Who We Are

Antioch is a global family of Spirit-led and biblically based churches that embrace every nation, tribe, people and language.

We are committed to the person of Jesus, to His rule and reign in all aspects of our lives and to living out His values in community.

God has called us to be a multiplying, church-planting movement through whom He brings transformation to personal lives, families, neighborhoods and every sphere of society in our city, nation and nations for the glory of God.

Meet our Senior Pastor

Jimmy Seibert

Jimmy and his wife, Laura, have a lifelong commitment to family and to the Great Commission being fulfilled in their lifetime. They and a group of friends founded Antioch Ministries International in 1987, and Antioch Community Church in 1999. Over the past 30 years, Jimmy and Laura have expanded a small gathering into an international movement of churches that train and send men and women around the world, spreading the life-saving message of Jesus. Today, Jimmy serves as the founder and senior pastor of Antioch Waco and senior leader of the Antioch Movement. Jimmy’s book, "Passion & Purpose: Believing the Church Can Still Change the World," tells Antioch's story and seeks to inspire others to live with a passion for Jesus and His purposes in the earth. His and Laura’s book "Parenting Without Regret: Raising Kids With Purpose, Not Perfection" retells their journey of raising their four kids, Abby, Lauren, Caleb and Daniel — and now, continuing to love their expanding family.

Meet our Elders

Meet our External Advisors

  • Joe Ewen

  • Ron Parrish

  • Janine Parrish

Our Beliefs

  • We believe the Bible is the inspired, authoritative, living, eternally reliable Word of God equally in all parts, without error in its original manuscript, and it is our primary and authoritative source of revelation from God, superior to conscience and reason, though not contrary to reason. Therefore, the Bible is our final authority for faith and practice and is necessary for our daily lives as it continually points us toward the person of Jesus. [2 Timothy 3:16, 17; 1 Peter 1:23-25; Hebrews 4:12]

  • We believe in one God who has revealed Himself in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. [Romans 1:20]

    The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are all co-eternal and all stand equally superior to time, free from the temporal distinctions of past and future.

    We believe in God the Father, Creator of all things visible and invisible. [Colossians 1:15, 16]

    We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, who came into the world to reveal the Father and was the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person. Jesus Christ was the Creator of everything, for by Him all things were made. We further believe that in Christ dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead in bodily form and that He was very-God and very-Man. [John 1:1, 2, 14; 1 Timothy 3:16; Acts 7:37, 38]

    We believe in Jesus Christ’s pre-existence, incarnation, virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, substitutionary and atoning death, bodily resurrection, bodily ascension into heaven, exaltation, present rule at the right hand of God, coming personal return in power and great glory and everlasting Kingdom and dominion. [Acts 1:11; Acts 3:19-21; Daniel 7:14; Revelation 20:4]

    We acknowledge His Lordship — that Jesus Christ is Lord over all things in heaven, on earth and under the earth. [Philippians 2:9, 10]

    We believe in the Holy Spirit, His present ministry, His indwelling, His empowering, His impartation of gifts for today and His transforming power in the lives of all believers. [1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Galatians 5:22, 23; Ephesians 1:13, 14]

  • We believe man was created by a direct and immediate act of God. [Genesis 1:26, 27; Genesis 2:4]

    We believe man, by transgression, fell from the state of righteousness and holiness in which he was first created into total spiritual depravity, a state of death in trespasses and sins in which he is held as a slave of sin and an enemy of God. As such, he is unable to attain divine righteousness by his own efforts but must be redeemed and delivered by the power of the gospel. [Romans 5:12-21; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4]

    We believe repentance and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ are an integral part of God’s work of justification of the believer. Through faith in the shed blood of Christ, he or she is justified and made a partaker in the death of Christ. [Romans 5:1, 9]

    We believe it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast. [Ephesians 2:8, 9]

    We further believe the emphasis for a continuous walk in grace should be on demonstrating righteousness and purity of heart, believing in the keeping power of God, walking after the Spirit and not after the flesh, living a lifestyle that demonstrates the character, standards and convictions of Jesus Christ and not being conformed to the world. [Jude 24; Romans 8:25; Galatians 5:16-25; Romans 4:1-5; Romans 12:1, 2]

    We believe repentance is dependent upon the conviction of the Holy Spirit in the lives of sinners and believers and is also dependent upon their response. The conviction of the Holy Spirit, which often accompanies the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ, will result in the revelation of the sinfulness of self, which should lead to godly sorrow. [2 Corinthians 7:10; Psalm 51; Acts 11:18; 2 Timothy 2:25; Romans 1:18-32; Matthew 9:12, 13]

    We believe that in the final judgment, which will accompany the return of Christ, every person will give an account to God of every aspect of this earthly life. Unbelievers will be separated from God for eternity in hell. Believers will experience the final resurrection and live eternally with Christ in the new heavens and the new earth. [1 Corinthians 3:10-15; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Revelation 20:11-15]

  • We believe in the Lord’s Supper and believer’s baptism as acts of our obedience and a testimony of our faith. [Matthew 3:6; Mark 16:16; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29]

    We believe water baptism (by immersion) is an obedient response to the command of Jesus. Baptism is to be performed only upon repentant believers in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. [Matthew 28:18-20]

    We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit. [Acts 2:4; Acts 10:46; Acts 19:6]

    We hold that the real evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit is one’s response to the Word of God, a Christ-like life, showing forth Christ’s character and experiencing and manifesting the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. [John 16:13, 14; John 15:26; Galatians 5:22, 23; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11]

  • Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime.  The husband and wife are of equal worth before God since both are created in God’s image. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the Church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the Church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his companion in managing the household and nurturing the next generation. Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God’s pattern for marriage. [Genesis 1:27, 28; Genesis 2:20-25; Genesis 1:27; Ephesians 5:25; Ephesians 5:24; Genesis 2:20, 21; Titus 2:4, 5; Psalm 139:13-15]

  • We believe the Church is both universal and local. All believers form the Church in unity with all believers throughout history; and yet, the church is also local, with believers gathering in committed community and under the authority of Christ. [Ephesians 1:22, 23]

    Scripture describes the Church as:

    This language is intimate and reveals Jesus’ commitment to, and care for, His people. Furthermore, the Church is God’s instrument for revealing His purpose and the fullness of Jesus on earth for His glory. [Ephesians 3:10; Ephesians 1:23]

Antioch Movement of Churches

Two decades ago a small group of believers asked the radical question, “What would our lives look like if we said ‘yes’ to everything God said?” And as the first yes led to the second yes, a church was born. Next, an entire movement.

Today, Antioch churches all over the world are still connected by our “yes.” We all share a love for Jesus, one another, and those who have not yet encountered Him. We’ve seen the sick healed, broken families restored, and communities instilled with hope.

We know we’ve only scratched the surface of what God wants to do over the next decade as we stick close to the Holy Spirit, build our lives together, and live on mission.

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Faith in Practice

In Colossians 1:23, Paul exhorts believers to “continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation.” In our day and age, it is essential for the Christ-follower to be continually renewed in the truth of the Bible and its authority over every area of our lives so that we do not find ourselves shifting. As the voices of culture and the ways of the world become loud, our convictions on biblical truth must become clearer and stronger. We must be constantly washed with the water of the Word (Ephesians 5:26) so that we can be sober-minded (2 Timothy 4:5). To live out our faith, we need to continually come to Scripture to find clarity on who God has created us to be and how He has called us to live. Here you will find various resources that seek to provide biblical anchoring and clarity regarding specific issues that today's worldly culture is fighting to define.

  • Our desire as a church is to define more clearly God’s call for our body to emulate heaven by being a racially and ethnically diverse people that live out Kingdom Culture as a unified body. These clarity statements are not offered to appear socially conscious, nor are they offered to appease the initiatives of any group of people. They are offered to help people understand the direction of our church related to biblical Kingdom Culture. The statements also serve as accountability to our leadership to be intentional about the fulfillment of these statements. Biblical Kingdom Culture encompasses many aspects of how Christians should embrace societal concerns, but for clarity and forward movement, this statement primarily refers to racial issues.  

    READ FULL PAPER HERE

  • Revelation 7 presents a glorious picture of eternity declaring that every people group on the planet will worship God together, forever. All of mankind standing in a unified state may be so glorious that only the majesty of God Himself would outshine it. For now, humanity longs for the beauty of unity as people struggle with one another in almost every human endeavor. In recent years, race has been one of the greatest places where individuals struggle with one another. The racial tensions, particularly in western culture, have become so great that the cause of unity may seem hopeless to some. However, the reality is that the current strife that exists in our culture represents an invitation from the Lord to shine the light of Jesus more brightly than ever into the darkness of cultural divisions. While unity between the races is certainly a most difficult goal, it is not impossible according to the Word of God. 

    READ FULL PAPER HERE

  • Sexuality provides a significant religious flashpoint in the modern Western world. Social views regarding sexual morals have changed dramatically within the last 60 years. Sex outside of marriage is now considered normal, divorce rates have increased significantly and pornography and other sexually charged media are widespread. Homosexuality is widely seen as a social rights issue in modern society. These trends have placed culture on a collision course with the traditional teachings of the Church. 

    READ FULL PAPER HERE

  • The purpose of this article is to address the Antioch Movement’s stance on the role of women in ministry. Our heart is to release both men and women across Antioch into the fullness of their uniqueness, gifting and calling. The Scripture is our authority for faith and practice; therefore, we should always allow the Bible to interpret our lives rather than allowing our culture to interpret the Scriptures, and ultimately, our application. Biblical clarity gives our movement both strength and longevity. 

    READ FULL PAPER HERE

  • We believe the Bible speaks clearly regarding the value of life in the womb. We also acknowledge the complexity and sensitivity of the issues surrounding abortion, a subject that disproportionately affects women. We know that this topic is one laden with emotional weight, and we in no way seek to contribute to the pain or guilt someone might feel who has had, performed or contributed to an abortion. We also recognize there are valid concerns that many proponents of abortion are trying to address (e.g., systemic poverty, the pressures of being a single parent, etc.) and we seek to engage those issues with compassion. The goal of this paper is to outline a biblical approach that navigates the issue of abortion specifically. It is limited in its scope and is not intended to comprehensively address all of the attending and underlying issues. Though the content is brief and to the point, we hope to communicate the church’s stance with empathy. Jesus came full of grace and truth (John 1:14), and the church must walk in the same manner.

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