We Help Church Planters Thrive
Antioch Partners exists to provide church planters with the strategic coaching and practical support they need to build new, healthy churches that make disciples and multiply for the glory of Christ.
We exist to partner with church planters to build new, healthy churches that make disciples and multiply the gospel for the glory of Christ.
Our Mission
To see new churches planted, healthy churches established, and gospel mission multiplied through strategic coaching and support.
Our Vision
Antioch Partners serves biblically faithful, gospel-centered church planters and churches committed to the authority of Scripture, the centrality of Jesus and his finished work, the mission of the local church, and the multiplication of disciples and churches.
Biblical Posture
Why Antioch Partners Exists
Church planters are often asked to carry an extraordinary combination of responsibilities. They are expected to cast vision, raise support, develop leaders, build teams, establish systems, communicate consistently, care for people, and prepare a church to launch—all while protecting their own spiritual and relational health.
Antioch Partners grew from a simple conviction: planters should not have to carry that work alone. Many leaders do not need another manual or a consultant who offers recommendations and disappears. They need a trusted partner who understands the mission, helps identify what matters most, and stays close enough to help turn strategy into action.
As a church planter, Aaron grew tremendously through the guidance of experienced coaches and planters. Today, as a coach to church planters, he has the joy of seeing in others what those leaders first saw in him—and helping them step more fully into the work God has called them to do.
That is why Antioch Partners comes alongside planters with coaching, strategy, communications, and practical ministry implementation. It is our joy to serve those who are giving themselves to the great work of planting new churches.
Why Antioch?
Sent, Supported, and Built Together
The church at Antioch became a picture of gospel-centered mission, leadership development, sending, and partnership. In Acts 13, the Holy Spirit set apart Barnabas and Saul, and the church sent them into the work God had called them to do. Their mission was neither isolated nor self-appointed; it was discerned, supported, and sent through the local church.
Antioch Partners draws its name from that same conviction: the mission of Jesus moves forward as churches and leaders pray, send, support, and build together.
Why Partners?
Partnership Is More Than Advice
We do not simply offer recommendations and walk away. We help identify priorities, build the plan, and stay close enough to help turn strategy into action. We don't work for church planters. We work with church planters.
Partnership matters because no church planter should carry the weight of the mission alone. The work is too significant, the challenges too real, and the stakes too high for isolation. True partnership brings accountability, shared wisdom, and the kind of sustained commitment that outlasts the hard seasons. When churches and leaders lock arms, the mission moves further and faster than any one person or organization ever could on their own.
Aaron Nebrija
Aaron Nebrija is a pastor, church planter, and ministry leader with 20 years of vocational ministry experience. He serves as Lead Pastor of City Life Church, which he planted in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, in 2016, and he is currently leading the planting of City Life Park Circle.
Throughout his ministry, Aaron has worked at the intersection of vision, leadership, communication, funding, and implementation. His experience includes preaching, fundraising, discipleship, staff development, communications, leadership development, and building pathways for elders and ministry teams. He understands that church planting requires far more than a compelling launch plan. It requires spiritual health, clear priorities, strong relationships, sustainable systems, necessary funding, and the ability to translate vision into faithful action.
Aaron earned a B.A. in International Studies from Moody Bible Institute in 2008 and an M.A. in Ministry Leadership from Wheaton College in 2025.
Aaron is married to Caroline, and together they are having a blast raising their four children in the Lowcountry of Charleston, South Carolina.
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Let’s Talk About Your Next Steps
Whether you need clarity around one decision or a deeper ongoing partnership, we would be honored to learn about your church and help you identify the next step. Click the Clarity link below and take the first step toward your free 30 minute consultation.