Our Pastors
James & Christina Weidner

Reach Church is led by our Lead Pastors overseeing the day-to-day ministry and operations. James and Christina Weidner have been pastoring in Asia and USA since 2000, having served, founded, and led works in the USA, Philippines, China, HK, and Taiwan.  Learn more

Guided By Our Servant Counsel

Our Servant Counsel are long term, faithful members, and team members who support the Lead Pastor/s with counsel, overseeing the financial health, assisting in directing the provision of facility needs, and in the acquisition of major capital purchases.

(Pastor Gary Planchard, Pastor James Weidner, Don Crawford, David Mialaret, Cory Devlin. [from left to right])

Ministry Core Team
Our Ministry Core Team are faithful members and leaders who lead and facilitate key ministry roles.

We are protected by Overseers.

Overseers are reputable Pastors who protect REACH Community by providing counsel and spiritual accountability to the Lead Pastor. They may be called in to help in accountability matters relating to the Lead Pastor if requested by the Pastors or CS.
A Board of Directors provide legal covering, fiscal accountability, and counsel to the Lead Pastor.
Brief History

Reach Church was soft-launched in early 2018, as a Saturday evening group, in the Weidner's living room, months after returning from nearly 10 years in China.   

Our Sunday soft-launch was in April, the same year, in the function room of a local hotel.

Our Grand Opening was in August 2018 in a rented store front facility on Hwy 190 in Covington.

REACH Learning Community (RLC) launched, in September of 2018, and quickly becoming a go to program filling the gap for many homeschooling families.

In the June 2020 (The Year of COVID) we were able to purchase and move into our current facilities on LA-59.  

So thankful to the Lord for providing our community with our own space to grow and facilitate community life together.