Shawn and Sonny Hennessy moved to the Green Bay in 2013 after living in cities from coast to coast including: Tacoma, WA, Memphis and Nashville, TN, Houston, TX, Tampa, FL and San Diego, CA.

Within the first seven years, Life Church grew from 145 people to 4,000 in physical weekly attendance. They grew so quickly, they met in three different buildings in four years. To reach more people than could fit in an auditorium, they launched an online campus that grew to serve tens of thousands of people weekly. Life Church was named the 2nd-fastest-growing church in America in 2017. Shawn has been with the Packers as their Chaplain since 2018.

Then the pandemic hit. Life Church’s online presence was already established, allowing them to carry out their mission of reaching people with the Life-Giving message of Jesus beyond Green Bay. They felt a call to start a Life Church in Seattle, Portland, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Vancouver, B.C.

The Hennessys have never been content with a Sunday-only model of church — because Sunday-only church often leads to Sunday-only Christians. In 2018, they took bold action by investing in community spaces and launching a series of businesses, beginning with The Exchange Coffee, Mercantile & Eatery, to point to Jesus all week long in the marketplaces.

Recognizing their reach had already expanded beyond Wisconsin’s (920) area code; they began partnering with like-minded investors across the country to launch marketplace-driven ministries — all with one mission: to introduce people to Jesus where they are and connect them to a local church. It’s not about building a single church — it’s about building the Kingdom of Heaven.

Now, that mission is expanding again. Life Church will launch in the Seattle area on October 5, 2025.

Life Church is governed by a board of directors and guided by a team of elders/pastors.