Jacob Giles

Renewal Church Southie,
Lead Church Planter
Renewal Church Southie
November 7
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About My Family

My wife, MacKenzie, and I have been married since 2019. We have three children: Nik, Nash, and Navy Maye. We are a huge baseball family and die-hard Red Sox fans!

About My Church Plant

At a youth summer retreat when I was 13, I surrendered to a call into ministry. This call would eventually lead me to pastor in various positions within Georgia and Florida.

I served in Pensacola, Florida, for six years. While there, we built a fruitful life and ministry, but in 2024, God used key people in our lives to redirect our hearts toward Boston, a city I have loved my entire life as a die-hard sports fan, and one both MacKenzie and I had long felt drawn to.

After a season of prayer and discernment, we became confident that God was calling us to plant a church in the very city we had carried a burden for. In August 2025, we packed up our family and moved to Southie. Since arriving, we’ve fallen deeply in love with the community of Southie and can’t imagine calling anywhere else home.

NAMB Church Planting

Millions living in North America have not been reached with the gospel. But a new church makes change possible in an unreached neighborhood.
Send Network church planters immerse themselves in a community, learning the rhythms and culture as they establish relationships with the lost. A church plant grows out of the evangelism efforts of the planter and his core team.

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Pray for our family as we work together in ministry. Pray that the church will be established and will faithfully work to plant in other communities, too. Pray that the Lord will bring leaders who can help within the church. Pray for stamina and longevity for ministry amidst attacks from the enemy.

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