OUR STORY

Where the Journey Began

The Summit began in 1998 when a faith-filled group of people stepped out to plant a new church in Central Arkansas. This church would be a place where prayer was the foundation and the presence of God was welcomed and experienced. This church would be about reaching the next generation and helping hurting people. This church would teach God's Word boldly and unapologetically and would have a heart to send people to the nations.  Our desire has always been to help as many people as we can become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

Multiplying Movement of God

Since the beginning of The Summit, the Lord has worked in powerful ways to answer our prayers of being a church that multiplies. Over the last couple decades, The Summit has planted church in multiple cities in Central Arkansas. We are one family of multiple churches, and these churches in central Arkansas are in Little Rock, Conway, Saline County, and Vilonia. The Summit has also trained church planters to be sent around the country and sent missionaries around the world. In 2018, during the 20th Anniversary of the church, a new God-sized goal and vision was cast to see The Summit spiritually influence every county in Arkansas, plant churches in 100 cities of North America, and impact 100 countries of the world through prayer, planting, and partnering.

Planting In Bentonville

Fulfilling the new vision, the Elders in The Summit Church of Central Arkansas sent Kyle Fowler to begin a new church in Northwest Arkansas in 2021. This would begin a new work of Network Churches that carry the name of The Summit as a church plant into a different region of our state. This work began in a living room in Centerton and continued throughout the area as small groups were multiplied. In September of 2022, The Summit Church Bentonville officially launched in the Bentonville Community Center. Since the official launch of the church, there have been many steps of faith taken to see a movement of God in Northwest Arkansas. Most recently, a step of faith was a location move to an empty building in Rogers, owned by the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. It is clear that God is still at work as The Summit Church Bentonville walks in the prayers that people have prayed beforehand.

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