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NLifechurchX was birthed in 2016 from a vision God gave to me. I’d like to share it with you so you can understand why our church eXists.

Since being born again in 2002, I’ve been on fire for Jesus. Early in my walk of faith, I received revelation from the Bible that God had a plan for my life, a destiny, and that it is unique to me (Jeremiah 29:11-13, Jeremiah 1:5, Psalms 139:13-16, 2 Timothy 1:9). I saw that I was created with gifts and abilities that were given from God, are empowered by God, and are intended to be used to bring Him glory (Ephesians 2:10, Romans 12:4-6, Romans 11:36). Once I knew that the Creator of the universe had a purpose for my life, I set myself on a mission to passionately pursue my God-given destiny and abandon all other options (Philippians 3:12-14, Joshua 24:15). Can I tell you something? God created you with a purpose

too. In fact, He’s created us all that way. Not everyone will accept His calling and choose to follow it… but many will. It has become my life’s mission to help others realize they have a purpose, to discover that purpose, to mobilize them for that purpose, and to help empower them to walk it out and begin leading others to their destiny as well (2 Timothy 2:2).

This vision burned in me for many years and I pursued it in many different ways. God used me in the business world for 12 years before going into vocational ministry in 2011. After 5 years of laboring to build His Kingdom in another amazing local church, LIFECHURCH-STL, I felt the call from God to plant a new church with the clear vision of helping as many people as possible fulfill their purpose. This is how we arrived at our vision statement… “Raising Up Game-Changers”.

Game-Changer is another term for X-factor… a change agent in any situation that influences the outcome more than anything else. Children of God, on fire with purpose, reflects the Church Jesus came to establish… and the Church is the hope of the world! That’s where the X after our name came from. Have you noticed that our X actually looks like a cross as well? That’s not a coincidence. It’s a constant reminder that it’s only in Christ that we accomplish our destiny (Ephesians 1:11). You see, when men and women in the Body of Christ step into their God-given calling and begin walking it out with the empowerment of His Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8) the Church impacts the world in the most transformational way possible. It is the X-factor!

The Church should be the most influential voice in society. The Church gets Her voice when men and women on fire for God are influencing the world and bringing transformational change. Simply put, they are changing the game in our world through the power of God (Ephesians 3:20). When a child of God begins walking out his or her destiny they become a part of His bigger, overall plan… to bring those who are lost back into relationship with Him through His Son (John 3:16-17) and begin living the life they were created to live (John 10:10).

LifechurchX eXists to “Raise Up Game-Changers”. This is the vision that drives everything we do. From serving our community to evangelism (eXtend), from discipleship (eXpand) to fellowship (eXchange), and from worship to prayer (eXperience)… every decision we make is done through the lens of how it will contribute to our vision. We measure our success by the number of people who are coming to the knowledge of Christ and are passionately pursuing His plan for their lives. We are contending for an uprising of the Church in our generation that reaches multitudes for Jesus. To this end we labor (Colossians 1:28-29). Will you join us?

Godspeed, Pastor Matt Heck

Jeremiah 29:11-13 NKJV

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 1:5 NKJV

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; Iordained you a prophet to the nations.”

Psalms 139:13-16 NKJV

For You formed my inward parts; you covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.

2 Timothy 1:9 NKJV

He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

Ephesians 2:10 NKJV

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Romans 12:4-6 NKJV

For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them:

Romans 11:36 NKJV

For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

Philippians 3:12-14 NKJV

Not that I have already attained,[c] or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have [d]apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Joshua 24:15 NKJV

And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of [e]the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

2 Timothy 2:2 NKJV

And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

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Ephesians 1:11 NKJV, AMP, and MSG

In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, (NKJV)

In Him also we have received an inheritance [a destiny—we were claimed by God as His own], having been predestined (chosen, appointed beforehand) according to the purpose of Him who works everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His will, (AMP)

It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. (MSG)

Acts 1:8 NKJV

But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be [c]witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Ephesians 3:20 NKJV

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us

John 3:16-17 NKJV

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

John 10:10 NKJV

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Colossians 1:28-29 NKJV

Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

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BALANCE SHEET

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Balance Sheet prepared by Fick, Eggemeyer, & Williamson, CPA PC

SOCIAL MEDIA STATS

1,000+ "Likes"

Over 30 Hours of Live Stream Videos51,000+ Total Video Views808 Average Live Stream Viewers per Week

RENOVATIONS

WEEKLY ATTENDANCE

43% increase over

last year

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212

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Average Weekly Attendance by Year

SPECIAL EVENT ATTENDANCE

APRIL 1, 2018EASTER

297

July 1, 2018PASTOR JACK

221

September 30, 2018BIKER SUNDAY

285

December 24, 2018CHRISTMAS EVE

202

August 5, 2018PASTOR RICK

228

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GLOBAL EXTENSIONS

$28,464 RAISED TO INSTALL

SEVEN WELLS IN REMOTE VILLAGES

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING BY FUNDING A GIRLS' SAFE HOME$5,000/ANNUAL GIFT

LOCAL EXTENSIONS

DELIVERED A CARLOAD OF THANKSGIVING EXTENSION DONATIONS TO THE HOUSE OF NEIGHBORLY SERVICES

& PROVIDED A $1,000 ANNUAL DONATION.

GIFTS GIVEN TO MORE THAN SEVENTY CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS IN OUR CHURCH & COMMUNITY

THROUGH OUR CHRISTMAS EXCHANGE.

TREES TRIMMED, PLAYSETS REPAIRED, LAWNS MOWED,

GROCERIES BOUGHT, FAMILIES MOVED, AND OVER 26

THOUSAND POUNDS OF LEAVES RAKED, BAGGED, & HAULED THROUGH EXTREME SERVICE

FILLED TEN TABLES AT LIFE NETWORK'S ANNUAL TRIVIA

NIGHT, RAISED $2,231.50 THROUGH THE BABY BOTTLE

CHANGE DRIVE, & PROVIDED A $1,000 ANNUAL DONATION.

HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES COLLECTED FOR

KIDS AND TEENAGERS IN OUR CHURCH &

COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO HONORED 45 WATERLOO SCHOOL DISTRICT TEACHERS THROUGH OUR TEACHER RECOGNITION PROGRAM, PROVIDED SNACKS FOR AN ENTIRE PRE-K CLASS AT ZAHNNOW ELEMENTARY, AND MENTORED SEVERAL FUTURE ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH THE MONROE COUNTY START UP (FORMERLY THE CEO PROGRAM).

EXCHANGE, EXPAND, & EXPERIENCE

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76 PARTICIPANTS

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62 PARTICIPANTS IN THE SPRING

Playdates

EXCHANGE, EXPAND, & EXPERIENCE

11 BABY

DEDICATIONS

100+ VOLUNTEERS

18 BAPTISMS

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