If you are visiting for the first time, this makes us excited! Our guest services team is prepared to host and serve you. Please know we will not embarrass you, have you stand up, or ask you to give money. We understand that many people want to check out a church before joining, and that’s fine with us! Come, enjoy service, and see if this church is for you.

Each weekend at Nikao, you’ll find a warm, friendly, and exciting atmosphere with passionate worship music and a practical, relevant message that will both inspire and instruct you. During service, you will find the song lyrics and message outline on the screens to assist you during worship and help you make the most of each week’s message.

At Nikao Church, your children are our top priority. In our Nikao Kids ministry (ages 6 months - 5th grade), you will find a nursery along with preschool and elementary classrooms that are clean, safe, and staffed with loving workers. All of our volunteers are background checked, screened, and trained to ensure the safety of your child(ren). For our preschool and elementary children, we have a dynamic worship experience planned each week specifically for them so that church becomes a place where they always want to go! All you have to do is stop by one of our Nikao Kids check-in stations to easily register your child(ren).

We have a nursing mom's room available for our guests located in Nikao Kids. Our volunteers can assist you if you have trouble finding it. There, you will find a private and quiet atmosphere where you can nurse your infant, change a diaper, or rock your little one to sleep. This room is complete with infant toys, bottle warmers, and comfy chairs as well as snacks and water for your convenience.

Nikao Church loves teenagers! We believe they are the church of today, not tomorrow. Throughout scripture, we read about people God used so mightily not knowing many were teenagers at the time.

Nikao Youth is open to all students between 6th and 12th grade. Text “YOUTH” to 980-332-5155 to receive weekly updates about Nikao Youth. Text “YOUTHPARENT” to 980-332-5155 to receive weekly updates about Nikao Youth

You’ll find everything from casual clothes to business suits at our church. We encourage you to wear what is comfortable for you because Nikao Church is not about what you look like (or what you wear), but about who Christ is.

At Nikao, there are many ways to get involved! You can begin by visiting our Guest Central Team or by attending one of our membership classes. Additionally, our events and small groups are other great ways to connect with others. There, you can build meaningful friendships, learn more about the life of our church, and have the opportunity to grow in your faith.

At Nikao Church, we believe membership equals partnership. Our members assist us in helping people know God and live out His heart. They are active participants and contribute to the mission of our church by attending regularly, connecting in groups, inviting others, and serving with their time, talents, and treasure. If you would like to partner with us by becoming a member, we have just the thing for you! Every 1st Sunday during we have our Find Your Place class where you can learn the history and culture of Nikao Church. For more information or to sign up for Find Your Place, please visit nikaochurch.org/nextsteps.

We are currently working to relocate our Nikao North Campus to a different location on the city's north side. In the meantime, our North Campus will meet at our Nikao South location beginning on March 3rd. BONUS: Our global online campus will continue to serve the many people who call NIKAO home from around the region and other states.

Due to unforeseen changes and challenges with our current North Campus lease and our desire to ensure we are always serving the people of NIKAO well spiritually, stewarding the resources of the church in wisdom, and following the will of God at all costs, we have decided to enter the process of relocating our North Campus and forgo extending our lease in our current North Campus meeting facility. This decision is made in our church's best interest and after many months of prayer, fasting, and seeking spiritual, financial, and real estate counsel.

Our pastor, executive board of directors, board of overseers, and church leadership agree that this is the best current and future path forward for NIKAO Church this season.

We are actively and diligently searching for a new meeting space and longer-term options, such as a pre-existing building to purchase or land to build upon on the north side of the city. As soon as we can secure and finalize a relocation plan, we will be back on the Northside better than ever.

In the meantime, we will physically meet for services at our Nikao South location and gather digitally through our Nikao Global Online Campus. We continue to do community together on the Northside through our many small groups and community meet-ups throughout the area.

We have also added multiple on-campus UNCC Nikao small groups to serve the many students from the North Campus who call Nikao home.

A North Campus College Carpool and Shuttle system is also being implemented.

While we are in the process of relocating, we are not relocating our many mission efforts in the city; in fact, we are reemphasizing and doubling down on our commitment to the Northside by adding multiple mission partners in the North and focusing as well on schools in the area. We are also focusing more on the city's south side with an intentional emphasis on serving our new neighbors around our main campus.

By bringing both campuses together in this short season while we relocate our North Campus, we will be able to do the following:

· Reunite & Reignite our Community

o The secret sauce of the Nikao Church has always been its people and the community formed spiritually due to being connected. While we are grateful for the ability to serve people from across our region, we also recognize the power of all being together during this time.

So prepare for one big NIKAO family reunion! We won't have the t-shirt you won't wear again, nor the crazy uncle we all have, but we will have the best time together and encounter the presence of God like never before.

· Reemphasize our Mission

o While we are in the process of relocating our North Campus, we are not relocating our many mission efforts to the northern part of the city; in fact, we are reemphasizing and doubling down on our commitment to the Northside by adding multiple mission partners in the North and focusing as well on schools in the area. We will also focus even more concentrated efforts on the city's south side with an intentional emphasis on serving our new neighbors around our main campus. Starting in March, there will be NIKAO mission projects each month across our city!

· Refresh our Volunteers

o NIKAO has some of the world's best volunteers, and we appreciate them! They are the heart and soul of our church. Pastor Brian always teaches that a strong church is not built on a few's gifts but on the many's sacrifices.

o As our North Campus has met in portable venues for eight years, many Dream Team volunteers have labored so selflessly in setting up and breaking down each week to transform our meeting spaces into environments that change lives. This season of coming together will allow them to have a short sabbath from that labor.

o Additionally, by coming together at one location this season, we will be able to have more volunteers serving on one campus, thus spreading the scheduling across more of our teams. This will ensure that those who serve consistently are refreshed and renewed. It is our heart to serve as many people as possible, as often as possible, but to ensure that those serving are also served and as healthy as possible!

· Replenish our Financial Reserves

o During this time, we can strategically save valuable financial resources. This will allow us to prepare for the future leasing or potential purchase of our following North Campus location and finish important current ministry projects, such as our Next Generation Building, that will serve youth and children across our region. We will also have more reserves to fund our increased emphasis on outreach.

· Reestablish our Values/Systems

o Studies show that anytime an organization expands, there tends to be a corresponding decrease in the overall organizational efficiency and. intended culture of the organization. At NIKAO, we desire to serve people, not just serve them, but to serve them well! We believe our values and culture as a church are significant. We want to use this short season of coming together to firmly reestablish our founding principles and guiding cultural values while restructuring and reorganizing our systems to serve you and the many people NIKAO better is called to reach!

· Review our New Rhythms

o Conferences and Special Events are also scheduled throughout the year! To register, receive more information, and receive calendar updates, visit our events page (link here).

· Return with Renewed Vision

o God has spoken exciting and increased vision for our church and our multisite campus ministry to our Pastor. He believes this relocation period will allow us to carry out the vision God has revealed even more excellently in this season and our return to the North Campus. We will be able to reach even more people for Christ in a more effective way that is healthier, stronger, and better than ever before. We won’t just be back like we never left; we will be back soon and better than before!

If you have any further questions or if we can serve you in any way, please let us know by contacting us here. We are here to serve you! The best is ahead, and we can’t wait to get together this season while eagerly expecting to be back on the Northside in our new NIKAO North Campus soon!