Association of Related Churches
Celebration Church is proud to be a part of the ARC where Pastor Joe Champion serves as board member helping to plant churches across the nation.
Association of Related Churches.
While serving as a senior associate pastor of a large church, Billy Hornsby developed a small group ministry that became a model used to train thousands of pastors around America. Several years later, Billy visited Greg Surratt and Seacoast Church in Charleston, SC and was moved by how effective and relevant their Sunday services were. He approached Greg about planting churches that combined the philosophy of the Seacoast Sunday service with the relational dynamics of small groups. Greg expressed how it had been his desire to plant 2000 churches across America. The two decided that it made a great fit and that day the vision for the ARC was born.
In 2000, these two joined together with a group of pastors to form ARC. In 2009, ARC planted 55 churches across 27 states-- including the Celebration Church Cedar Park Campus.
Celebration Church also partnered with ARC to launch Venue Church in Cleveland, Ohio which will hold it's first official service, February 1st, 2010.
In 2010, ARC expects to plant more than 100 churches. That's one new church plant at least every 7 days! Over the last 9 years, the combined missions giving for these churches exceeded $40 million!
