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Trent and Andrea Griffith have spent their lives building healthy families and churches.

After marrying in 1994, they spent the first 15 years of their married lives serving with Life Action Ministries as itinerate revivalists. In that time, they served in over 400 churches while living full-time in an RV travel trailer, adding four children along the way.

In 2009, they planted Gospel City Church in Granger, Indiana. Starting with 13 people, the church grew to over 2000 weekly worshippers and planted 8 other churches in 13 years.

In 2022, Trent became Vice President of Content for FamilyLife in Orlando, Florida while Andrea served as an ambassador for FamilyLife Today, the daily broadcast ministry of FamilyLife. Trent and Andrea continue to speak nationally at FamilyLife's Weekend to Remember marriage conferences.

In 2025, they answered the call to plant a new church in St. Augustine in partnership with Parkview Church and the Send Network. They are currently building the core group in anticipation of launching New City Church in the Fall of 2025.

Andrea serves as a leader in Parakaleo and The Church Hub, ministries that strengthen and encourage pastors' wives and women in ministry roles.

Join us for prayer and praise as we build the core group of New City Church. July 14. 5pm. 573 Twincourt Trail, St. Augustine. Newcitylife.org

Last Sunday was a threshold moment in the life of New City Church.

72 people showed up to consider stepping over a threshold together, as members of a committed core group.

We will be meeting again on Sunday, July 13 & July 27 at 5 pm at Good News Church at the World Golf Village exit of I-95. (573 West Twincourt Trail, St. Augustine, FL 32086) We will spend time in prayer and praise, and share more about what makes New City Church distinct.

The threshold awaits. The door is open.

Will you cross with us?

@newcitychurchfl

Thanking God for freedom to share time with family and friends. (By the way, Cory was our fitness coach in Orlando, but now lives in Pittsburgh. We ran into him at Tatget in Huntsville, Alabama this afternoon, so we invited him and his family to hangout with our family tonight. Not surprising at all.)

Grateful for friends pulling on the same side of the rope. @stephenlove1984 @mandybecklove @andreagriffith92

Great weekend building Christ-centered marriages with Jeff and Stacey Kemp in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a Sooner I had to pay my respects to the Cornhuskers.

Time for a Weekend to Remember, this time with Stephen and Mandy Love in Portland, Maine.

Death is defeated. Jesus is alive and reigns over all.

Great night at @discoveryfl Parent Huddle helping parents shape their children like arrows.

Meet Bobbi Gene Dunbar, the next generation, named after her other grandpa in heaven. Way to go @brooke.dunbar!

WE'RE PLANTING A CHURCH...AGAIN.
In recent weeks, our hearts have been increasingly drawn toward the opportunity to plant a new church near St. Augustine, Florida.

We are grateful for the vision of Pastor Greg Peters at Parkview Church Palm Coast who introduced us to Parkview this past Sunday.

We are believing God to send out a group of missionary minded disciple makers with faith to start a new church in one of the fastest growing counties of the the country.

We invite your prayers and encouragement as we give ourselves to growing the core group and launching New City Church in 2025.

Now...Who is coming with us?

Great Weekend to Remember in Kansas City teaming with Clarence and Brenda Shuler. #familylifewtr

What a privilege to share the platform with Ron and Nan Deal and Jared and Becky Wilson attempting to answer questions submitted by husbands and wives on the FamilyLife LoveLike You Mean It Cruise. @llymicruise @ron.l.deal @jaredcwilson @andreagriffith92

Great week building marriages aboard the FamilyLife Love Like You Mean it Cruise. Our main responsibility was praying for the 4000 guests and their hundreds of requests. We spoke in five sessions and enjoyed connecting with old and new friends. #llymicruise @llymicruise

Love our kids and those who love them too.

You can’t tell the Griffith story without Bret and Erica Magnuson. They showed up at @mygospelcoty as newlyweds in its first days as a new church. They became like an aunt and uncle to our kids. They babysat our kids. Later, our kids babysat their kids. Today Erica hosted a baby shower for our oldest kid’s first kid. Soon I’m sure their kids will be baby sitting our grandkids. We could not be more grateful for the godly influence, trusted voice, and genuine care Bret and Erica have provided our family.

I’m grateful for the impact of Kent Shaw in my life. Responsible for helping to plant over 200 churches with a 95% 10 year survival rate. @mygospelcity was #37 on that list. And he is not done yet.

Great day encouraging parents to be disciple makers at home leading our Shooting Straight About Parenting Conference at First United Methodist Church in Dothan, Alabama.

What a privilege it is to serve with the incredible FamilyLife Speaker Team. Great friends who sharpen and support us with the winsome and care.

Christmas 2025 with Andrea’s side of the family.

Wonderful week with our friends Mike and Juli Slattery at the Authentic Intimacy Leaders Summit. No one is addressing the sexual brokenness in our culture with gospel hope better than Juli. Grateful for he insight and investment in us.

Thankful for these people sharing this day with us.

My heart is full after returning from a week of ministry in Romania serving at the GCC Europe Leaders Conference. I spoke 6 times in 4 days. God is at work cultivating a movement of gospel preaching, disciple-making churches. I was asked to lead a marriage seminar at M28 church in Bucharest. This is a thriving church of next generation young believers. Of the 104 in couples in attendance, half had been married less than 5 years. They hung on every word for 3 hours! This is a city with less than 0.3% evangelical believers. I am so excited about the future of Romania as this group of young people embrace the vision to live sent!

What a powerful weekend of ministry in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 78 people indicated they were turning to Christ for salvation at our Weekend to Remember that more than 10 % of the attendees. God was powerfully at work bringing conviction and healing of hearts and families.

I’m grateful for the brotherhood of I have with Pastors like Micah Mathis and his wife Courtney.

Thank you to everyone who prayed and checked on us. Our home is under the second “e” in Kissimmee on this map. The eye of hurricane Milton passed over us as a category 1 hurricane at 2am this morning. The worst of the rain and wind stayed to the north of us. We have no damage, no flooding, and didn’t lose power. The sun will soon be out. We are grateful.

Very cool to run into Toby Rowland, Voice of the Sooners and Porter Moser, OU Basketball Coach. Both could not have been more hospitable, taking a genuine interest in us and our connection to Oklahoma. @brooke.dunbar @soonervoice #boomersooner

She said, “Hey Dad, why haven’t you ever taken me to an Oklahoma game?” Mainly because she didn’t ever express any interest in college football…until she married a Michigan man. Now I have to rehabilitate her. I love you @brooke.dunbar. Thanks for spending the opening weekend of college football season with me in my homeland. @ou_football #boomersooner

What a privilege to partner with Dan Hammer, Pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel Annapolis to serve the churches and pastors in the Dominican Republic. Dan has been planting and cultivating good gospel seed here for 15 years. I was surrounded by second and third generation missionaries who invited me to lead a marriage workshop, speak to 80 church leaders on cultivating partnerships to accelerate multiplication of disciples and churches, preach in one of those churches, and encourage two mission teams…all over one weekend. Jesus is building his church. @danhammerhbc

It was a joy to preach at Gathering Church in Fort Walton Beach today and enjoy fellowship with Pastor Ryan and Lisa Burgess.

Many of you reached out and let us know you are praying for us. We cannot tell you how grateful we are for those prayers! The more exposure we have to marriages in and out of the church, the darker many marriage situations seem to be. The hope we all have in Jesus as our Redeemer is a timely message that is needed today! Thank you for praying for us as we minister to hurting couples. We are seeing light penetrating the darkness as people admit they need a miracle, hear the gospel, and turn to Jesus to redeem their brokenness.

Over 1000 couples joined us in Orlando for Weekend To Remember as we teamed with Corwin and Kim Anthony. There were over 90 questions submitted to be answered by our panel on Sunday morning. Our hearts were breaking at the depth of sin and brokenness revealed in those questions. Many people heard the gospel and God’s plan for marriage for the first time. We had many couples telling us they were leaving with hope and with the Lord in control of their lives and marriages.

It was a joy to lead a Marriage Matters conference at Harvest Bible Chapel on the Caribbean Island of Turks and Caicos. Sunday morning was an extra blessing as we worshiped and Trent taught us out of Colossians 2. Not only did we find beautiful beaches and sunsets but also people who were longing to see the beauty of God’s redemptive work in their lives.

One of the highest honors I (Trent) have is mentoring younger pastors and church planters. In June, I got to visit and preach at two of these churches. Ken and Megan Thompson have been faithfully planting and pastoring Bay City’s Fellowship in Palm Harbor, Florida for 6 years. God recently gave them a building. As we gathered on Sunday morning, life was teeming from everywhere, from the kids to the adults. Pastor Zach Carter at Redeemer Church in Huntsville, Alabama planted last Fall targeting the highly educated but unreached community of engineers and rocket scientists that populate Huntsville. It is a joy to encourage these pastors and serve these growing churches.

Jesus is risen and his church is still alive.

I have the privilege of partnering with these two thought leaders in the world of church multiplication. Dave Harvey, President of Great Commission Collective and David Robinson, President of Cru Church Movements. Glad to finally get us in the same room for a brief moment today at the Exponential Conference in Orlando.

Graciousness is a rare jewel that is worn well by our friends Rick and Lynn Donald.

Lots of miles traveled with these friends.

The FamilyLife Love Like You Mean It Marriage Cruise is a unique event. Many of the 1700 couples who attend are in crisis. They are far from God and far from each other.

It was our task this week to interceed for them as they were immersed in biblical truth as we cruised. We poured over desperate pleas for prayer and cried out to God for gospel intervention.

It was a joy to do this while teaming with dear friends, Matt and Hollie Mendenhall and Ken and Megan Thompson. And we ran into other friends along the way.

We are grateful to be on the frontlines of innovative gospel ministry

Nothing better than teaming together to minister to others. #llymicruise

Join us in The Poconos (PA) March 22-24 or Orlando June 9-11.

Lots of tears, hugs, and laughs with long time friends as we celebrated of a life well lived. Mark Bearden leaves a crater of impact on so many of us.

Yesterday, I lost one of my best friends. Yet, I know exactly where he is. I am surprising emotional today as I reflect on the crater left by Mark Bearden's impact upon my life and family.

After my first conversation with Mark in 1992, I knew I had just met a man who walked with Jesus unlike any man I had ever met. I didn't know how to explain it, but I wanted what he had.

Mark was disarming. Mark's posture was one of welcome. He had an ingenious recall of details that enabled him to tell stories filled with side-splitting, self-depricating humor. Those stories made me feel safe to expose my own weaknesses and need for grace in the presence of a trusted friend who had no pretense. Although, I felt a huge gap between his intimacy with the Lord and mine, I never felt intimidation or judgment in his presence.

Mark was content. He was willing to live with less than most of us. As a result, he lived with less anxiety, less envy, and less covetousness. He was so content that he often puzzled driven personalities like me. Yet, those of us who are driven envied the contentment that Mark possessed.

Mark was generous. One of the reasons he lived with less was he would give away so much of what God had given him. When he saw a need he met it in obedience to God's prompting even when it didn't make financial sense.

Mark was faithful. I mean that in two senses. First, he was persistent to the end. He knew what he believed and wasn't derailed by trials or injustices. He didn't deconstruct. He didn't scandalize his life by sin. Secondly, Mark was full of faith. He believed the promises of God. He believed Jesus cleanses sin. He believed God would provide for every need. He believed God answered prayer. As a result, Mark prayed unlike anyone I have ever known. Although Mark could tell miraculous stories of how God answered his prayers, only in heaven will we discover the ways that God moved to protect, provide for, and alter lives of those he prayed for. I have often said, "I am glad Mark is my friend because that is a guy I want praying for me, not against me because God answers his prayers."

I invite you to join me in striving to follow the legacy that he leaves.

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