September 2026 news from Florida Church Planters!

 

Welcome our newest Church Planters!

We are excited to welcome Ethan and Leah Waud as FCP’s newest church planters! We can’t wait to welcome this wonderful family to Florida when they relocate in January.


Ethan and Leah have sensed a deep calling to plant a church in the Wesley Chapel area. Ethan has served on staff at Powell Butte Christian Church in Oregon since 2017, and the Wauds are now preparing to take this next step in their ministry.


The Wauds have two daughters, Esther and Emory, and are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their baby boy very soon!


Florida already holds a special place in Ethan’s heart. He spent several years here during his childhood, and the Wauds have family who live in the state. Ethan has also begun building relationships in Florida as they prepare for the launch of the Wesley Chapel Project.


Please join us in praying for Ethan, Leah, Esther, and Emory as they finish their ministry in Oregon, welcome their new son, and prepare for a cross-country move. Pray for God’s guidance and provision as they build relationships and lay the foundation for a new church in Wesley Chapel.



If you would like to learn more about supporting the Wauds and the Wesley Chapel Project, please contact Jeff Swearingen at FCP.

Carpentry Help Needed at Compassion Miami


Compassion Miami was blessed with a building to serve as the home of this new church. While many improvements were completed before the church launched, the building still needs 20 new windows.


Thanks to the generous support of several individuals, the funds have been raised to purchase the windows. Now, we need volunteers to help install them!


We are looking for 10–12 volunteers with some carpentry skills to help with the installation on December 10, 11, and 12.


If you are interested in volunteering or would like more information about the project, please contact us here.

20X30 Update


We continue to pursue the vision God has given us: to plant 20 new churches in Florida by the year 2030.


This year, much of our focus has been on identifying and assessing potential church planters. Florida ministers have generously shared the names of leaders they believe may be called to plant, and we have followed up with many of them. Several have completed or are currently going through our assessment process.


As we continue this work, please join us in praying this prayer:


God, Do what we cannot.

Raise up passionate leaders to plant churches.

Provide resources beyond our imagination.

Help us lead our state to Jesus like never before.


We are still looking for additional planters. Could God be placing a call on your life? Or do you know someone who you believe would make a great church planter?


Don’t say “no” for them. Share their name with us. You may be the connection God uses to help someone take their next step toward planting a church in Florida!