Lehigh Valley Project
Richie Merritt will be launching a new church in the Allentown area of Pennsylvania in October 2009. Richie and his wife Karen will be moving to the area in early Spring of 2009. This is a return home, of sorts, for Richie and Karen. They grew up in the Lehigh Valley, about an hour north of Philadelphia and a little over an hour west of New York City.
Richie has been located for several years in Virginia Beach, VA, serving with Forefront Church. He is currently a civil service worker for the government, having retired from the U.S. Navy. He is a recent graduate of the Ministry and Leadership program of Londen Institute. He was ordained at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY in 2007.
This project is a partnership between Orchard Group and Keystone: Church Planting Network (formerly Christian Evangelizing Association of Pennsylvania).