Since our church was planted in 2012, our offices and Sunday worship spaces have been in separate locations, and we have not had a true sense of “home.” At the same time, God has placed his heart of hospitality deep within us, so much so that it is the central theme of our mission statement. So, over the last two years we’ve been seeking the Lord for a 24/7 space. In Fall 2025, we initiated a 70-day prayer campaign. Everyone, including children, joined in asking God for breakthrough in different areas of our lives, and corporately asking for breakthrough towards a 24/7 space. And God responded powerfully…
Three days after our prayer campaign ended, God led us into a providential meeting with Redeemer’s leadership. Immediately, there was a sense of kinship and unity as we got to know each other’s stories and saw how many of the words and images God had given our church during our prayer campaign overlapped with Redeemer’s story. For example, multiple people had drawn or written the idea of God preserving an old building or reviving something that was dying – and these were the exact words that the Redeemer leadership used to describe their recent history.
The story of Redeemer church and their school is remarkable. They have been in the Palms / West LA community since the 1940s. In the past decade they have endured many hardships, but God has raised up a small group of leaders who have committed to preserve their spiritual legacy. When they met us, they immediately sensed that this was the work of God. They have chosen to share their space with us for below market value, far less than they would have gotten in rental income from other groups wanting to use their space. They are giving us priority in scheduling and are inviting us to take the lead in renovating the sanctuary.
So after more than a decade of renting from Adat Shalom synagogue, we are moving across the street into our new church home, entering a beautiful partnership with Redeemer Church and Redeemer Christian Academy. One of our members, Billy Ferdinand, will be leading the renovation project. And we believe that God has brought us to this new season for a reason.
What’s Ahead
God is weaving our stories together to accomplish his purposes in Palms and West LA. Our church network (Antioch)’s word for this year, established prior to everything that happened with Redeemer, is “strengthen the family to multiply.” We believe that through this 24/7 space God is preparing Epicentre West LA to multiply His blessing (Genesis 12:3, Isaiah 54:2-3) to our neighborhood.
God has been calling us to pray for revival – a season of breakthroughs in word, deed, and power, that ushers in a new normal of kingdom experience and fruitfulness. And he has clarified that we are to be a house of hospitality and healing – hospitality has always been in our DNA, and over the last two years he has called us to the ministry of healing. And as we’ve gotten to know Redeemer’s, we see that these words have been part of their story too. Thus, the Revive Campaign seeks to restore both the physical house and the spiritual legacy of the house.