Sonny (glasses holding pizza,) and Jason, (center mustache), help lead the church at West Salinas among the formerly
homeless. Overseen by John Williams, blue shirt.
in the name of the Father
and of the Son and the
Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching
them to obey everything
I have commanded you.
And surely I am with you
always, to the very end of
the age.”
Nathan and fellow No
“ We are the church.
A house church can
mean meeting in a
house, on a front
porch, under a tree
in Uganda, or at a
Starbucks,”
said Nathan.
" We connect people
who need Christ and
churches who desire
training in Him."
Place Left leader, John
“Sonny” Jordan share
stories of transformation
made possible through
the movement. Nathan,
a chef by trade, was going
through a renewing of
faith with his family when
a friend invited him to a
house church. Before he
knew it, he was assisting
in pieces of training, starting a house
church in his apartment complex,
baptizing individuals including his
family, and being asked by John to join
E3 Partners as a staff member. Nathan
is considered a key leader in San
Antonio and has worked with more
than seven groups and twelve house
churches locally since joining the
movement five years ago.
Sonny grew up in a strong Christian
household but got involved in dealing
drugs, which led to several prison
terms. While in prison, Sonny gave his
heart to Jesus and began his mission to
bring others to Christ, too. Within the
five years he has been part of the San
Antonio team, he has worked with two
housing projects and two
low-income homes. He
currently pastors two
churches and is working
on a third.
Both men possess a
real heart for evangelism
and have been called to
be full-time missionaries.
They are seeking funding
support from the community
to continue their
work. “The biggest
challenge is evaporation,
or when a group or
church just fizzles out,”
said Nathan. “We need
constant fuel, which only
Nathan and Allison Clark got matching tattoos to show
Jesus came to earth, died on the cross for our sins, rose
on the 3rd day and was crowned King of Kings.
comes from Him, and we want to
make sure our disciples are abiding
consistently and with reasonable
depth, and we’re spending time with
our disciples to help them do that.”
Local Mission Trip Efforts
The local movement gained significant
traction in March when the group
connected two local churches to facilitate
a local mission trip. “We went
deep in prayer walking, asking God to
help prepare us and the soil for
whatever he would have us do,” said
Ben. Shortly after, CrossBridge
Community Church, a Northside
church contacted the group seeking a
local mission opportunity.
The San Antonio No Place Left
group trained participants, and over
Spring Break, connected CrossBridge
Community Church with a Westside
church (Life Church) to visit mobile
home parks, apartment complexes,
Brett Wilson and his son Ransom, training the "Three Circles" Gospel Presentation at Ignite Church, Thousand Oaks YMCA
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