LAKEVIEW CHURCH purchased the worship facility on its second campus in 2022. An unexpected blessing for Phil and Melissa Wiebe who moved to Utah in 2018 to begin a church plant.
Phil and Melissa Wiebe
Their first outreach was a local BBQ with 25 attendees. By Easter of the following year Lakeview launched its first campus in Stansbury Park, Utah. “We saw people hungry for the gospel and a desire to join a community of believers,” says Phil.
In 2021, Lakeview Church planted a second campus in nearby Grantsville, renting three suites in a shopping plaza for their worship services. Only a year later it was possible, with financing from MB Foundation, for Lakeview to purchase the suites and establish a permanent presence for its ministry in Grantsville. An unexpected realization for a young church plant.
Lakeview Church’s facility provides space for worship and meeting together.
“Having our own building is central to our ministry. It says we are here to stay.”
Phil Wiebe
Lakeview Church Lead Pastor
The purchase has made expenses more manageable for the church and has provided flexibility to customize the facility to suit its ministry needs.
“Having our own building is central to our ministry. It provides stability for us administratively, but even more important is what it says to the community. The community we minister to is looking for permanency. It says we are here to stay.”
Permanency translates into growth. Lakeview Church has witnessed 65 baptisms in the first five years and currently averages 350 attendees across two campuses. They look to the future with the expectation of God continuing His work of transformation in the lives of their community. The needed financing for the purchase allows them to focus on their goal, to help people find the joy and freedom that comes with having a relationship with Jesus.
Pastor Phil Wiebe baptizes one of the members of the church’s community.
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