as he recounted new church communities that have come out of Evergreen SGV. Often times, church plants hit hurdles along the way, including clashes or disagreements with its mother church, to create something new, but what Kyle has seen is a church that has been blessed and has grown every single time communities were released and empowered to start a new church plant. It was certainly a bittersweet moment when the church plant started as longtime members departed, but it’s what Kyle would describe as a healthy departure because it was a response to God’s calling to go. Kyle and Cory, in fact, didn’t go public for a year with this vision to plant a new
church but waited on the Lord and saw affirmations along the way. Kyle’s vision for the church was one that would magnify Jesus Christ through the uncompromised teaching of God’s Word. They then began a nine-month journey of vision casting with church members. After sharing their vision, they invited others to participate and join the launching core. One of Kyle’s core convictions as he went on this journey was that they would make it a priority to pray. “We didn’t pray vaguely. We prayed specifically and saw so many things happen.” They gathered weekly, praying for everything, including a worship leader that was called to this mission, and a place for worship, and they saw God answer each of their needs. “He brought some of the most amaz16