2025 Year in Review

2025 has been a year marked by God’s faithfulness to Union Church.
It has been a year of significant growth, deepening clarity, and growing conviction about who we are and what God has called us to be. The Lord has been kind to us — forming disciples, strengthening our life together, and providing abundantly for the work of the gospel in our city.
What follows is a brief reflection on God’s grace among us in 2025, with gratitude for the generosity of our church family and hope for where He is leading us next.

In 2025, by God’s grace, total giving reached $1,168,571 — a 114% increase year over year.
This is not merely financial growth – It represents a church family increasingly aligned around a shared mission, shared sacrifice, and shared hope in what God is building among us. Thank you for giving joyfully, sacrificially, and faithfully.

The defining focus of 2025 has been our Building Home Initiative — a two-year effort centered on three convictions:

1. Permanence – establishing a lasting home in our city 
2. People – forming mature disciples and leaders 
3. Planting – preparing for long-term gospel impact beyond ourselves

We are now halfway through this initiative, and the Lord has provided abundantly.

• Two-Year Goal: $2.325 million
• Current Commitments & Expected Giving: $2,101,275
• Total Given to Date (12/8/2024 — 12/31/25): $1,334,576

Most significantly, we are now in escrow on 110 Calle Iglesia, which, Lord willing, will become Union Church’s first permanent home.
Our Church home will not simply be a building. It will be a place where ministry can deepen, leadership can multiply, many people will meet Jesus, and the life of the church can flourish for generations.

Having permanence allows us to serve our people and our city with greater faithfulness and intentionality. It creates space for:

• Parked to gather without constraint
• Men’s and Women’s discipleship to deepen
• Young Adults to gather and be formed and trained
• Midweek teaching, prayer, and hospitality to grow
• Leader and pastoral training to become more robust and intentional
• Sunday worship gatherings to be stable, welcoming, and gospel-centered — an open and visible front door for our city and a weekly anchor for our church family.

In short, permanence fuels people — and people fuel mission.

As we move into 2026, we are clarifying and leaning into three primary emphases:
First: Building Home

• 100% engagement as an act of discipleship
• $2.325 million over two years to secure permanence and mission

Second: Moving to the Right
We will continue to pursue growth along our discipleship pathway:
Engage → Evangelize → Establish → Equip
This includes:

• Greater mission-mindedness among members
• Increased gospel presence through communication and outreach
• Deeper community engagement through groups and events
• Intentional leader development and discipleship
• Raising up new and emerging leaders across ministries

Third: Spiritual Ownership & Self-Starters
We are praying for, and actively cultivating, a church culture where:

• Believers take responsibility for the life and mission of the church
• Men and women initiate discipleship, hospitality, and service
• Needs are met because people are paying attention
• Mature believers invest naturally in others (Titus 2)
• The mindset shifts from “Who will disciple me?” to “Who can I disciple?”

When people are truly equipped, they don’t wait to be asked — they see needs and move toward them. As we move forward, we invite you to keep praying, engaging, taking ownership, and giving generously, trusting that Jesus uses ordinary faithfulness to build an enduring witness.

The Lord has used you to support and sustain Union Church in 2025, and we are deeply grateful for your partnership in the gospel.
We look ahead with confidence, not because of our plans, but because of God’s faithfulness.
“Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus.” — Hebrews 12:1–2

For Jesus’ glory and fame,
The Union Church Team