MIAMI
PCA CHURCH PLANT
WHY MIAMI?
The Shenandoah Vision
Nearly 100 years ago, Preacher Dan Iverson saw Miami as a field that was white for harvest. Armed with the gospel, he planted Shenandoah Presbyterian Church.
Today, the same is true. Miami has over 450,000 residents and less than 20% identify as protestant Christians.
Did you know that if you want to worship on Sunday morning in a PCA church, you can't find one in the City of Miami?
Sadly, the need has returned. Thankfully, so has the vision.
MEET STEVE & LYNDA LANTZ
Steve spent his early childhood in Ohio but has called Miami home for the past 42 years. In 2009, after graduating from LAMP Seminary and completing the PCA Church Planter Assessment, he received a call to minister in Miami. Steve is currently working as an actor, Uber driver, and chaplain for two local high school football programs (Miami High and Booker T. Washington).
He and Lynda were married in 2010, and they have a son, David (9) and a daughter, Vivian (5).
Lynda is excited to serve alongside Steve in the work of the church plant. She has years of ministry experience having worked on staff with Cru at George Mason University, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, and Johnson & Wales University in North Miami. She's currently the managing editor for Miami Mom Collective, a local parenting resource, and also serves as a children's leader with Bible Study Fellowship.
OUR VISION
Church Planting in Two Phases
Phase 1 (3 Years) - $375,000
Laying Groundwork
Years 1 & 2 we will be laying groundwork in the neighborhoods of Overtown & Little Havana by building on 26 years of parachurch ministry in Miami schools and seeing if a church breaks out based on fruit, traction, and viability.
Year 3 is a transitional year where we move our family and raise funds for Phase 2.
Phase 2 (2 Years)
Launch Church
Years 4 & 5 we will launch a staffed church.
By limiting the budget in Phase 1 to just the church planter and focusing ministry on discipleship and spiritual formation, we believe we are being the most financially and strategically responsible.
PARTNER WITH US
PRAY
We invite you to regularly pray for us, for our efforts to reach the lost of Miami, and for the church plant that will grow up around lost people coming to Jesus. If you would like to receive news of what God is doing through our regular prayer letter updates, please email RevSteveLantz@gmail.com
TELL OTHERS
If you or someone you know lives in Miami, we would love to connect in person. Please contact Steve at RevSteveLantz@gmail.com
GIVE
Would you use your gifts to join me in ministering to the people in the city of Miami? Your gifts create the capacity for me to do the work God has called me to. You can give one time gifts, or commit to monthly/annual support for a three year period. All gifts are tax deductible with 100% of your support going to the Miami Church Plant.
There are multiple ways you can give through the PCA Mission to North America (MNA).