Corey Alley

I planted SOJO Church in Concord, NC in 2017 with my wife Betsy and a handful of people who believed a church could be less of a destination and more of a launching pad. Seven years later SOJO is a multi-ministry community gathering weekly in the heart of Concord — and we're just getting started.

I also serve as the Executive Director of Carolina Movement, a multi-denominational church planting network across North Carolina. We've planted 60+ churches, we're building toward 100 in 10 years, and we're expanding into South Carolina. The work is slow and messy and absolutely worth it.

I preach, write, speak at leadership gatherings, and coach church planters and pastors who are trying to figure out how to lead from a place of rootedness rather than reaction. My theology is anchored in the conviction that the people of God are meant to be a lampstand — Spirit-filled, deeply rooted, and carrying light into the darkness — not just running programs and filling seats.

When I'm not in ministry mode you'll find me at the gym, reading, journaling, or yelling at the Carolina Panthers with the kind of loyalty that defies logic. Betsy and I live in Concord with our two daughters, Noel and Eden, in a 105-year-old house that is slowly teaching me the gospel — there is always something broken, and there is always something worth restoring.

If you've made it this far, my hope is that you want what I want. You want to be rooted. You want to bear real fruit — the kind that doesn't kill you. You want to be free in this strange, beautiful, broken world.

I can help. Whether you are a church leader wrestling with how to lead from rootedness instead of reaction — or a believer trying to grow without losing your soul — your next step is the same.

Reach out.

I will read every email. I will write back. We will figure out what you need and how I can come alongside you.

You don't have to do this alone. You weren't meant to.