond our own culture and language. Launching a fully English-speaking congregation is not optional — it is obedience.

Why Now?

• Our church, Iglesia El Refugio de la Oveja, has experienced strong growth.
• We have developed leadership within our Spanish congregation.
• We have second-generation bilingual leaders ready to step into responsibility.
• We are seeing increasing diversity in our attendance.
• God has placed urgency in our spirit.

We believe the time is now.

​Launch Timeline

• Leadership training phase: Currently active
• Launch team recruitment: Ongoing
• Public English Service Launch: Last week of May 2026

Leadership Strategy

• Raising second-generation leaders (U.S.-born, bilingual
• Developing ministry leaders from within
• Recruiting additional individuals aligned with our vision
• Creating a structured launch team

This expansion will operate with unity under one house, one vision, and shared discipleship systems.

Our Prayer & Partnership Request
We are asking the Converge Rocky Mountain Family to partner with us in:
Prayer:

• For unity between congregations
• For spiritual breakthrough in the English-speaking community
• For divine connections with launch team members

Coaching & Accountability:

• Strategic guidance during launch
• Leadership development input

Financial Support to Ensure:

• Strong staffing
• Ministry resources
• Outreach efforts
• Sustainable launch structure
  
  

Networking Support - Help us connect with leaders and families who may feel called to join this expansion.
Thank you for standing with us as we expand into a fully English-speaking congregation and continue building a multicultural church that reflects the Kingdom of God.  From Guatemala to Utah, from Spanish to English. Together, we will speak life — and the dry bones will live.

Hello and Greetings from Battle Mountain Community Church in the beautiful Little Snake River Valley and Baggs, Wyoming! What an amazing year we have experienced and what an Awesome God we serve!

We (the Taylors) attended a Converge Church Plant Assessment in Arizona in February, 2025 and returned to our then-home in the Lusk area of Wyoming to decide what the next step was. We knew that God was calling us to Baggs, but we were unsure of the timeline.
Our first prayer and vision-casting meeting was held in Baggs on April 13th and was attended by 20 people. After we had laid out our proposed timeline, which included a January 2026 arrival, 3 people came and asked if there was any way we could come sooner than that. Little did we know, God was already moving and preparing provision…

When we got back home that weekend, we learned that my job at the ranch was ending and we would need to be out of our house by the 1st of August. We immediately started planning to move up the timeline to arrive in Baggs at the start of school so that our boys could start school and play football. We continued travelling to Baggs once a month for prayer and vision-casting meetings in May, June, and July, as well as travelling around to speak at other CRM churches and get the word out that we were planting in Baggs. A job and a house in Baggs were provided for us during this time, too!
It was a very busy summer getting ready to move, and we finally arrived in Baggs for good on August 3rd. Since that time, we have been blessed in so many ways.  We’ve formed many great relationships with people here in the valley and have begun helping with the community's youth groups.
We have also started having a Sunday morning service every Sunday since the first of December in preparation for our projected Easter launch.  We currently have around 25 regular attendees.  We were given a building to set the church up in, free of charge for cleaning it out and keeping it clean.  We were given 225 padded chairs to start the church with (Thank you, Summit 419!), along with the church plant trailer and rolling cabinets already loaded with a lot of useful supplies.  

You can continue to pray that we would gain more people seeking to know Christ, and that God would continue to provide us with opportunities to meet those people and make them a part of the family of God. We are specifically praying in Jesus’ name for 100+ by our Easter launch.  

A Church That Sounds Like Home
The Filipino Church, Converge Australia (TFC) launched last April in Frankston with hundreds of Filipinos gathering for an historic first – the inaugural worship service in a Filipino dialect in Australia.  While millions of Filipinos now call Australia home, TFC is the first church to intentionally offer worship in our heart-language, Tagalog – creating a community where faith feels familiar, personal, and like home.

In October, God led us into another milestone.  By His provision, TFC moved into a new worship location in Cranbourne, at the heart of a growing Filipino community.  More than just a venue, it has become a spiritual home where families, young adults, and students gather to worship, serve, and grow together in Christ.

Lives Being Transformed
Aries & Viella – Once searching for a church that reflected both faith and culture, Viella now worships Jesus passionately through song, while Aries leads boldly in outdoor community outreach.
Justin & Princess – Students who courageously reached out online seeking church and community.  Today, Justin serves as Music Director and Princess leads worship with joy and passion.
Lanz – Found TFC through Facebook.  He now plays bass guitar and serves as Assistant Music Director.

Families from larger churches have joined TFC not because they left, but because they were seeking something deeper – a church that worships like family and carries faith and culture with warmth and unity.  God didn’t just start a church – He gathered a family.

Ministry Highlights

• Average attendance of 35 people every Sunday
• A powerful first Christmas celebration filled with Tagalog carols
• Ministry rest, prayer, and reflection during the Sydney holiday outreach

Prayer Requests

• Favor for our ongoing Religious Visa process
• Growth to 50 - 70 consistent members this year
• Unity, faithfulness, and spiritual growth
• God’s provision for a permanent church building

Celebration:
There are many reasons to celebrate because of what God has done in 2025.  Here are a few of the highlights for us…

• We praise God for the official launch of Oasis Church on September 7, 2025.  It was a great day for all involved with an attendance of 94.  Our average attendance for 2025 is 36, and we praise God that we have had visitors almost every week since starting.  There is such an incredible opportunity to reach this area as it is the fastest growing part of the city with expanding master planned communities and new businesses (Costco, In-n-Out, IHC medical clinic and campus, airport expansion, new commercial district, etc.).   
• We praise God for the provision of everything we needed through the gracious giving of churches, families, and individuals.  Many of those that gave in various ways came from our CRM partners and greater Converge family.  We have a packed out 20’ trailer containing supplies that give us the ability to set up for our church services at Freedom Prep Academy each week.  Thank you so much to everyone who has prayed and helped us start!   
• We praise God for our OC serve team that works so hard every Sunday.  We have become like family as we had been meeting in our home for 20 months, almost every week up to the date of our launch.  Most of the team is either in college or young in their careers, and they bring a lot of enthusiasm and energy.  
• We praise God for our Oasis Church gift giveaway held the Saturday before Christmas Day.  It gave us a chance to be a visible example of God’s loving heart and the Giver of good gifts.  We gave gifts away to anyone that needed help for ages infant to teen.  We served a total of 39 families which numbered 119 people from our community who had no connection to our church.  
• We praise God that nearly 90% of our church has been involved in our community serve days, and nearly that same amount have signed up for our Oasis Communities (small group bible studies).  We value the time we get to spend with one another, growing in our relationship with God and one another.    

Challenges:
2025 was a year of challenges, but we trust Jesus will be faithful to carry us and conform us into the image of Jesus.  

• We praise God for our daughter Rylea’s operation this past July to remove her jawbone tumor.  She has appointments in Salt Lake City to make sure the tumor isn’t returning.  She also continues to manage her bi-polar, and we would ask that you continue to pray for her.  It is such a difficult illness, and she suffers a great deal.     
• Learning to balance and manage priorities with church and family, navigating the needs of Oasis Church as well as Rylea’s needs.  
• Our serve team is small (16 in total), and it would be a huge help and blessing to add more people to the team so that we can better rotate people serving on Sunday to prevent burn out.  

Goals for 2026:

• Refine our Sunday morning service (gathering) to grow closer to Jesus and one another.  
• Spiritual growth and multiplication of our Oasis Communities.   
• Continue efforts and opportunities in community outreach so we grow spiritually in sacrificial love, and build bridges that bring blessings.  

Prayer:  

• Complete physical healing for my daughter, Rylea, from her bi-polar disorder and the complications that accompany this condition  
• Spiritual, relational, and numerical growth for Oasis Church, our serve team, and our Oasis Communities   
• A year where we see a dramatic increase in salvations and baptisms as we have spent all of 2025 sowing seeds in relationships and are now waiting for the harvest
• The humility to be led of the Holy Spirit in finding spiritually thirsty people around us in our relational circles of neighborhoods, work, school, and play
• Protection over our marriage and family

We celebrated many firsts over the last year and a half, and one of those was our first anniversary from our launch in 2024. Oasis has continued to grow, reach the community, and witness God move in indescribable ways in Burns! Between the people we have been able to serve to the opportunities to be involved in the community, God is Good! 

We exist to provide an Oasis for our community to find Rest and Rise up in Jesus Christ. We’ve seen people come into relationship with Jesus, recommit their lives to God, and adults and children take the next step in their faith by being baptized. We are committed to helping them rise up in Jesus and Reach out to others.

One of the things we value is community. Burns and the surrounding area are hungry for a sense of community within Burns. We have built that into our weekly Sunday routine by intentionally facilitating a time of fellowship before each service. As a result of this intentionality, most people find someone to talk with and share life with before and after the service. God has also blessed Oasis with several opportunities to build the community in our town.

• Burns Community Youth Group: Oasis has been involved with the youth group for the last year and a half, but new this year was the opportunity to lead the community youth group. We partnered with churches in the community to provide meals and a space for the youth of our community. It really is a community effort with youth coming from each church to participate.
• Vacation Bible School: VBS was a hit again this year! We held a three-day VBS with the last day being a family cookout. It is so fun watching the kids show their parents the dance moves and share the bible stories they have learned. We had 44 kids and over 70 for the family cookout!
• Back to School Night: We partnered again with the Burns Lions Club and Josie’s Creamery on back-to-school night. The Lions Club provided hot dogs and hamburgers, and we served the Ice Cream. Through this partnership we were able to serve approximately 350 students and their families. 
• Burns Country Christmas: We just finished with our second annual Burns Country Christmas! There were over 400 people in attendance this year! Attractions included a bonfire and s’mores, homemade cookies, ice cream, chili cookoff, handmade Christmas card station, gingerbread decorating station and competition, kids crafts, vendor booths, hot chocolate, coffee, and cider. There were Christmas Carolers from Oasis, High Prairie Mennonite Church, and Albin Baptist. It was a fantastic event, and we couldn’t have done it without help from all the coordinating groups: Laramie County Fire District #6, Burns Senior Center, Josie’s Creamery, Burns Lion’s Club, Burns American Legion, and Oasis Hospitality.
• Burns Day: Burns day, hosted by the Burns Lions Club, is a growing hit! There are over 20 food trucks, live bands, craft fairs, parades and so much more. We were able to get involved this year by having a float in the parade to promote VBS and we were asked to run the dunk tank. They didn’t mention until after we said yes that that meant getting dunked. But between our mayor, one of our elders and Pastor Jared, we made the event a splash! 
• Worship in the Park: The day after Burns Day, we held our first worship in the park! We invited the whole community. We had 84 people join us on a cool cloudy morning. But the best part was that we baptized 5 people that day! It was an amazing day!
• Cowboy Chapel: Oasis has partnered with Cheyenne Hills Church and the Riata Events Center to host weekly Cowboy Chapel events through the winter months. This has been a great opportunity to connect with the greater Burns community through horses, cattle, and roping. Each event has a Cowboy Chapel held midway through the event to encourage all participants.

These are just a small example of all the ways God is opening doors in Burns, WY. We continue to plug into the school with Jared driving the school bus and helping at the high school with the FCA.

Thank you for partnering and praying with us. It has been an amazing experience watching and being able to join God in what He is doing in Burns. Your support means more than you know, and your prayers have been felt in ways I cannot explain. 

Ways to Pray for Us: 

• For a guitarist 
• That God would continue to provide opportunities to build community in Burns
• For a longer-term answer regarding space (we currently rent our main meeting space hourly one day a week)
• For the opportunity to build new relationships throughout the Burns community 

We are incredibly grateful for all that God did at New Hope throughout 2025. It was a year marked by growth, discipleship, and life change—and we wanted to share a snapshot of what the Lord has been doing among us.

God moved powerfully this year:

• 85 baptisms, as people publicly declared their faith in Jesus
• 70+ individuals said “yes” to Jesus for the first time
• We are averaging 2–3 new families each week, with many returning and engaging beyond their first visit 

Beyond attendance, we’ve seen a deepening of commitment as more leaders were raised up and more people stepped into serving roles across the church.

In January 2025, we launched New Hope Español, our Spanish service, and God has been faithful in that work. We are currently seeing an average of 65 adults each week, and opening this service has created space for the Spanish-speaking community to find a church they can truly call home. We are seeing individuals and families not only attend but begin to grow, connect, and take meaningful next steps in their faith with 7 baptisms in this service to date!

One of the most encouraging stories from this year has been who God is drawing to Himself. We’ve had multiple families coming out of an LDS background give their lives to Jesus for the first time and follow Him in baptism. We have also seen individuals from a Jewish faith background encounter Jesus and choose to follow Him. Many of these families are now actively involved in serving and growing in discipleship.

It’s been a powerful reminder that God is at work in unique and unexpected ways—and that the gospel continues to reach people across backgrounds and stories.

Discipleship continues to increase across the church. This year we launched Foundations 101, an online class designed to walk people through the foundational truths of God’s Word and what it means to follow Jesus. To date, over 50 people have completed the course, providing a clear pathway for growth and next steps.

We have so much to be thankful for. While finances remain an ongoing opportunity and area of prayer, we continue to see God provide in meaningful and timely ways. We are trusting Him as we steward what He’s given and look ahead to what’s next.

Thank you for your partnership, prayers, and encouragement. We are grateful for what God has done—and expectant for what He will continue to do this year!

What an incredible year for Summit 419 Church and the community in Coalville, Utah! 

• We spent the spring and summer gearing up for our big Launch Sunday by connecting with people throughout the Coalville Car Show and the Henefer Fourth of July Event. Here we met and had spiritual conversations with community members. Many of the people we spoke with were very excited as well as very curious about our church community. Great connections and relationships were formed through these events. 
• On September 9, 2024, we had our Launch Sunday and around 113 people came to our service. Since then, we have seen an average of 75 people a Sunday, a youth group of 15-20 fifth through twelfth graders, and two home group bible studies that have around 16 people each. 
• We were able to serve our community at the Coalville Food Pantry by donating 40 cans of vegetables, 40 packs of rolls, and 40 packs of butter for families needing support during Thanksgiving.
• We were able to purchase Christmas gifts for 20 community kids ranging from infant to fifteen years old. 
• We have such an amazing group of volunteers who are focused on what we value:  vulnerable relationships that help people know Jesus personally and follow him passionately.

Stories of Amazing Transformation:

• Over the course of our first five months, we have seen many amazing spiritual steps happen. The Petersen family has connected with some teens in the community who were raised in a Latter-Day Saint home and whose family recently left the church. That decision made them isolated in the community. When we moved in, our daughter built a great friendship with one of them, and over the course of eighteen months has decided to give her life to Christ!  She is now a regular attender and servant of our church. We met her older brother in the summer who is a gifted guitar player. We asked if he’d be interested in serving on our worship team. He said, “yes” and since then is growing deeper in his relationship with Jesus, as well.  And then, both of their parents came to our Christmas Eve Service. 
• Speaking of Christmas Eve, we ended up having two services because we were worried our one hundred seat sanctuary wouldn’t be large enough. Our 4 PM service had over one hundred people and our 6 PM service had sixty! 
• Before the first service a man came to me (pastor Brent) in tears because his ex-wife had committed suicide. He begged for prayer and help. After our conversation and prayer, he expressed to me how the church and word of God have made such a big difference in his life. 
• We also baptized a young lady in December, have served couples working through difficulties in marriage, prayed over the city’s mayor in our church service, grew a women’s bible study that has been in the community for many years, and saw people in home groups connect and get vulnerable for the first time. 
• We have an 87-year-old woman named Gloria find our church. I call her Gloria the Evangelist because she has been able to get around ten people from the senior center to come to our church. 
• We also have a couple who are avid motorcyclists that invited around 20 people from the bar that is across from our church - all but one came. One couple has become regular attenders and even have begun to serve. 

There are countless other stories of how this first Christian church in Coalville has impacted the North Summit County area, including so many people expressing how they can feel the Holy Spirit at our church. What is most amazing to me is that not but a year ago Rose and I had the dream of having a church that served people in each of the seven small communities around Coalville. Well, turns out there are actually eight communities, and we currently have at least one family representing each of them. We serve an amazing God!

Prayer Requests:

• First, please pray that the families attending our community continue to know and follow Jesus deeper, get involved in home groups, and form discipleship relationships. 
• Second, pray God would bring more hurting and broken people in our community to Jesus through our ministry (Sundays, upcoming events, and summer kids program). 
• Next, please pray that God would bring us more partners in ministry committed to living in the community and being leaders at our church. 
• Finally, please pray that internal funding continues to grow and that we can sustain our church budget financially.

Our biggest highlight in 2025 was being part of what one news anchor called “the largest interfaith gathering ever in Utah.” Over 4,500 people (mostly Latter-day Saints) attended the event at a brand-new minor-league baseball stadium. While it was an interfaith event, our team had the opportunity to help plan and execute it. Everyone in attendance heard the gospel proclaimed clearly, including a few of our team members’ testimonies! The best part? We were given access to the stadium for free! Our sovereign God can advance his purposes, even through those who don’t know him.

3 major news networks interviewed Pastor David for 4 different news segments that aired across Utah. The result is that the gospel message spread not just in the stadium, but across all of Utah!

Other 2025 Highlights

• 187 kids attended our combined Kids Camp, which we hosted along with our good friends at The Front Church, another CRM plant. 35 kids indicated that they invited Jesus into their heart for the first time!
• Average Sunday attendance grew by over 20% in 2025.
• Neighborhood Kids has grown from 1 classroom to 3.

Coming in 2026

• Re:Generation is a recovery and discipleship ministry focused on the hope and healing we can only find in Jesus. We launched a pilot group in January with 14 members, many of whom are training to be leaders in the fall. Our public Re:Gen launch (planned for the fall) already has 20 people signed up.
• We’ll be putting on kids camp again this year, with help from a team visiting from Forefront Church in Denver.
• The LDS Church offers “seminary” to high schools in Utah, where students can leave campus for a free period and take a class on LDS scriptures. We’ve been approved to offer a Bible study during the same period at Herriman High School, starting this coming school year.

Ways to Pray in 2026

• For Re:Generation to bring many to hope and healing in Jesus.
• For a great Kids Camp, where the true gospel shines clearly an takes root
• For students to sign up for the release time Bible study at HHS
• For God to send people who are ready, reaching, and seeking: Ready to jump into the mission, reaching to grow in their faith, and seeking spiritual 
• Continued favor and relationships with the administration and teachers at Advantage Arts Academy (the school where we meet on Sundays)

We’re grateful for your continued prayers and support! We can’t wait to see what God does through Neighborhood and the CRM network this year.