MISSION

Our network exists to equip pastors to plant, grow, & multiply healthy churches. We do this through a process we call our church planting residency. This is where we bring in a potential church planter, train and develop them as a leader, teach them everything we know about planting a church, and send them out with funding and a church planting team to help them launch the new church plant.

IDENTIFY

Identifying & Assessing Potential Church Planters

EQUIP

Pastoral Staff Training & Development 

SEND

Church Plant Training Residency 

SUPPORT

Sending and Supporting 

Priorities

The good news of Jesus is the foundation for everything we do. From salvation to maturity (and everywhere in between), the gospel is the fuel for it all. This is why you will hear us say often "It's all about Jesus!"

We believe God’s Word! Being Bible-rooted means that everything we do will be grounded in God's Word. We believe the Bible is sufficient for everything. The Bible will be the final authority in everything from: growing in spiritual maturity, preaching on Sundays, to how we make the smallest decisions.

We believe the church exists for the mission of God. Being mission-driven means that the driving force behind what we do is God's command to make disciples of all nations. This shapes everything from the way we disciple people, to our expectation of every member to live sent, to our desire to plant churches.

We believe nothing should be done apart from the Holy Spirit! Being Spirit-led means that the Holy Spirit leading will be a priority. We believe that every person that makes up God's church has the Holy Spirit and is called to be a minister of the gospel living a sent life. Therefore, we will fervently pray and follow where the Spirit leads in everything we do.

We believe God’s Church should be characterized by real authenticity. We believe transparency is the bridge to authenticity and authenticity is the soil for real life change. In Scripture, we see a real God and real people with real problems. We believe the church should reflect the same. (in our preaching, in our relationships, etc.)

Meet Jamie and Autumn Fullington!

We are the Fullingtons. I currently serve Connection Church Athens as Discipleship and College Pastor alongside my wife Autumn and our 3 awesome kids AJ, Mary Ellen, and Wren. Our first interaction with the Connection Network was way back in 2012 while Autumn and I were both in college at Georgia Southern University where we saw the benefits of genuine, biblical community first-hand. Upon graduating from College we both moved back to the Athens, Ga area and got married shortly after. When Connection Church Athens was planted in 2020, we were excited to come on board with the launch team and be a part of a Bible-rooted and gospel-centered church in the Athens area. After both Autumn and I served the church in a variety of roles, in July of 2023, I left my sales job to come on staff full time at Connection Church Athens.

Our desire is that our family would be an authentic reflection of Christ wherever we go. We believe strongly that the best way to impact our city and play our role in God’s global mission is by targeting specific communities around Athens by multiplying disciples, Connect Groups, and churches in our area. Autumn and I both grew up in the Oconee county area, and we are excited to plant a Connection Church in a place that means so much to our family. We trust that God goes before us and has prepared ministry work for us to do in a rapidly growing area of NE Georgia. We are extremely thankful to the people and leadership of Connection Church Athens, as well as many others, who God has used to help shape and equip us for this next step. We are grateful to those who have so graciously supported us by sending us out to make an impact for God’s kingdom. Please join us in praying for Connection Church Oconee as we seek to do the work that God has prepared in advance for us to do!
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Church Planting Residency

The church-planting residency is a great opportunity to be trained & developed to plant a healthy and well organized gospel centered church. The residency is broken into two equal parts: Church plant training & Hand-on ministry experience. Whether you are exploring church planting for the first time or are experienced, we would love to meet you and help partner together to plant 50 churches by 2050!

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