It began when about 40 people gathered to talk about what it would look like to plant a church in Raleigh. From the start, Southbridge was called to be an outwardly-focused church. The mission is to proclaim the gospel of Christ so that others would be connected to Jesus for life change. Since that time, Southbridge has seen hundreds of lives change. Marriages have been restored. Addictions have been broken. People have come to Jesus for the first time and people have returned to Christ. The seeds for Southbridge Fellowship were planted as God gave Scott Lehr, then a student in the master of theology program at Dallas Seminary a vision for a church focused on seeing lives changed by Jesus Christ. The vision continued to be nurtured when Scott, now Lead Pastor at Southbridge Fellowship, and his wife Shanna served in the church planting program at Fellowship Bible Church in Arkansas. In May 2006, Fellowship Bible Church sent the Lehrs out to plant a church that focused on being part of a community. As the Lehrs considered where to plant a church, God pointed them to a place they had never lived and rarely visited – Raleigh, NC. When Southbridge Fellowship launched at the Brier Creek Movie Theater in March 2007, the message was about a big God with immeasurable power who can do more than we can ask or even imagine. Today as we look back, God has indeed done more than we imagined. Weekly Service Times
9am & 11am
Sunday Service Location
12621 Strickland Rd
Raleigh NC 27613
