Hundreds of church planters and their lead teams converged in Birmingham, Alabama in April to set the foundation for future churches across the country. The annual ARC conference in Birmingham offers new pastors and church leaders an unique opportunity to learn, connect, and prepare as they enter the early stages of establishing non-denominational, life-giving churches.
ARC, the Association of Related Churches, exists to helps church planters realize their dreams to establish churches in their local communities. By providing support, resources, funding, and guidance, ARC leaders work to set new churches up for success. Each year when these leaders gather at the ARC headquarters is Birmingham, they network, receive prayer, and attend educational sessions critical to launching and growing a church. In addition to the April conference in Birmingham, a second ARC conference is scheduled for September 25-26, 2018 in Anaheim, CA hosted by Eastside Christian Church.
ARC provides church planters with resources, online training, and $30,000-$50,000 towards a launch
The vision for ARC started in 2001 when Greg Surratt, the pastor of Seacoast Church in Charleston, SC, told his church he felt they were supposed to plant 2