Through this relocation and restoration of 30,000+ square feet of shopping center space, The Exchange and kingdom-minded ministry partners will meet the physical and spiritual needs of the community we’ve been called to love and serve.

In 2011, 7 people gathered in a living room to begin a conversation about a calling from God to launch a new, life-giving church in the city of Pearl, MS. Over the next year, God began to grow a team that began serving the city of Pearl and planning the launch of this new church family.

In August 2012, the vision became a reality as The Exchange held its first Sunday gathering with 123 people in attendance.

In 2013, after 7 months of renovations, God provided The Exchange a permanent home in Bright Shopping Center completely debt-free. This building has been the hub for serving our city, welcoming all kinds of people, and best of all, seeing hundreds of people exchange their old life for new life only found in Jesus!

Because of growth, by 2017, The Exchange was hosting 3 Sunday gatherings just to make room for the people God was joining with our family and we needed more space to continue to welcome people.

After 4 years of searching and praying, God provided a bigger space and another opportunity to turn an old eye-sore of a building into something new and beautiful to continue to love and serve our city and the surrounding area.  

The Exchange was able to purchase half of the old Rankin Square shopping center debt-free, and now we are celebrating God's provision through our church family and ministry partners as we build out our new space through Project Old Made New.

In the spring of 2017, The Exchange made the decision to move to 3 Sunday gatherings in our current space just to make room for the people God was joining with our faith family and we knew we needed more space to continue to welcome and reach more people. Fast forward 7 years, and the acquisition of this new building allows us to more than triple the space we currently have, save funds we currently spend on rent, provide higher-quality environments for children and students, meet needs in our community our current space doesn’t allow, and gives us more room to continue the mission of the house to see people exchange their old life for new life in Christ and live out their purpose.

After reviewing multiple contractor bids with similar timelines, we can project that our new space will be completed, barring unforeseen circumstances, in or around August of 2025. We believe this time frame is wise and allows us to maintain the physical and spiritual health of our faith family in the process.

Pray: Believe with us that God will continue to change lives right now; that He would protect those working on the space, and allow for a smooth transition from our current space to the new space when the transition time comes.

Give: Give obediently as God invites you to trust Him in faith with your finances. It is the faithful generosity of partners like you, in gifts big and small, that allow this vision to become a reality.

Serve: Serve faithfully NOW as an Exchange doorholder to help love and serve the people God is ALREADY connecting us with right now.

MidState Construction has been awarded the bid as the general contractor and construction began on November 18th, 2024. Renovations have already begun and will only increase as we move into the first quarter of 2025.

While we believe God's miraculous gifts to us will move us towards the renovation of our new space, we will still be working to furnish the new space with furniture and equipment. If you have given above and beyond to Project Old Made New over the last 2 years, and you still feel led to give that same amount or a portion of that amount, whatever you give will help furnish the space we are working toward.

This provision of more space and the funds to build it has come after years of prayers and obedience and months of negotiating and waiting. It has been a process, and we are still in a process! Let’s continue to be patient together as our leadership works with architects and contractors over the coming months to map out the next steps in this journey.

God has answered years of prayers, but that doesn’t mean we stop praying now! Let’s join together in praying prayers of praise and thanksgiving for God’s provision. Also pray asking God how does He want you to be a part of sacrificially trusting Him in the season ahead. Finally, pray with us believing that God will continue to change lives!

We can’t be a part of what’s next if we aren’t being obedient right now! The biggest way for you to be a part right now is to be obedient with whatever God calls you to. Our desire is to continue to be a spiritual family who is obedient in serving, giving, making disciples, praying, inviting, and loving right now, so that we will continue to see God move us to what’s next.

Give obediently as God invites you to trust Him in faith with your finances.
It will be the generosity of partners like you that allow this vision to become a reality.

Serve faithfully as an Exchange doorholder to help love and serve the people God is connecting us with right now.