Sojourn Village PHX
About Us
Sojourn Village is a church planting movement where we create villages
throughout urban inner city communities where people are connected to Christ,
one another and to the outside community through local churches living
life and sacrificing together. Sojourn Village is a mission-driven local church focused on men (not to leave women out) but to understand that there is a spiritual attack on men in urban inner city communities.
Schedule
Thursday Men’s Bible Study | 5:30 AM | |
Saturday Family Bible Study | 8:00 AM | |
Worship service and open discussions | Every third Sunday of the month | |
Ministries
Men’s Ministry
The men of Sojourn Village gather together for weekly bible study at Starbucks every Thursday. We believe in studying and reading as a community.
Outreach Ministry
We currently volunteer in helping mentor and connect with aged-out foster youth at Adonai Homes in Phoenix, AZ. Each month we regularly hang out with the youth and provide them with food and any other resources they may need.
Family Ministry
We have family bible study at our Pastors’ home every Saturday morning. We believe that every man is prophet, priest, protector, and provider of his household. We encourage families to fellowship as a community and disciple each other. Truly living like the “Book of Acts.” A community that shares our common goods, study the apostles doctrine and fellowship, breaking bread, and prayers.
Missional Project
Hustle PHX has been serving the South Phoenix
community for the last 5 years. Hustle PHX is a
mission to serve people in urban/ inner city
communities with the intellectual, social, and
financial capital to start businesses that glorify
God and serve their neighbor.
Mission and Vision
Mission
Sojourn Village is a community of Christ Followers sojourning together and living
out of the Story of God in Word and Deed.
Sojourners— Don’t have a home... Until Christ comes to redeem all things within the
entire creation!
Vision
Vision—Sojourn Village is a church planting movement where we create villages throughout urban inner city communities where people are connected to Christ, one another and to the outside community through local churches living life and sacrificing together.
The Need
Sojourn Village is focused on Restoring the man back to: God—Men worshipping and loving God, One Another: Family—Restoring men to be priests and leaders in their homes. We want to train men how to lead their wives, significant others, and their children in the story and mission of God. Friends—Bringing men together to have neighboring/relationships with other men to foster transparency and support. Many urban inner city communities are quickly deteriorating because men have abdicated their roles as community activists and role models to outside organizations and the government. Sojourn Village will train and lead men in the Story of God and help them identify why their role as a man in the community is important and figure out how to get themselves and their families involved.
Our Pastors
Oye Waddell is the Founder and CEO of Hustle Phoenix, a non-profit organization that exists to equip and catalyze under-served entrepreneurs annually with the intellectual, social and financial capital they need to create sustainable business ventures for the common good. Fueled by his visionary style of leadership and the belief that all people have dignity, Oye knows that some of the most innovative entrepreneurs in the United States are in underserved, urban communities.
Oye was selected by the Phoenix Business Journal as among the city’s Top 40 Under 40 Business Men and Women for 2018. He is also a member of the Camelback Society, an association of men called to the marketplace who intend to live all aspects of their lives before Christ. Conscious Capitalism is a movement that focuses on businesses that have a purpose beyond profit. Oye Waddell has also been a Ted Style Talk Speaker on topics such as “Hustling for the Common Good” at Purdue University as well as a business conference speaker for Balle, an organization that fights for the flourishing of local businesses. Currently, Oye Waddell serves as pastor of Sojourn Village PHX Oye attended the University of Washington on a full athletic football scholarship. He later earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California and a Master of Education from Arizona State University.
Oye, his wife Crys, and their four young children, Chariot, Clover, Crescent, and Oye II currently reside in Phoenix, Arizona.
Dartezeon Williams is a recent graduate from Grand Canyon University and former CEO and Founder of Untamed Logistics LLC. Born and raised in small town Lagrange, GA. Dartezeon was considered a troubled youth by many. Growing up, Dartezeon was surrounded by poverty, alcohol addiction, drugs, lust, and violence. Seeking a better life for himself and his family, Dartezeon saw academics as the only way to prevail. Through the continued guidance of his grandfather, Dartezeon was an avid reader and excelled in academics. Graduating high school with a 3.58 GPA and receiving a partial academic scholarship to Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ in 2014. Dartezeon originally had aspirations for a career in Sports Performance and Exercise Science but eventually majored in Entrepreneurial Studies with a minor in Sports Management. Dartezeon experienced many setbacks as a college student and eventually lost his scholarship. This led Dartezeon to working multiple jobs during his tenure to help pay for college. During his Junior year, Dartezeon started an entrepreneur program on campus catering to students who did not major in Business. Dartezeon was one of the lead teachers in the program which grew to over seven students. The program was to serve as a precursor to a business school for at risk youth who didn’t have the access or resources to learn college level business classes. Through this program, Dartezeon was introduced to Oye Waddell through his business professor Tim Kelley in 2016. The shared vision between the two to teach inner city communities about entrepreneurship led Dartezeon to an internship with Hustle PHX in 2017.
Dartezeon served as a leader of the freshmen boys group at Christ Church of the Valley in Anthem, AZ from 2018-2019. The next three years, Dartezeon continued to lead bible studies and seek ministry opportunities. Dartezeon started his first business venture Untamed Logistics LLC, a trucking company that specialized in transporting general freight to distribution centers using cargo vans and fifty three foot trucks. In 2022, Dartezeon experienced his most challenging year yet. His company was losing funds and business eventully ceased operations. Dartezeon was also tested for Leukemia and Glacuoma during this time. In the midst of the trials and tribulations, Dartezeon received a revelation from God to pursue ministry
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Currently, Dartezeon is Teaching Pastor at Sojourn Village - PHX. Dartezeon also works full time as a Logistics Specialist for Amazon. Dartezeon is also studying to receive his second Masters of Arts in Missional Theology from Calvin Theological Seminary. Dartezeon, his wife Tiffany Williams, and their seven month old daughter Tylee Williams currently reside in Phoenix, AZ.
Giving
Church planting in South Phoenix is a leap of faith and a step of obedience for us. Would you take a step of faith with us by committing to support us financially for the first 3 years? It is our prayer that within three years Sojourn Village will be able to support itself through the regular giving of its members. Until that time, donations will be used to support us as a family and support the ministry endeavors for the church.
Contact
ADDRESS
1 North 1st Street Ste 708 Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Email:
oye.waddell@hustlephx.com, tez.sojourn@gmail.com
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