To see God glorified and lives transformed
Mission Hope Johnson City is a part of the Diocese of Christ our Hope’s efforts to see the transforming work of the Gospel in Appalachia through the planting of churches.
Our Story
Back in 2018, Fr. Jim Sallie and Fr. Derek Roberts joined together to create the first church plant out of the Mission Hope network, Mission Hope: Beckley — now, Christ the King Anglican. Since then, Mission Hope has continued to plant churches and minister in West Virginia.
… but the vision was always for the region of Appalachia.
Now, Mission Hope is sending Andrew Wininger to Johnson City, his hometown, to plant the first church outside of West Virginia.
The Plan
Our vision is to not just see a church plant in Johnson City, but to see a church planting movement spread throughout Appalachia “to see God glorified and lives transformed.”
To this end, Mission Hope JC’s beginnings will be in two phases:
PHASE ONE
Phase one will begin by building a residency program for future church planters going through Mission Hope. Andrew will be working with Fr. Derek in Charleston, WV, to develop this program as the first participant. This phase will last around 18 months.
PHASE TWO
Phase two will be the beginning of planting a church in Johnson City, TN. With feet now on the ground, the work will be focused on building up a community, ministering to those in need, and proclaiming the life-transforming Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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I was born and raised just outside of Kingsport, TN, only 15 min away from Johnson City. As I entered high school and started theatre, Johnson City began to feel more like home than Kingsport. This was cemented when my father moved to Johnson City after I graduated high school.
I attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, and swore off ever returning to the northeast Tennessee. It was around that time that I had a professor who introduced me to Anglican liturgy throughout his systematic theology course: I was enthralled. I had found, in the Anglican tradition and liturgy, a depth of faith and rootedness in the history of the church that I did not know I longed for. I felt I finally had tools by which the Spirit of God penetrates into every sphere of our lives.
After graduating Moody, my wife, Sarah, and I got married and immediately moved to Denver, where we began school at Denver Seminary. It was here I started attending Trinity Anglican Church — a part of the Three Streams Network and the sending church for Fr. Derek when he went back home to Charleston. Over the years attending Trinity and, eventually, working at Trinity, God made abundantly clear that I was called to the presbyterate. As I became more and more aware of the deep need for the region where I grew up, my heart ached to be back home. After much prayer, it was clear that Sarah and I were called to go back to Johnson City and join in the work of other Gospel-centered churches seeking to see lives transformed by the power of the Spirit, through the work of the Son, and the grace of the Father.
