In 2007, a collection of area churches began to pray about forming a new church in Charlottesville. A year later, a handful of friends moved to the city and began listening to people’s stories, prayers and hopes.

From the beginning, our desire has been to learn what it might look like to plant deep roots in community and attempt to live out the way of Jesus while serving the common good of our neighbors.

All Souls began meeting as a house church on Ridge Street, sharing meals and telling stories, gathering around Scriptures and praying the evening hours. We got to know the neighborhoods and began invest in people living there. We drank a lot of coffee and had a lot of conversations. A lot. We became involved with several nonprofits and artists and justice issues.

In 2009, the church unfolded in a more public way, meeting in CitySpace on the Downtown Mall, then Eunoia on Grounds, then Trailblazer Elementary School.

In 2020, our Founding Pastor, Rev. Winn Collier accepted a call to help found and direct the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination. Following a six month search, we hired Fr. Bliss Spillar to serve as our Senior Pastor in January 2021.

In 2023, we moved into our current location in the heart of the Belmont neighborhood, converting a small school back into a sacred worship space with classrooms and offices on the lower floor.