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The Story

Derek and Miranda Brown were middle-school sweethearts, and it was love at first sight (if you ask him; she isn’t so convinced). After moving around the eastern United States, Derek returned for his lifelong lover (if you ask him; she isn’t so convinced). Miranda had accepted Christ because of His work in her father’s heart during a tough time in high school. Subsequently, Miranda and her family led Derek to Christ when he was 19 years old, and their lives have been a roller coaster since. As it turns out, when you lead a passionate, gutsy, & somewhat immature German-Irishman to Christ, crazy things happen.

After spending time ministering to students of all ages (preschool to college) at Faith Assembly of God in Winterville, NC, Derek fatefully picked up an Assemblies of God periodical, which “happened” to be a issue dedicated to American church planting. Being a relatively-new Christian at the time, Derek was intrigued by this idea. He studied, researched, and was led by God to start churches, following both the will of God for Derek and Miranda in particular, and in the steps of Derek’s maternal grandfather, who was a church planter for the Nazarene denomination.

God, through a series of fortunate events (!), led Derek and Miranda to plant Harmony Church in downtown Greenville, NC, walking distance to East Carolina University (from which both Derek and Miranda graduated) and the rapidly growing Uptown district. The local expression of the Church known as Harmony has been meeting weekly about 18 months now, and is still growing into a community of Gospel-centered & missional disciples of Christ.