Joining Jesus in Making All Things New
The story of Resurrection Church is an unfolding story of a town turning into a city and a people turning into a church.
From a Small Town to a Strategic City
Anna has grown at a rate of 2,100% since the year 2000. Anna is ranked in the top 5 fastest-growing cities in North Texas and has been in the top 10 for five consecutive years and was recently ranked the fourth fastest growing city in the US. Estimates suggest that over the next five years Anna could grow from 24,000 to over 100,000 people. This growth has been part of a unique movement of people moving to DFW from all over the world making a once very small town suddenly a very strategic city centered in the middle of many people with great spiritual needs.
From Two Churches to One Calling
For years God was stirring Grace Church to plant a church. In 2023 God began to move people from Grace Church to pray about church planting in undeveloped Collin County, and Anna in particular. Rob Tombrella has served as a pastor at Grace for over 19 years and after much prayer and many confirmations sensed God calling him and Michelle and their family to leave Grace Church to plant a church in partnership with Trinity Fellowship Churches that is gospel centered and gospel advancing to the next generation. Several families from Grace began praying about moving to join this new work as well.
Unknown to the team at Grace Church, City Church Melissa was praying for a new church plant to Anna as well. Through remarkable providence Grace Church began to discuss a gospel partnership with City Church Melissa to send people together to bring a new church to Anna. The earliest part of that team were two elders from City Church joining the launch team. Kent Davis is Founder and Director of 25 Project and sensed God calling him from a different church plant to join Resurrection Church. James Fouger is a an HR executive with Chick-fil-A and sensed a similar calling. Both men bring ministry experience and wisdom along with other families from City Church sacrificing comforts to expand the kingdom through the gospel.
From Death to Life
We are in the first chapter of God calling people from Anna to start a church that brings people from death to life in Anna, the surrounding communities, and to the ends of the earth. We believe the gospel is the only message that has that kind of power (Rom 1:16). The resurrected Jesus has declared to us, “Behold, I am making all things new (Rev. 21:5)!" We are inviting you into this story to join Jesus in seeing people move from death to life, from despair to hope, and from discouragement to purpose.
Will you join us in joining Him?