Our Story

Reliant Ministries exists because God spoke clearly—and His people responded in faith.

In 1993, God began shaping Pastor Bill Sizemore through a deep commitment to biblical discipleship. Over two decades, across four churches, a pattern emerged: when people are discipled the way Jesus discipled, lives change—and generations follow.

In October 2014, while praying in Panama City Beach, God gave a clear and compelling vision: a church that produces disciples who live by faith and expand God’s Kingdom.

That vision became Reliant Ministries.

What began in a garage in early 2015 grew through prayer, sacrifice, and obedience. God provided leaders, partners, facilities, and favor at every step—from CK Danceworks to our first permanent building, and now to land He miraculously provided during a global pandemic.

Through every season—growth, uncertainty, and global disruption—God proved faithful. Reliant has never been built on convenience or comfort, but on calling.

Today, Reliant stands at another defining moment: moving from a single congregation into a Kingdom movement designed to bless communities, multiply disciples, and send leaders into the world.

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Our Conviction

Reliant Ministries exists because the gospel of Jesus Christ still transforms lives—and transformed lives are meant to transform the world.

We believe the Church is not primarily a place people attend, but a people God sends. When disciples are formed deeply and released faithfully, the Kingdom of God advances through ordinary believers living extraordinary obedience.

Reliant was not created to grow an audience. It was birthed to multiply disciples, develop leaders, and expand the Kingdom of God.

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Our Mission

Producing Jesus-followers of faith who expand God’s Kingdom.

This mission governs everything we do.

We are not content with spiritual consumers.

We are committed to forming spiritual contributors.

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Our Vision

At Reliant Ministries, we exist to foster relational reconciliation with God that transforms lives, ignites generational impact, and expands Kingdom influence—locally and globally—through the life-changing power of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Brokenness does not get the final word. Jesus does.

We believe mentorship, discipleship, and leadership development are God’s means of restoring what sin has fractured. The gospel meets people where they are—and lovingly refuses to leave them there.

We gather to be formed, and we are formed to be sent.

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Our Values in Practice

• Bible Believers – Scripture governs our doctrine and direction

• Disciple Makers – Faith multiplies through intentional relationships

• God Pleasers – We live for eternal approval, not cultural applause

• Community Engagers – Love must move outward

• Kingdom Builders – We join God in His redemptive work everywhere

These are not values on a wall. They are commitments we live by.

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Our Calling

Reliant functions as a sending church and training hub.

We exist to:

• Form disciples who live by faith

• Develop leaders who lead with integrity

• Release believers into their God-given assignments

The church gathers for worship. The church scatters for mission.

Success is not measured by how many attend—but by how many are equipped and sent.

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Our Heartbeat

Relational Reconciliation

“Ministry runs on the rails of relationships.”

Jesus reconciles us to the Father, then teaches us how to live reconciled lives with others. At Reliant, love is not sentimental—it is transformational. Love restores the soul and reorders life around Christ.

“You can come as you are, but you can’t stay as you is.”

We love people where they are—and care enough to walk with them as God transforms them.

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The Outpost Strategy

Reliant advances its mission through Outposts—strategic centers of Kingdom impact.

Outposts are not destinations. They are basecamps for mission.

Each Outpost exists to:

1. Gather worshipers around the Word, prayer, and praise

2. Form disciples through relational discipleship

3. Develop leaders through mentoring and training

4. Serve communities with gospel-centered compassion

5. Send believers into neighborhoods, schools, churches, and nations

Our first Outpost is being built in Dallas, Georgia.

Our second will launch with Reliant West in the Temple/Bremen area.

These are not buildings for attendance. They are platforms for deployment.

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Our Culture

Culture is how our theology becomes visible.

1. Relational Reconciliation

Everything begins with restored relationship with God through Jesus Christ. The gospel does not merely forgive—it transforms.

2. Love That Transforms

We love people where they are, but we refuse to leave them unchanged.

“You can come as you are, but you can’t stay as you is.”

3. Abiding Before Activism

Intimacy with Christ precedes effectiveness in mission. We do not substitute activity for obedience.

4. Truth Without Compromise

Scripture is our final authority. We teach it clearly, submit to it humbly, and apply it faithfully.

5. Authenticity & Integrity

We walk in truth before God and others, practicing transparency, accountability, and consistency between what we profess and how we live.

6. Faith That Moves

We step forward when God speaks. Faith acts—even when outcomes are uncertain.

7. People Over Production

We care more about who people are becoming than what they can produce.

8. Contribution Over Consumer

We reject consumer Christianity and live as contributors—giving our time, talent, and treasure for the advance of the gospel because God first gave His all for us.

9. Multiplication Mindset

We invest in people expecting reproduction. Disciples make disciples. Leaders develop leaders. Churches plant churches.

10. Excellence for God’s Glory

We do all things as unto the Lord and leave things better than we found them.

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Our Measure of Faithfulness

We measure success by:

• Lives transformed by the gospel

• Disciples growing in maturity

• Leaders being developed and released

• Churches and ministries being planted

• Communities being strengthened

Growth matters—but faithfulness matters more.

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Our Future Reality

Reliant is becoming a growing network of disciples, leaders, and churches united around the gospel and committed to Kingdom expansion.

We apply the gospel:

• Personally: transformation of the heart

• Corporately: health of the church

• Missionally: impact on the world

Our prayer is not comfort—but obedience.

Not preservation—but multiplication.

Not survival—but Kingdom advance.

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The Invitation

Reliant is not for spectators. It is for those called to build, go, send, and multiply.

If you are willing to be formed, released, and used by God, there is a place for you in this movement.

We are not building a church that gathers people. We are building a movement that sends them.