Swerve Church is a new church plant coming to Brooklyn. We have plans on opening up by Spring 2013. WHAT IS SWERVE? The definition of "swerve" is: an abrupt change in direction. This is what we want to see in the lives of the people in Brooklyn and throughout NYC. We want to see people change direction off a road to destruction and on to the path that leads to life in Christ Jesus. WHY ANOTHER CHURCH?! After all, aren't there enough?! Well...statistically, that is not true. It may seem as if there is a church on every block but statistically, Brooklyn is still largely unreached. New churches replenish and revive a community, and can even create a spark in older, more established churches to return to more outreach and evangelism. WHY BROOKLYN? Brooklyn is the most populated borough in NYC with over 2.5 million people calling it home. It has also become a cultural hub of sorts with a great increase of artists, musicians and young professionals moving in. Add that to sprouting coffee shops, bars and restaurants, Brooklyn is quite the happening place to be. Besides the cultural popularity that Brooklyn has gained as of late, there is also a great spiritual need to be met in Brooklyn. People have grown colder to the things of God. Many do not want to have nothing to do with the traditional church. For this reason we feel called to come in to Brooklyn and lead people to
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