# About — Three Creeks Church

> Source: https://threecreekschurch.com/about/
> Mission, the four core values, and the church’s story from 2012 to now.

_About Three Creeks_

### Regular people, life together.

We believe every person is on a spiritual journey, and wherever you’re at on yours, you’re welcome at Three Creeks Church. We’re a church full of ordinary people discovering how much God really loves us.

![Families sitting in camp chairs among the trees at an outdoor Three Creeks gathering.](https://threecreekschurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/about-outdoor-gathering.jpg)

_What we’re about_

### Four values, no fine print

- **Truth** — We believe the Bible is true, and we live our lives by it.
- **Gather** — We gather on Sundays and in small groups, because we grow best in groups.
- **Serve** — We serve people both in our local community and around the world.
- **Love** — Whoever you are, you’re welcome at Three Creeks Church.

![People standing around talking outside the building after a Sunday service.](https://threecreekschurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/about-after-service.jpg)

_Our mission_

### Helping people find and follow God.

It’s on the homepage, it’s here, it’s in every decision we make.

_Our story_

### A church plant with planting in its DNA

Three Creeks didn’t appear out of nowhere. We were planted — and we’re already planting.

- **2012 — Movement Church launches** — In Hilliard, Ohio — with a vision that already included planting more churches.
- **2016 — The Trainers join Movement** — Joel and Morgan Trainer begin preparing to plant the next church.
- **2017 — Moving to Gahanna** — The Trainers and several families relocate, meet people, and serve the community.
- **Fall 2017 — The Launch Team gathers** — Living rooms, whiteboards, and a lot of prayer.
- **Feb 18 2018 — Three Creeks officially launches** — First public Sunday gathering.
- **2020 — COVID, online, and a plant** — Hybrid groups and online ministry — and in the middle of it, Three Creeks helps plant Contrast Church in Grandview.
- **2021 — Relaunching Three Creeks** — We started gathering again in Gahanna Middle School West on Easter Sunday 2021.
- **2024 — The Well** — We bought and flipped The Well, our community space, to show our city we’re here to stay.
- **2025 — Planting Bright City Church** — Three Creeks sends people and resources to start a new church in Sunbury, OH.
- **2021–26 — Growth, baptisms, salvation** — We’ve seen God do incredible things.
- **2026 — Hiring a Resident** — Jon McClelland has joined our team and is gathering a team to start a new church in 2028.

_Since 2018_

**Gahanna, Ohio**

Planted by Movement Church, Hilliard. Part of the Charis Fellowship.

Come hear it in person — the This Is Us lunch happens every couple of months. Check the calendar.

_Go deeper_

- **What we believe** — The full statement — In a world where it seems like everything is changing, our beliefs are not.
- **Our leaders** — Staff, directors, elders — The people responsible for what Three Creeks teaches and where it’s headed.
- **Church planting** — Churches planting churches — The family tree we’re part of, and the residency for people who want to plant next.
- **Impact** — Local and global — If we left Gahanna, we’d want Gahanna to miss us. Here’s what that looks like.