By Sara Shelton


The world is watching the Northeast. Home to the nation’s capital, the Ivy League of universities, Wall Street, Broadway, and many of our nation’s most significant historical landmarks, when it comes to what’s “in” with culture, politics, fashion, finance, education—the world is looking North.


With the region taking in almost 51.2 million visitors each year, it is poised to hold the title of global influencer for some time to come. Imagine what the nation might look like if the most influential area of North America found its greatest influence in Christ. This is the motivation driving missionaries and church planters to reach the Northeast for Christ.


“Planting in the Northeast holds tremendous potential for impacting the advance of the kingdom worldwide,” says Steve Allen, church planting team leader for the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association explains. “Church planting here enables us to reach those with influence because cities here are shaping centers of culture, fashion, finance, politics, entertainment, news and education. Planting churches that influence these world influencers is huge for the spread of the gospel.”


When considering where to put down the roots of their church plant, Nathan Knight and Joey Craft set about to intentionally find a home for Restoration Church that had the potential to make the biggest national impact.


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