Grammy-nominated Christian singer Tauren Wells has announced that he and his wife Lorna will plant a church in the Austin, Texas, region next year that will be a “vibrant, life-giving” congregation for the people of that community.
The new church, called the Church of Whitestone, will be located in Georgetown, a city about 30 miles north of Austin.
The couple made the announcement on their Instagram pages.
“Well, our party of six, is setting out on the adventure of a lifetime, packing up our lives in Houston, and following our calling to love, serve, and inspire the city and surrounding communities of north Austin, Texas,” Tauren Well wrote. “Through the planting of a vibrant, life-giving, community of faith, Church of Whitestone, we are assuming our calling as Lead Pastors of the church that God placed in our heart more than 10 years ago.”
Well said the congregation will help churchgoers “discover their God-authored identity through a wholehearted relationship with Jesus.”
Wells is a 10-time Grammy nominee and seven-time Dove Award winner. Wells is known for such songs as Hills and Valleys, which spent 36 weeks on Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart. His new song Up was on the same chart for 22 weeks. He co-hosted the 2022 K-LOVE Fan Awards with Matthew West.
The church gets its name from Revelation 2:17.
“God gave me this verse,” Well said before quoting it: “‘To the one who overcomes He will give a white stone with a name engraved on it that only they know.’ Here's the truth. God holds our white stone, our identity, everything that God has called us to be, He holds in His hand. And we want to help people discover who God has created them to be.”
Wells added, “We cannot wait. This has been in our hearts for years.”
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Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
