PCA Church Plant

Abilene, TX.

We are three semi-retired families, who desire a PCA church in Abilene, TX. The PCA’s Southwest Church Planting Network has been working with us to provide financial and administrative support for this plant. 

Abilene is a wonderful mid-sized town with a population of 130,000. It's also the Story Book capital of Texas and has a restored and renovated walkable downtown with shops, museums, and a city zoo. Abilene is centrally located just two hours west of Dallas/Ft. Worth. The city is home to three universities, as well as Dyess Air Force Base which is occupied by five thousand airmen specializing in flight training for the B-1 Bomber. Additionally, the Federal Government has recently announced a plan to spend billions of dollars on AI infrastructure located near Abilene. 

We desire to plant a PCA Church in Abilene in order:

1. To establish biblical authority over all teaching and preaching, and our lives.

2. To commune in a multi-generational and diverse community of believers, and to be an inviting community to nonbelievers who come seeking answers to the great questions of life.

3. To establish a structure of the body allowing for transparency and accountability in leadership and the body.

4. To strive for weekly worship that honors all generations, which is inviting in its form to those young and old; and preserves the historical liturgy of the church.

5. Recognizing that humans are forgetful and constantly bombarded by the culture around them, it is important each week to gather with brothers and sisters to “act out the gospel” through:

—Adoration and praise of the triune God

—Confession of who we are as broken and sinful humans

—Assurance of forgiveness through Christ’s atoning sacrifice

—Intercessory Prayer

—Offering our talents and resources to God through His church

—Hearing the Word of God Preached

—Communion as ordained by our Lord Jesus Christ, as a remembrance of what he has done, and who we are IN Him

—Sending out each week to our city, community, and the world

6. Provisions for deep study of the Word.