The process of planting a new church takes time and planning. For Jerrod and Maggie Keith and their team, the time has been used to help them envision the church that God has called them to plant on Denver’s east side.

In early 2019, Jerrod and Maggie left the Denver church where they served bi-vocationally to consider church planting. Since that time, they have visited 55 churches to listen and learn. That process has brought clarity about the kind of church they want to plant. In 2020, they attended FEC’s Church Planters Assessment Center (CPAC) in Fort Wayne and received a green light to move forward with church planting.

Over the past year, they have built a core team with two other families: David and Lezli Urlacher and Derick and Melody Brooks. The team has started the Target Analysis Process (TAP) to discover where they should plant a new church. The team started the TAP with 27 different zip codes in six different states, narrowing their location to five zip codes in eastern Denver.

No dates for a launch have been set, yet. For now, they are envisioning the structure and leadership of the church they will plant. All of the couples have worked in a church as bi-vocational ministry staff, so the new church will likely be led by bi-vocational staff. But, their vision for unreached people in Denver will remain the heart of this new church.