![]() The coup was the result of a group of the state's white Southern Democrats conspiring and leading a mob of 2,000 white men to overthrow the legitimately elected local Fusionist biracial government in Wilmington. Since the late 20th century and further study, the event has been characterized as a violent overthrow of a duly elected government by a group of white supremacists. The white press in Wilmington originally described the event as a race riot caused by black people. May Restoration and Integrity link arms to saturate Eastern North Carolina with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.The Wilmington insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington coup of 1898, was a coup d'état and a massacre which was carried out by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, on Thursday, November 10, 1898. On Sunday morning (May 1st) we will commission Chris, his family and his team to plant Restoration Church in Wilmington, NC! We are thrilled about this partnership as it is our first church plant that we are sending out of Integrity! Our hopes is that this plant would spark a movement in our people to position their lives around the Gospel as we seek to advance the Kingdom of God in North Carolina and around the world. With the combination of these things, we feel like Chris would be trained, equipped and supported to plant a healthy Gospel-centered church. Through this process, Chris would also have the chance to recruit a team from Integrity to join him when he goes to Wilmington. Another key component to the residency is that it frees Chris up to support raise (both with people from Integrity and outside of Integrity). It also provides Chris a greater chance to preach, teach and receive one on one training in ministry. This opportunity gives Chris an inside look of the systems and structures of a newer church. ![]() How would this happen?Īt the beginning of 2015 Chris started our residency program which basically consisted of Chris joining our staff team. After much discussion and prayer, Chris and the leadership of Integrity came to the conclusion that Wilmington would be the ideal place for him to plant. Wilmington, NC is a city that desperately needs more solid churches as it is one of the fastest growing in the state. One of the desire’s of Integrity was to help saturate Eastern North Carolina with healthy churches centered around the Gospel. Once we identified that Chris wanted to plant, we began to discuss where this would happen, when this would happen and what steps he would need to take for this to become a reality. During this time we began to see Chris’ desire to eventually be sent out from Integrity to plant a church. He led a small group, membership classes, missions trips and service projects throughout our city. Overtime we began to see God grow Chris as a leader. A year or so after Chris and Kristen visited Integrity, they got married and became a couple who faithfully served our church. ![]() ![]() Through getting to know Chris, we realized that he had a desire to grow as a leader and use his gift of preaching/teaching to help others grow to love Christ more. At the time, they were just a dating couple who would soon be engaged. In 2010 Chris and Kristen Wilson came to Integrity Church. As we have seen people in our church grow to love Jesus more, we have seen their willingness to take the Gospel to places that need it. By God’s grace, He has grown our church to be a church with the desire to mature and multiply believers to leave a Gospel legacy. Our vision was to see a team of people who would position their lives around the Gospel and move to a place that desperately needed Jesus. Since the beginning of Integrity Church, we have had a desire to be a church that plants other Gospel-centered churches. ![]()
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