Christ’s love will capture hearts, and Christ’s truth will
renew minds.
The light of God’s Word will shine once more in homes, classrooms, parliaments, and public squares.
From Lisbon to Lviv, from Edinburgh to Athens, the gospel will echo again—not as a memory, but as a movement.
Churches across the continent will be awakened—vibrant with worship, bold in witness, and rooted in the powerful preaching of God’s Word. Europe will rise, spiritually alive, spiritually free, and spiritually strong.
By God’s grace, we are believing to plant a Christ-centered, Spirit-empowered church in every European nation by 2040.
St. David’s is both a symbol of what God can do and a sending base for what God will do.
As the Centrepoint congregation has grown and reclaimed St. David’s, we’ve proven this truth: the gospel still
works in Europe.
Now, through our School of Ministry, we will train and send leaders across the continent—pastors, preachers, and pioneers—so the gospel can run, multiply, and
win across Europe.
WE SEE EUROPE
The Gospel Story
The gospel first reached Europe in the first century, when the Apostle Paul crossed into Macedonia and preached in Philippi—the first European convert was a woman named Lydia, whose heart the Lord opened. From that small beginning, the message of Jesus spread across cities and empires, transforming Europe from a continent of paganism and tribalism into a center of Christian faith, learning, and culture.
For centuries, the gospel took deep root—shaping nations, inspiring cathedrals, founding universities, and birthing reformers. Even through the long night of the Dark Ages, the light of Christ was not extinguished. Then came the Reformation: a great gospel awakening where grace, faith, and Scripture were rediscovered. The praise of God rang out once again—in Germany, in Scotland, in Switzerland, in the Netherlands. Revival fires spread. Missionaries were sent. Churches multiplied. Europe became both cradle and engine of global Christianity.
But over time, the light began to dim.
Modernity brought skepticism. War brought devastation. Prosperity brought apathy. The 20th and 21st centuries have seen deep spiritual decline. Across much of Europe, the gospel is now met with indifference, and in some places, hostility. In many cities, several generations have grown up with little to no connection to the church—or to Christ. Europe is often called “post-Christian,” but in truth, much of it is now functionally pre-Christian—a mission field once again.
And yet, this is not the end of the story.
We believe the gospel is still “the power of God for salvation” (Romans 1:16). We believe the darkness is not final. Across the continent, the Spirit of God is stirring. New churches are being planted. Young leaders are being trained. The gospel is quietly—yet powerfully—advancing again.
We believe Europe can be spiritually free, alive, and strong once more. Not through nostalgia or nationalism, but through a new wave of Christ-centered, Spirit-empowered churches that proclaim the good news with courage and clarity.
We believe God will win in Europe.
The St. David’s Story
A Microcosm of the Gospel in Europe
BUILT FOR GLORY
Rising in the heart of Bathgate in 1905, St. David’s was born in a time when church bells still shaped the rhythm of life in Scotland. Constructed to serve the flourishing congregation of St. David’s Free Church, it stood as a spiritual beacon—its stone walls echoing with the praise of God and the preaching of His Word.
For decades, St. David’s was a house of worship, a place where lives were shaped by Scripture and communities were formed in the shadow of the cross. It was built for the glory of God—and for the good of the people.
But as with so many churches across Europe, the spiritual vitality that once filled St. David’s began to fade.
By the early 2000s, the congregation had dwindled, and in 2007, the church closed its doors. The building, once dedicated to the worship of Christ, was repurposed—first into a cinema, then a nightclub. St. David’s became a symbol of what had been lost: the spiritual erosion of a continent once ablaze with the gospel.
What happened to St. David’s mirrors what has happened across Europe. The gospel that once shaped laws, culture, and daily life has been pushed to the margins. Today, in many cities, less than 1% of the population identifies as evangelical. In places like Copenhagen, that number falls to just 0.03%.
St. David’s became one more beautiful ruin—architecturally magnificent, spiritually abandoned.
But this is not where the story ends.
From Sacred to Secular
A House Restored for Gospel Advance
In April 2024, Centrepoint Church purchased the building for $615,000—redeeming it from secular use and reclaiming it for its original purpose: the glory of God.
This was not just a property acquisition. It was a prophetic act.
From this historic town-centre venue, we will worship God, serve our community and reach the world as we train leaders, plant churches, and send out missionaries.
St. David’s will be more than the new home of a growing church—it will become a strategic hub for gospel advance across Scotland and all of Europe.
The building will serve as an apostolic centre for leadership development, church planting, and missional collaboration.
It will house the Every Nation School of Ministry—a comprehensive training program equipping pastors, missionaries, and church planters for Europe’s great spiritual harvest. What has been a nomadic and mostly virtual school will now have a permanent home.
We envision a sacred space, alive once again with passionate worship and gospel proclamation—not as a relic of the past, but as a launchpad for the future.
Just as St. David’s has been redeemed, we believe God is redeeming Europe—one life, one leader, one church at a time.
Our Story: A Legacy of Gospel Advance
Our story begins not in Scotland, but on a university campus in North Carolina—and from there, to the ends of the earth.
In May 1990, Dr. Tom Jackson, then a campus minister at UNC-Chapel Hill, boarded a plane for the Soviet Union. On that mission trip, the Lord opened an unexpected door: an opportunity to preach the gospel to a room full of university students. Many were atheists. Some were curious. But that day, hearts were opened, and lives were changed.
It was the beginning of a calling.
Over the next decade, Tom and his wife Jean, sent out by Bishop Ron Lewis and King’s Park International Church, planted six churches across Western Ukraine. Despite war, political upheaval, and cultural resistance, those churches continue to thrive to this day. One more was planted in Spain.
Sensing that a new season was ahead—and that Europe’s gospel need would require both courage and coordination—Tom established the Centre for European Church Planting (CECP) in 2004. CECP’s mission was clear: to mobilize, train, and support missionaries and church planters for long-term gospel impact across Europe.
In 2005, Tom and Jean moved to Scotland and planted Centrepoint Church in Edinburgh. In 2008, a second congregation launched in Bathgate. This new church, planted in a town deeply marked by secularism, has defied the trend. It’s vibrant, growing, and reaching people across central Scotland with the gospel.
Along the way, a new vision was born: to train and launch leaders for Europe’s great spiritual harvest.
In 2011, Tom began hosting equipping events across the continent. In 2017, the Every Nation School of Ministry (ENSM) was founded. Since then, over 100 leaders—church planters, evangelists, and missionaries—have been equipped and sent out, representing more than 30 churches in 15 nations.
ENSM carries forward the legacy of apostolic church planting passed down from King’s Park, where Tom was mentored by Bishop Ron Lewis—who himself helped launch over 100 churches in 16 nations. That same spirit now fuels our work in Europe: a bold, faith-filled commitment to gospel advance through church planting and leadership development.
In 2024, in partnership with Centrepoint Church, we purchased St. David’s in Bathgate—a sacred space that will now serve as a permanent home for ENSM, a spiritual home for Centrepoint, and an apostolic hub for the next generation of leaders.
This is more than a building. It’s the next chapter in a story God has been writing for decades.
We believe the best way to reach Europe is to raise up Christ-centered, Spirit-empowered, gospel-anchored leaders who can plant, lead, and multiply churches across the continent.
We are reclaiming space. We are reigniting vision.
And we are stepping boldly into the future—because we believe God will win in Europe.
