Greetings friends and partners! It is truly an exciting time at The Joy Project!
As you may know, The Joy Project exists to unify and mobilize Kingdom minded believers and ministries to serve their communities…so that Jesus’ family grows and His Kingdom advances.
Although we have just begun scratching the surface, we are already seeing a tremendous amount of growth to our network of partner ministries. In just a few short weeks, we have already linked arms with:
Hope International Ministries: Hope International Ministries | A Spirit-filled Church | Bradenton FL
Victory: A Church of His Presence: Home | VICTORY – A Church of His Presence
Generation Church: Generation Church
Ekballo Sarasota: HOME | Ekballo Sarasota
Jesus Church Bradenton: (1) Instagram
Church of Hope: Church of Hope – Home
Global Revival Sarasota: Global Revival
Worship on the Water: (11) Facebook
Siesta Beach Prayer Circle: (7) Facebook
Souljas For Christ: (11) Facebook
Resurrection House: Resurrection House – Day Center for the Homeless of Sarasota, FL
Light of the World: Light of the World Sarasota – Home
And more coming on board soon!
As I’m writing this, I’m remembering something the Lord spoke to me on January 2nd, 2024. I was at The House of Prayer (now Ekballo) preparing for my prayer set, and the Lord took me to Proverbs 24. I actually had Sofiya’s Bible with me, and she had underlined verse 3 years ago.
As I read that, God said to me so profoundly- “I’m going to build a house in the 941.”
When I heard that, I had a vision of believers across the region being so united together that it was as if we all lived in the same house.
What I realize now is that our amazing brother in Christ John Lemp, the visionary behind Joy Project, has truly been given heavenly wisdom to bring this Word (at least in part) into reality. John started two massive tech companies and is now a major Kingdom investor. Years ago, the Lord gave him the vision to build an app that would serve the purpose of uniting and mobilizing believers/churches/ministries- city to city across America.
What we are seeing already with our dozen or so partner ministries, our several dozen (and growing) users, and our list of 20 or so local Kingdom events, is truly the building of a unified house…unto the expansion of God’s family and Kingdom.
Amazingly, John has some of the most talented app developers working for him, and because of that, we can build this to not only be a robust directory and connection platform for Kingdom activity, but to also be a very useful, practical (and free) tool for ministers to better manage their events and teams. Many leaders have said this is truly an answer to prayer, and I feel the same way.
Please continue to pray for this mission and please spread the word to everyone you know. We aim to ultimately be THE go-to resource for Kingdom minded believers across America looking to make an impact for Christ in their community.
If you haven’t downloaded the app yet, just type in “The Joy Project” to your app store, download it, and come inside the house! I’m sure you will love living there as much as we do!
More updates to come!
Blessings and love!
Chris, Chris and John- the Joy Project team!