The Nichols Family and New Vision Smyrna

Well hello everyone! Greetings from the Nichols Family in Nashville TN. We just wanted to take a few minutes to catch everyone up on the new church and what God is doing in our lives.

What Has Happened So Far

April 2008-We feel God telling us now is the time to plant a new church and start considering where God wants us to locate it.

June 2008-We visit with the Tennessee Baptist Convention and first visit Smyrna TN, a growing town south of Nashville in need of some new churches focused on the young families moving into the area.

August 2008-We tell our home church about our new journey and begin raising funds for the future new church: Crossbridge Community Church in Smyrna TN.

October 2008 -We move to Smyrna!

November 2008 to June 2009- We continue fundraising, we secure a location at the Malco Theater, we gain a local church sponsor, we launch our website, we begin meeting people, we start going door to door sharing information about the new church, and we do a 30,000 phone call greeting to the surrounding area.

July 2009- We begin discussions with a local church about a larger partnership and the possibility of launching Crossbidge as a campus of their church.

August 2009- We transition the Crossbridge church plant into New Vision Church: Smyrna Campus, Blake will become the Campus Pastor.

October 2009- We launch New Vision Smyrna at the Malco Roxy Theater with over 200 people in attendance.

November 2009-March 2010- The church averages over 175 in attendance each week as we learn the best way to have church in a movie theater.

April 2010- Two years after God begins laying the vision on our heart, we run two services and have almost 300 people in attendance on Easter Sunday morning!

May 2010- We have our first baptism!!!