We just got back from an amazing time during Pentecost at the 10 Days of Prayer summit in Western PA. Something is brewing in Grove City! We were hosted by a united prayer and mission base there called The HUB, founded by Brad McKoy.
As we got to talking, it turns out Brad’s vision is very much similar to what we have been envisioning and experiencing in the New Breed of Business, and others – as part of the Storehouse Network – have been experiencing in their cities (such as Gary Crawford in Bradenton, FL with King Station and Chrisopher Lucey with the JAMA base “ARK” in Lindale, TX and Jonathan Serenil in San Antonio with Unite SA. That is to say, a city-wide base for house of prayer, worship, business incubation, church unity, common space use, mission to the city, engagement with all aspects of their community, including the local college campuses.
What’s crazy is the Holy Spirit was speaking to me during worship there at the HUB saying – Grove City is a “Goshen“
after one of our speakers during the summit – Joel McGill, All America – was speaking about “God is extending invitations to the body of Christ to Goshens throughout the United States.” (or similar).
Grove City is at the crossroads of i80 and i79 in Western PA
Another one of the speakers – Neil from Big Life – was encouraging us to “prayer walk” Grove City as a way of touching the lost and the afflicted. I personally felt led by the Lord back to the Marathon gas station near town, so Brett and I ventured out looking for guidance from the Holy Spirit as to who to speak with. Well, long story short, we prayed with one of the cashiers there – let’s call her Monique, who was in need of prayer. Turns out she knew Brad, the HUB and viewed her as a spiritual Dad, having gone through much in her own life – including going to heaven and coming back from the dead. Wow. All of this so confirmed the importance of The HUB – and new wineskin ministries like it all throughout the United States.
The HUB
The hub was established as a prayer and mission base in Grove City, Pennsylvania to serve spiritual family in our region and beyond. The vision for the hub is rooted in the desire to see an “Antioch Community” established in western Pennsylvania, where believers grow in their relationship with God, are trained to follow His teachings and sent out to see the good news of His love spread. In 2011, the Antioch Overflow Experiment (AOX) was planted as a community of simple churches that would host and steward the vision of the hub.
As our house churches began to grow, we started praying for a space to host trainings and times of prayer and worship. In the spring of 2012 we were approached by a local pastor who asked us to pray about whether God would want us to have the building that their church had been meeting in. As we walked through the space, we felt like the space would serve the vision that God had given to us.
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Bio
Brad and his wife Adriane live out of a heart to see generations transformed by love. They have been married for 26 years and treasure their 18 year old daughter, Abigail. After spending over a decade pastoring and church planting, in 2009 the McKoy’s moved to Grove City, PA to pioneer the Antioch Overflow Experiment (AOX), a simple church community whose mission is to disciple, equip and release sons and daughters of the King to transform every sphere of society for the Glory of God.
Brad enjoys coffee and creativity and can regularly be found at local shops discussing and developing new ideas with friends. An entrepreneur at heart, Brad loves coaching and helping launch young leaders into business. Together with a small team of entrepreneurs, Brad serves as a founding partner in Clearsound Consulting, a branding and marketing consulting company that focuses on providing real world solutions for locally owned businesses.
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