Church Planting 

Because we take seriously the Great Commission of our Lord, Church of the Holy Spirit has always aspired to be a church that plants churches.  Church planting, says scholar Peter Wagner, is the most effective way to do evangelism under heaven. Our first effort, led by the vision of several families of our church, resulted in planting a campus in Purcellville. For two years, we worshipped in two locations, until we consolidated in our Leesburg Campus in the middle. Graham Walker planted in Waterford, and led a thriving weekly house church for 3 years, which sent 2 young men to seminary.  Others have helped Dave Prosser’s outreach at Ashby Ponds in Ashburn, another worshiping campus for us.  We shepherded Pastor Darryl Fitzwater through the ordination process, and after a year with us, sent him and 12 of our families to plant a church in West Virginia in 2018.   We now have a Granddaughter Church, Christ the Redeemer, in Dillsburg, PA, pastored by Mike Koppola. We piloted our Diocese’s Vision for 50 church planting fund, and gave generously to seed this fund to plant churches throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. By God’s grace, we shall continue to multiply and expand as the Lord sends laborers.