Perry Noble has officially confirmed his plans to launch Second Chance Church in Anderson, though exactly when has yet to be determined.
Noble, founder and former pastor of Newspring Church, wrote on his Facebook account, as part of a post titled "Has The Church Let You Down?":
"While the details of Second Chance Church are taking place I will continue to serve as CEO and President of The Growth Company...which allows me to partner with local churches in order to help them have maximum impact on their community and the world.
(Lots of awesome announcements regarding some of the new things we are doing are coming soon!)
Second Chance will begin in Anderson, SC - and there is no start date as of yet. I have yet to hire a staff (sorta hard to do with no salary to offer) - and there isn’t a team of volunteers or a physical location as of yet...but there will be in due time! Will there be other campuses? I hope so!"
Noble, who led Newspring Church from a small Wednesday night bible study of less than a dozen to one of the largest megachurches in the country with more than 33,000 in attendance each week, was asked to leave Newspring in 2016 after struggles with alcohol were revealed. Noble entered rehab for this problem last summer and has been a business and church consultant over the past year.
Meanwhile, relations with his former church have been strained, and Newspring attendance has dropped by roughly half across the 15 statewide campuses since that time.