Who We Are

Jesus said, “Go…

into all the world and preach the gospel, make disciples, and baptize in my name.” The gospel is His story. Our story is all about sharing Him to the city we love: Warrenton.

Journey UP (United Pentecostal) Church was birthed out of a burden for the lost and broken souls of Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. In April 2008, our founding pastors, Joshua and Leah Glick, took a stop of faith, quit their jobs in California, loaded a U-Haul truck, and moved across country to Northern Virginia. In March 2014, they took another step of faith and moved to Warrenton to plant a spirit-filled, bible-teaching church. They began prayer meetings in the living room of their home, and in May 2019, Journey UP Church was officially launched. God miraculously provided a space for them in Memorial Hall of the Warrenton United Methodist Church (WUMC). The church is now meeting at 568 Waterloo Rd., Suite 103.

Journey UP Church is a new church with big dreams and is passionate about their connection with God, serving people, and walking this journey together.  It is our hope that the Journey UP will be a place where you can find the genuine love of God and can experience His dynamic presence. Our goal is to strive to build the bridge to connect each person with Christ and to help each person become confident in their relationship with God.

We guarantee that the faces are friendly, the coffee is good, and most of all that you’ll feel the presence of God’s Spirit. Take the first step and come see what we’re all about!

Core Values

Purpose is the reason you journey. Passion is the fire that lights your way.

Inward Passion
(The Great Commandment)

Inward Passion…The heart of the matter. If a Christian can’t get this right, then I’m afraid there’s nothing else left to get. This is the primary commandment that all other promises and principles found in the Word of God hinge off of. If we can’t fall in love with the Bridegroom, then don’t expect to be at the marriage ceremony. The Journey UP’s primary core value is to fall in love with Jesus wholeheartedly and passionately, staying committed to Him, and to walk with Him through every step of our journey.

Matthew 22:37-40: “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

This is the first and great commandment.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

Outward Purpose
(The Great Commission)

Outward Purpose…Disciples creating disciples. Is there any wonder why two thirds of the word “God” is “go”? We have got to “Go ye therefore…” After receiving the new birth experience of being born again, it is our greatest challenge and blessing to take our testimony to those around us and help others receive the same experience. It is not our privilege to sit, soak, and sour in our sanctified seats while listening to self-serving sermons. We must take this Truth and our experience to those around us to share the grace and love that we have received ourselves. That is our purpose, linking up with others to share this gospel as we walk this journey called life.

Matthew 28:19-20: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”

Upward Path
(The Great Compassion)

Upward path…A one way street in a city full of fast lanes. In a world full of fast food, instant gratification, and the quick-fix culture that is surrounding us, it’s more imperative now than ever to recognize that there are no short cuts to making heaven our home. Our road to righteousness, our highway to heaven if you will, still begins with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Moreover, keeping on the straight and narrow doesn’t end with Christ’s resurrection. We must continue to move up, that is, working with one another to recognize the needs with our community to help and witness to those who are in want. This process of unity and compassion serves us to walk together in this journey while helping those along the way.

Matthew 25:37, 40: “Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”

What we Believe

We believe Jesus is Lord, and He loves you very, very much. We believe that there is more for you than against you when living for God, and when working together with Christ and with one another, we can accomplish great things in His kingdom.

The New Birth

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God (John 3:5).

The New Birth is the Bible standard of full salvation, which is repentance, baptism in water by immersion and the name of the Lord Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the initial sign of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance (Acts 2:38).

The Bible

The Bible is our Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth (B.I.B.L.E.). The Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (II Timothy 3:16).

The Oneness of God

We believe in the one ever-living, eternal God: infinite in power, holy in nature, attributes and purpose; and possessing absolute, indivisible deity. This one true God has revealed Himself as Father in creation; through His Son in redemption; and as the Holy Spirit in regeneration, (I Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 4:6; II Corinthians 5:19; Joel 2:28).

“The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord” (Mark 12:29; Deuteronomy 6:4). “One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all” ( Ephesians 4:6).

Water Baptism in the Name of Jesus

The name in which baptism is administered is vitally important, and this name is Jesus. Jesus’ last command to His disciples was, “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matthew 28:19). We should notice that He said name (singular) not names’. As previously explained, Father, son, and Holy Ghost are not names of separate persons, but titles of positions held by God. An angelic announcement revealed God’s saving name in the New Testament: “She shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).

The apostles understood that Jesus was the name to use at baptism, and from the day that the church of God was established (the Day of Pentecost) until the end of their ministry, they baptized all nations (Jews-Acts 2:38-41; Samaritans-Acts 8:16; Gentiles-Acts 19:5) in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

In fact, Jesus is the only name given for our salvation. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12)

The Holy Ghost

The baptism of the Holy Ghost is the birth of the Spirit (John 3:5). This spiritual baptism is necessary to put someone into the kingdom of God and is evidenced by speaking in other tongues as the Spirit of God give utterance.

It was prophesied by Joel (Joel 2:28-29) and Isaiah (Isaiah 28:11), foretold by John the Baptist (Matthew 3:11), purchased by the blood of Jesus, and promised by Him to His disciples (John 14:26; John 15:26). The Holy Ghost was first poured out on the Day of Pentecost upon the Jews (Acts 2:1-4), then upon the Samaritans (Acts 8:17), and later upon the Gentiles (Acts 10:44-46; Acts 19:6). “The promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call” (Acts 2:39).

Speaking in Tongues

Speaking in tongues means speaking miraculously in a language unknown to the speaker, as the Spirit gives utterance. Tongues can be classified in two ways, according to function: (1) speaking in other tongues as the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost and (2) the gift of tongues as mentioned in I Corinthians.

Speaking in other tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance is the manifestation God has given as the definite, indisputable, supernatural witness or sign of the baptism of the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:4; Acts 10:46; Acts 19:6). It was prophesied by the prophet Isaiah as the rest and the refreshing (Isaiah 28:11-12), foretold by Jesus as a sign that would follow believers of the gospel (Mark 16:17), and experienced by Jews and Gentiles alike.

The gift of “divers kinds of tongues,” mentioned by Paul in I Corinthians 12:1-10 and concerning which he gave regulations in I Corinthians 14:1-40, is given both for self-edification (I Corinthians 14:4) and for the edification of the church (I Corinthians 14:27-28). In church meetings the gift of tongues is used to give a public message, and it is to be interpreted. Since this gift can be misused in public, it needs proper regulation (I Corinthians 14:23-28). Not all believers exercise the gift of tongues, which is different in function from tongues given by God as the initial witness of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

Paul said, “Forbid not to speak with tongues” (I Corinthians 14:39) and “I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all” (I Corinthians 14:18), Who dares to teach or preach to the contrary?

The Church

The word “church” comes from the Greek word ekklesia, which means “a called out company.” This refers to those who have been called out of the world through regeneration and brought into a vital living spiritual union with Jesus Christ. It is a self-perpetuating spiritual organism comprised of all those who have been regenerated through the Holy Spirit.

Entrance into the church occurs when an individual is born again (John 3:5). The Bible interprets this to mean when an individual is baptized by immersion in the name of Jesus Christ and is filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues (Acts 2:38).

Involvement in Service-Related Ministries

It is our firm persuasion that all Spirit-filled believers are called to a ministry. The Apostle Paul affirms this by writing, “Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness” (Romans 12:6-8).

Each member of the Journey is encouraged to learn and grow in one or more of the various ministries within the church that serve our community and congregation. By doing this, we are blessing those around us while growing into the person God has called us to be.`