Just Like You…
Windsor Community Church is a community of people just like you. We are a church family made up of moms, dads, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters and grandparents. We are employers, employees, unemployed and retired, and students. We have real, everyday life struggles and issues. We are people in process!
We believe that Jesus is the hope of the world and that only in Him do we find lasting peace, comfort and fulfillment. Our desire is not to ask people to conform to a set of moral guidelines or man-made rules, but to love and live for Jesus and His Kingdom.
Our Story…
In July of 2001, the growing family at Mountain View Community Church in Fort Collins unleashed three small groups to plant Windsor Community Church. These families stepped out in faith, leaving a church they loved, and followed God’s leading to reach the community of Windsor. Ever since then, God has been doing incredible things in and through this body of believers, while stretching and keeping us fully dependent upon Him.
Windsor Community Church was born with a desire to see many come to KNOW Jesus, to GROW together in our relationship with Him and GO tell others.
Over the years we have seen the Lord save many people by His amazing grace. We have also seen great spiritual growth in this special Body of believers. We have also had the privilege to plant or replant 4 churches over the years and help launch a network of churches in the Czech Republic.
In August 2006, we sent our then lead pastor, Willie O’Burke, and his family, along with a dozen key families, to plant Crossway Greeley (closed 2016). This was an exciting, but painful birth, to say the least.
In the winter of 2006, WCC partnered with Mountain View Community Church and some Czech leaders to plant Majak (Lighthouse Church) in Vsetin, Czech Republic. This church has now grown to a network of 11 churches.
In May of 2008, our church building was destroyed by the tornado as we were still recovering from giving birth. For the next 30 months, we worshiped at Resurrection Christian School, a huge blessing that allowed us to move forward in uniting as a Body, maturing in our walk, and preparing for maximum impact in our community and around the world!
In November 2010, we moved back into our present facility in Windsor. Having a physical presence back in the Windsor community has been huge, as our “new” building has enabled us to serve and bless our community like never before. However, we are constantly reminding each other that the “church” is the people, not the building. As a church family, we are more resolved than ever to be the church to one another and the community God has placed us in.
In 2016 and 2018 we graduated our first two Pastor’s Institute classes.
September 2020, we sent out pastor Chris Schuett and his family to help plant Sheridan Bible Church in Wyoming.
Easter 2021, we sent out Pastor Jason Shelton and his family, along with Pastor Pat Braddy, his wife Jolene, and 13 other families to plant Redemption Greeley.
June 2021, we sent our church planting resident, Rob Moser, and his family, to replant Living Water Fellowship in East Greeley.
In 2022, we brought on Chad Barlow as a pastoral intern, with the intent of him becoming a pastor at some point to help lead the church, and in preparation for Dan Harty, our former lead pastor to step down. Dan was part of the original team that planted this church and served as a pastor for 19 years, 17 of those as lead pastor. We praise God for Dan’s faithfulness in leading for all those years.
Coincidently, God also brought another family to WCC in 2022. Josh and Emily Breffle, and their boys, Olson and Haddon. Josh had served in pastoral ministry for many years, including most recently at our sister church in Tacoma, Washington, Summit Christian Church. Josh and Emily believed God had called them to Windsor to plant a new branch of the sports ministry Josh was a part of, called Reality Sports. Little did they know, soon after moving here God placed deep aspiration in Josh to the office of elder at Windsor Community Church. As Dan was preparing to step down as lead pastor at the end of 2023, the pastoral team unanimously agreed to approach Josh and ask him to consider taking the role of lead pastor.
Josh joyfully accepted the position and stepped down from Reality Sports in 2023. Josh and Chad became pastors that year, joining Jon Kuppinger, Jake Pence, and Stephen Atherton. We praise God for our pastoral team, and the joys of serving in plurality.
But our church’s story is not mostly about our pastors. Our church is full of wonderful, gifted, kind (and sinful!) people. We come from all different walks of life, but what holds us together is the gospel of Jesus Christ. We seek to KNOW God through the gospel, GROW together in our faith, and GO on mission to the places we live, work, learn, and play. We gather together on Sunday mornings to worship, and usually one evening during the week, in what we call Community Groups, in order to have deeper relationships within our church.
We believe God still has LOTS of our story to write, and we’d love if you joined us!