Compel Church Olive Branch

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Our Story

April 7, 2002

That first Sunday, approximately 75 people God brought together had a vision – a vision of a church that did not just do "church as usual", but one built firmly on relationships, with God and with each other. We did not have a penny in a checking account, no kid's materials, or a single "produced" item. What we did have was faith that God had given us a hope and a future. We had relationships with each other, a strong hope that God was guiding our steps, and a sense of anticipation that we were beginning something new.After a few months meeting at Whispering Woods Hotel in Olive Branch, MS, we got the opportunity to meet in a local skating rink. For over a year we arrived early and would set up everything from lights and sound to the nurseries and café. It was there that the vision grew and more people came to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Then we were blessed to begin leasing a facility in the Mid-South Shopping Center. We renovated, built and built some more as people continued to come and be a part of what God was doing. During that time, we grew to over 175 people in weekly attendance, but knew that the best was yet to come.

June of 2006

Pastor Patrick and the Executive Team met to discuss an upcoming capital campaign. They closed the meeting with a prayer that God would clearly reveal the next step in His will for Life Fellowship. The sequence of events that followed were nothing short of a miracle. Just two days later, a card was left in one of the doors in the shopping center directing us to what would ultimately become our first permanent location and what would ultimately become our Olive Branch campus, located at 7790 Davidson Road. The property seemed perfect, but in order to buy the building, we needed to raise $65,000 in cash as a down payment. On a Sunday in October 2006, with less than 100 people in the room, we received a cash offering of $100,000, enough to allow us to purchase the property. We closed at the end of October, and after three weeks of intense renovations, we held our first service in the new facility on November 19, 2006.God continues to write an incredible story at Life Fellowship Church. We've said that 2006 was the miracle year with regard to building and facility, but 2008 launched a season of unprecedented spiritual and numerical growth. We have continued to grow from that moment in November 2007. We have seen miracles of healing and transformation. We moved to two Sunday morning services in August of 2008, and then to three in March of 2009 and then to a Saturday night and two Sunday morning services in early 2010.

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