About Our Church
We meet every Sunday at 10:00 am. We are a friendly, family-focused church, which reaches people from all ages and walks of life. It is our desire that we help people understand what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and to help them mature in their daily walk with Him.
Our Staff
Scott Brooks
Lead Pastor
Pastor Scott has been in full-time ministry for 24 years, came on staff at RC as Renewal lead pastor in June of 22. He went to Moody Bible Institute for a Bachelors in Music Composition and then to Denver Seminary for a M-Div in Pastoral Counseling. He was on staff as a worship pastor in Missoula, MT 98-02 and then the lead pastor in Wadsworth, OH from 02-21. He and his wife Jo-Lynn have been married since 97’ and have three kids, Payton 00, Zach 03, and Jackson 05. He loves Liverpool FC, Buckeye Football and Chargers and Padres, but assures people that the Chargers and Padres are harmless. He is negotiable when it comes to NHL and might be persuaded to join the Lightning bandwagon.
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Mike Thompson
Associate Pastor
Mike has been on staff since 2002 and currently serves as the Associate Pastor. He has a bachelor’s degree in youth ministry from Nyack College and a masters in organizational leadership from University of Northwestern – St. Paul. Mike is married to his wife Christine and they have two daughters. He enjoys playing golf, softball, and beating his kids at board games.
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Krista Mulhollen
Next Gen Director
Krista is a graduate of Mars Hill University in North Carolina with a degree in Religion and Youth Leadership. She has twenty years of youth ministry experience and has also worked in the school system. Her passion is to see youth come to know, understand, and live out the transforming love of Christ. She has also served as a youth ministry coach and Ministry Architects consultant. Krista is married to Greg, and they have three daughters. She enjoys running, reading, watching sports, and being outdoors.
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Karla Wagonseller
Office Administrator
Karla has been on staff at Renewal since 2002. She and her husband, Tom, have been married since 1982. They moved to Sarasota in 1992 and have 2 children and 3 grandchildren. She pays close attention to details and how people relate to them. When not working, she and her husband love to try new restaurants and spend time with family.
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Our Denomination
We are part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Denomination. Learn more about the Christian & Missionary Alliance HERE and you can read the Alliance Statement of Faith below.
What We Believe
What The Alliance believes about God, how He relates to us, and how we relate to Him is foundational in its teachings. The Alliance wholeheartedly serves God and the people of His world, based soundly on the Bible. We live and die by these words and believe they bring the only life worth living—one wholly committed to the King Jesus.
There is one God (Deut. 6:4), Creator of all things (Rev. 4:11), who is infinitely perfect (Matt. 5:48), existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19).
Jesus Christ is the true God and true man (Phil. 2:6–11). He was sent by the Father (John 20:21), conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin, Mary (Luke 1:34–38). He died on the cross, the Just for the unjust (1 Pet. 3:18), as a substitutionary sacrifice (Heb. 2:9), and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood (Rom. 5:9). He rose from the dead according to the Scriptures (1 Cor. 15:3–4). He is now at the right hand of the Majesty on high as our great High Priest (Heb. 8:1). He will come again to establish His Kingdom of righteousness and peace (Isa. 9:6–7).
The Holy Spirit is a divine person (John 14:16–18), sent to indwell, guide, teach, gift, empower, and bear His fruit in every believer (John 16:13; 1 Cor. 12:4, 11; Acts 1:8; Gal. 5:22–23). He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment (John 16:7–11).
The Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God and are a complete revelation of His will for our salvation. They constitute the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice (2 Pet. 1:20–21; 2 Tim. 3:15–17).
Man was originally created in the image and likeness of God: 16 he fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a sinful nature, 17 are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ.18 The portion of the impenitent and unbelieving is existence forever in conscious torment; 19 and that of the believer, in everlasting joy and bliss.20 (16Genesis 1:27, 17Romans 3:23, 181 Corinthians 15:20–23, 19Revelation 21:8, 20Revelation 21:1–4)
Salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for all people (1 John 2:2). Those who repent and believe in Him are justified by grace through faith (Rom. 3:21–24), born again of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:4–7), delivered from the dominion of darkness, transferred into the Kingdom of God’s Son (Col. 1:13), granted the gift of eternal life, and adopted as the children of God (Rom. 8:14–16; John 1:12).
It is the will of God that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit and be sanctified wholly, 22 being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated to the will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living and effective service.23 This is both a crisis and a progressive experience wrought in the life of the believer subsequent to conversion.24
(221 Thessalonians 5:23, 23Acts 1:8, 24Romans 6:1–14)
Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the whole person (Isa. 53:4–5; Matt. 8:16–17). Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in the Scriptures (James 5:13–16) as privileges for the Church in this present age (Acts 4:30).
The Church consists of all those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, and are born again of the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, the Church, 27 which has been commissioned by Him to go into all the world as a witness, preaching the gospel to all nations.28
The local church is a body of believers in Christ who are joined together for the worship of God, for edification through the Word of God, for prayer, fellowship, the proclamation of the gospel, and observance of the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.29 (27Ephesians 1:22–23, 28Matthew 28:19–20, 29Acts 2:41–47)
There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life; 30 for the latter, a resurrection unto judgment.31 (301 Corinthians 15:20–23, 31John 5:28–29)
The Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent32 and will be personal, visible, and premillennial.33 This is the believer’s blessed hope and is a vital truth which is an incentive to holy living and faithful service.34 (32Hebrews 10:37, 33Luke 21:27, 34Titus 2:11–14)
