Meet Pastor Joe.

Joe Champion is the Founding Sr. Pastor of Celebration Church, a multi-site church with campuses in the Austin, Texas metroplex, and in Mozambique, Africa. He is passionate about helping people connect with their destinies through the live-giving ministry of the local church. He serves on the lead team of the Association of Related Churches.

While a football player at Louisiana State University, he considered following in his father’s footsteps with a career in the National Football League, but entered full-time ministry in 1989 after a life-transforming experience with Christ. Later, he answered the call to plant a church in the greater Austin area.

Joe and his wife, Lori, founded Celebration Church in October of 2000. Over the years, Celebration Church has grown from the Champion family of five to over 6000 people in attendance each week across four different campuses, both locally and internationally!

Celebration Church is a non-denominational church with a vision to reach the city of Austin, and the globe, with the gospel of JesusChrist and to raise up and train ministers, missionaries and Christian leaders through the Celebration School of Ministry.

Joe and Lori have been married for 20 years and have three sons, Mason (19), Connor (14) and Jackson (11).

Joe Champion is a globally recognized leader and speaker, serving on the boards of OneHope, Association of Related Churches (ARC), and Oral Roberts University.

Contact: Pastors@CelebrationChurchTx.com