We Are ARC
We do this by providing relationships, resources, and opportunities to leaders of new and existing churches so that they can thrive.
Our Structure
ARC began with a dream to resource a new generation of church planters and for those churches to be relationally connected. The relationships formed within ARC, either as a church planted through ARC or as a church that invests in our mission, function like an extended family.
Fast forward to today, ARC has seen more than one thousand churches planted since starting in 2000 and continues its vision to see a thriving church in every community, reaching people with the message of Jesus.
Lead Team
DINO & DELYNN RIZZO
Executive Directors
ARC Founder
ARC Founder
GREG & DEBBIE SURRATT
Seacoast Church
ARC Founder
ARC Founder
RICK & MICHELLE BEZET
New Life Church
ARC Founder
ARC Founder
CHRIS & TAMMY HODGES
Church of the Highlands
ARC Founder
ARC Founder
SCOTT & MERRIANN HORNSBY
Fellowship Church
ARC Founder
ARC Founder
RANDY & AMY BEZET
Bayside Community Church
JOE & LORI CHAMPION
Celebration Church
STEPHEN & ZAI CHANDLER
Union Church
HERBERT & TIFFANY COOPER
People's Church
CHAD & KATIE FISHER
Rock City Church
DANIEL & TAMMIE FLOYD
Lifepoint Church
MATT & MARTHA FRY
C3 Church
PETER & CAROLYN HAAS
Substance Church
MATT & SARAH KELLER
Next Level Church
ROB & BECCA KETTERLING
River Valley Church
OBED & LISSETTE MARTINEZ
Destiny Church
MILES & DEBBIE MCPHERSON
The Rock Church
TODD & JULIE MULLINS
Christ Fellowship
SHAUN & DIANNA NEPSTAD
Fellowship Church
DALE & TERRY O'SHIELDS
Church of the Redeemer
DAVE & DONNA PATTERSON
The Father's House
BENNY & WENDY PEREZ
The Church LV
JOHN & LESLIE SIEBELING
The Life Church
CASEY & WENDY TREAT
Christian Faith
PHILIP & HOLLY WAGNER
Oasis Church
Our Vision / Why do we exist?
We exist to see a thriving church in every community, reaching people with the message of Jesus.
Our Mission / What do we do?
We help new and existing churches thrive by providing leaders with relationship, resource, and opportunity.
Our Family Values
Each member of the ARC Family brings a unique set of experiences, strengths, and resources to create this family. Together, we have a set of shared values. Values that we are known for, that we stand for, and that drive our mission.
With Jesus as our foundation, we…
Love
We love because He first loved us.
Serve
We strive to meet the needs of the community.
Give
We are generous with our resources.
Unite
We gather to advance the kingdom.
Honor
We value the past and celebrate the future.
Believe
We have confidence in the calling.
Dream
We have a vision for what’s to come.
Our Story
In 2000, Greg Surratt, Founding Pastor of Seacoast Church in Charleston, South Carolina believed every community deserved a life-giving church and that God was asking him to be a part of planting 2,000 churches worldwide. But he didn’t know how to make that happen.
Greg met Billy Hornsby. Billy was fascinated by Greg’s “life-giving” weekend services that were attracting large numbers of unchurched people. Billy saw this as a model that should be emulated, and with it, he felt he could put “feet” to Greg’s vision of planting 2,000 churches.
