ABOUT US

ABOUT US

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OUr wHY & WHAT

Our mission as a church is to help people love and follow Jesus for life. We do this by focusing, as a community, on three practices: Love God, Love People, Help People Love God.

OUR HOW

In setting out to accomplish anything of significance, it’s important to have markers along the way to be sure we are traveling in the right direction on our journey or metrics to help us know if we’re achieving what we set out to do.

We believe that what we value we commit to. As such, we invite each member of The Refinery to 5 commitments that can help establish a rhythm of life centered in Christ.

  • We consistently engage in worship services together and seek to put Jesus first in the rhythm of our daily lives.

  • Cultivating spiritual disciplines such as time in scripture, prayer, generosity, fasting, and rest are critical elements of loving and following Jesus for life.

  • We are called to live in community! Real life change happens in the context of relationships.

  • We intentionally serve at the church, in our community, and around the world. God has shaped each of us with gifts and abilities to be used in service to others.

  • Jesus calls Christians to “go and make disciples.” As a church, we desire that everyone would choose to regularly invest in others and invite them into the story of grace revealed in the gospel of Jesus.

Our LEADERSHIP Team

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Landon Yowell
Lead Pastor

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Jay Zollars
Connections Pastor

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Ashley Pritchett
Elementary Age Coordinator

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Ryann Harmanis
Early Childhood Coordinator

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Kristin Donnell
Church Administrator

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Bailey Alexander
Worship Pastor

Drew Cornell
Youth Pastor

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Jenna Caldwell
Family Ministry Director

Emilie Houser
Visual Communication Director

OUR BELIEFS

  • We Believe that the Old and New Testament Scriptures contain all truth necessary to faith and Christian living.

    We Believe that man is born with a fallen nature, and is continually inclined to evil.

    We Believe that those who never repent are hopelessly and eternally lost.

    We Believe that the atonement through Jesus Christ is for the whole human race, and that whoever repents and believes in the Lord Jesus Christ is justified, regenerated, and saved from the domination of sin.

    We Believe that believers are to be sanctified wholly, subsequent to regeneration, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

    We Believe that the Holy Spirit bears witness to the new birth, and also to the sanctification of believers.

    We Believe that our Lord will return, the dead will be raised, and the final judgment will take place.

    The Refinery is a part of the Church of the Nazarene that is active all over the world. To learn more about our denomination, please check out nazarene.org.

CHURCH TERMS EXPLAINED

  • Being saved means you’ve embraced Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. That includes confessing your sins and believing that Jesus is the Son of God. It’s the grace of God that makes salvation possible through Jesus Christ.

Our Story

The story of our church started in faithful obedience to a God-given vision. This vision was of a church that is vitally linked to its community, shows God’s love through acts of kindness/service, and strives to demonstrate the relevance of the word of God in today’s culture.

In 2003, this vision turned into a reality as our founding Pastor and his family responded in faith to start what is now known as The Refinery Church. The church began as a small gathering of people in a living room while they sought the opportunity for a more permanent location. Northwest Evangelical Church, which occupied the property where The Refinery now sits, opened up their facilities to join as partners in the new work, and the two groups came together to form a new church.

Today, many more people now call The Refinery their church home, and it is a place where you can come as you are, experience God’s grace, and grow in faith.

Now, over 20 years later, we continue to desire to be a church that helps people, from all ages and walks of life, love and follow Jesus for life. The journey of faith is a refining process, and we invite you to find your place in God’s story as it continues to unfold.