Chris Kirish

Renovate Church, California
Lead Church Planter
Long Beach, CA California
Renovate Church
March 6
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About My Family

We are a family of five. We have three Huckleberry Finns for kids—two boys and one girl who love the outdoors. My wife, Brianna, and I have a passion for reaching broken people and helping them find hope that can only be found in Christ.

After serving more than 10 years of ministry at a flourishing church in the Inland Empire called VantagePoint Church, I felt a strong call to leave behind a stable, secure career in ministry to start a brand new church in Long Beach, Calif.

About My Church Plant

We launched online Easter Sunday 2020 at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. We have seen lives changed in Long Beach and around the world. We were excited to be able to finally launch in person.

We will be a church best known for leaving the 99 for the sake of the one. We will not be a church that measures success by how many sit in our seats on Sunday but instead by how many are mobilized on mission. Our focus is reaching people who are far from God and making an impact in the world.

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Millions living in North America have not been reached with the gospel. But a new church makes change possible in an unreached neighborhood.
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