In 2018, Garrett and his wife Gabby asked themselves, “If we knew we had God’s blessing, what’s the boldest, most meaningful thing we could do?”

Before I did a residency at a church in Harlem and started getting involved at CTC, I would have thought starting a church was about getting people to lead a service and hoping people would come. But now I see this is just 10% of church planting.”

The call to start a church is unique. And in a city like New York, it is a calling that requires much risk, discomfort, and faith.God loves cities. And in New York, we’d like to think our city is no different.

“I didn’t think I had the gifts to start a church, but at the same time I was thinking – Why not me?”