Our Story

Open Life is the result of a divine interruption during a board meeting at Northwest Family Church February 10, 2009 in Auburn, WA. The Northwest Ministry Network of the Assemblies of God asked if anyone on that church’s staff would feel the call to start a new church in Bonney Lake that would exist for those who were not in a relationship with Jesus. Thad Huff, youth pastor for 13 years at that point with the last 4 at NFC, felt the nudge and the journey of trying to determine if it was God or the pizza began. Well, it wasn’t the pizza...having lived in Bonney Lake for 3 years at that point, Thad & Dana Huff and family accepted the shift in focus from youth to their city!

They assembled a team by asking many of their friends through facebook and neighbors if they would join in on the mission of leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus. During the summer of 2009 began the formation point of a launch team of high caliber leaders. They settled on a pre-launch gathering in the Huff home in the fall of 2009 and by January 10, 2010 the church launched in the Regal with 121 people. Since the launch the church has experienced great favor and has become a key ingredient in the city of Bonney Lake as they build and serve the community through moments like Love Week, Big Give and being strategically generous giving back. They have now moved the gathering to Victor Falls Elementary and are enjoying the flexibility of meeting within the heart of the communities residential community. And the best is yet to come.