ABOUT US
Launching kingdom workers from every college town.
That’s the vision that drives what we do as a church.
Jesus’ final command was to make disciples of all nations. We believe that every follower of Christ is called to be a kingdom worker—someone who takes part in the life-changing work of sharing the gospel. How do we live this out? Following the example of the Acts 2 church (Acts 2:42-27).
From reading the Bible together in the mornings to sharing meals around the table, we believe a close-knit church family is the ideal context for raising up kingdom workers. That’s why in 2021, a team of college friends and volunteers moved to Silicon Valley with a vision of starting a Christian community modeled after the early church.
Meet Our Directors
Steve & Suzanne
Steve grew up in SoCal attending church, and after high school moved to Berkeley and studied Architecture. He planned to slowly “fade away” and jump instead into the freedom of college life, but God had other plans for his freshman year, as he experienced the word of God coming alive and addressing him personally and shortly after, he gave his life to following Jesus—and the rest is history!
Suzanne's aim after graduating UC Berkeley was to be a successful Asian American female living alone in a flat overlooking the San Francisco bay, sipping a latte while climbing the ranks of a Big Four Firm. But during her senior year, God changed that direction when she met Jesus and gave her life to his cause of ministering to college students, and her life has never been the same.
Steve & Suzanne lead our SVC church. They have a huge heart for students and youth ministry and founded Area Youth Ministry, a para-church organization where college students and alumni mentor students nationwide to strengthen their Christian faith. Their mission is to gospelize and engage the next generation of students for Christ. They have two children: a son who just graduated from Purdue and a daughter who just started at UCSB.
Meet Our Team
By day, they are teachers, software engineers, product managers, finance professionals, etc. But they all have stories of how their college days transformed them. And their common passion is to invite the next generation of college students to experience that same transformation through Jesus in their lives.
Feel free to reach out to any of them — they'd love to share their stories with you!