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Tampa Plant
Tampa--home to Busch Gardens, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a thriving business community, and a handful of rapidly growing universities--is filled with people who need to hear about Jesus. Right in the heart of the city, Central Christian Church communicated God’s love to people for decades. But in the last decade the church’s influence in the community lessened. By 2005 some of the church leaders sensed that God might be calling Central to embrace a new direction so radically different that it would require a whole new church.In December of 2005 Central Christian Church held their final worship services and they died with a purpose. The church agreed to a burial period long enough to convince the surrounding community that what was to come would truly be a new church. In 2007, after renovation of the facilities, we anticipate the resurrection of a new body—a new church. Everything about this new church will be different—a new name, a new staff, a new leadership, a new perspective, a new heart for the community.Our God specializes in death, burial, and resurrection and we believe He is going to use this new church to change eternity for thousands of people in Tampa in the years to come. What is more, Tampa serves as a model for other churches who may need to consider “dying well” and trusting God to bring new life. If you would like to talk about death, burial, and resurrection please contact me at ddonaldson@journeychristian.com.