About Breakaway

Our Story

Breakaway Church’s journey is a powerful story of God’s provision and faithfulness, proving time and time again that what seems impossible is no match for Him. Founded in 2009, our church faced a major setback when our church planter passed away less than two years after starting, and many said, "That church is done." However, within a year, we went from averaging 60 people on Sundays to nearly 200, as the Lord opened doors with the Wells Branch MUD, allowing us to move from a small annex building to the spacious Wells Branch Rec Center. God not only grew our church in number but also equipped us to plant Eastside Community Church and send missionaries across the globe. 

When the Wells Branch MUD gave us a 60-day notice to vacate, we turned to God once again. He united us to raise the funds necessary to move into our current location on Wells Branch Parkway. After CVS purchased our children’s ministry building and demolished it, we once again turned to God. We asked, and He provided abundantly more than we could have imagined. 

In July of 2021, a donor blessed us with 4.38 acres of land in Brushy Creek, in a neighborhood called Breakaway. As a church, we recognized this gift as God’s clear provision for our future. We then began praying that God would stir the hearts of our community to become cheerful and generous givers in support of a capital campaign to build our future church home. We chose the title “Revive the Stones” for this capital campaign. It spoke to the enemy’s desire to tear down our church, but more importantly, to how God was leading us through challenges to fulfill His purpose for our good and His glory. 

In the book of Nehemiah, the enemy mocked God’s people as they sought to rebuild their home: “Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubble, and burned ones at that?” (Nehemiah 4:2). The enemy reminded them of how small they were and how insurmountable the task seemed. Yet, through faith, perseverance, and hard work, God’s people rebuilt the wall and, once again, began fulfilling their calling—to be a distinct people revealing the love and grace of God to the world. We are a distinct people, and our church has proven to be faithful, cheerful, and generous in all things. 

God has moved powerfully through this church, and together, we pledged to give $3.3 million over three years—WOW! Through the Revive the Stones campaign, we’ve had front-row seats not only to how God is providing for our church, but also to how He has worked in the lives of your families as you’ve shared your stories of His faithfulness and provision to fulfill your commitments. It’s humbling, and these are truly stories only God could write. 

As the foundation and walls of our new church facility take shape, we eagerly anticipate the ways God will continue to lead us, empowering us to boldly live out our mission at Breakaway Church: Love God. Love People. Make Disciples—and to see His glory revealed in ways we can hardly imagine.

Our Mission

Christians are called by God to love Him, love people, and make disciples which is in alignment with Jesus' Great Commandment and Great Commission.

The Great Commandment

And He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:37-40) 


The Great Commission

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Matthew 28:18-20)

Core Doctrine

We believe in these eight foundational truths: 

We believe the Bible, as revealed to us in the Old and New Testaments, is our final authority and without error in its original manuscripts. (Matthew 5:17-18, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Hebrews 4:12-13, Psalm 119)  

We believe in One God who exists eternally as three co-equal, fully divine persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:13) 

We believe that Jesus Christ is God Incarnate, both fully God and fully human at the same time and forever. (John 1:1-18, John 20:28, Titus 3:4-6)  

We believe that every person has inherent worth and value because they are created in the image of God, and yet that every person is a sinner by nature and by choice and unable to justify themselves before God based on their own good deeds. As a result, all human beings are completely corrupt, alienated from God, and subject to His wrath. (Genesis 1:27, Psalm 14:2-3, Romans 1:18, Romans 3:9-20)  

We believe that Jesus died in our place for our sins, was buried, and then was physically resurrected to new life. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4, 2 Corinthians 5:21, Romans 5:8, Romans 1:4)  

We believe that people are reconciled to God and reborn to eternal life by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ and not as the result of any human efforts. (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 3:21-31)  

We believe that ongoing dependence on the indwelling Holy Spirit is necessary for the believer to walk in holiness and fruitful ministry. (Galatians 5:24-25, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Romans 8:5-11)  

We believe that Jesus Christ will return to the earth in the future to finalize His work of redemption and restoration. (Revelation 1:7, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 2 Peter 3:1-13)

Our Vision

 Our vision is that every man, woman, and child in Greater Austin has the opportunity to experience the life-changing reality of Jesus Christ. 

We believe this will happen as the gospel is shared through the lives and lips of people from Breakaway Church and through our partnerships with other like-minded churches in the Association of Hill Country Churches and beyond. 

We believe that when 10% of a city is engaged in a spiritually vibrant church, that city will experience profound transformation. For the city of Austin, this is about 2 million people. HOW WILL WE REACH TWO MILLION PEOPLE? Our vision is for the Greater Austin area to see this reality in our lifetime—through the multiplication of churches and the intentional sharing of the gospel by every believer. 

Wells Branch Community Church, now Breakaway Church, was planted in 2009 by Hill Country Bible Church Pflugerville, which was planted in 2000 by Hill Country Bible Church Austin. 

Over the years, the Association of Hill Country Churches has planted over 40 churches in the Greater Austin area and beyond, while continuing to train leaders to plant even more churches. 

At Breakaway Church, we are committed to continuing this legacy of church planting. In 2017, we planted Eastside Community Church, which in turn planted Refuge Community Church in 2019. In 2022, we sent a planter out who planted Taylor Bible Church 2023. Our desire is to replant Wells Branch Community Church some time after the Breakaway Church launch. 

We will continue to seek God’s guidance, trusting that He will reveal church planting opportunities and kingdom-building work He has for us in the future, as we strive to impact lives and transform our city for His glory.