The origin story of LoveKey Church is intertwined with the personal testimony of our founder and lead pastor, Heinz Winckler. Heinz felt called in 2015 to make a drastic shift from the commercial music industry to the Christian and praise and worship music scene. This decision led to the release of his first Christian Contemporary album “The Roar” which released in 2016. It was the start of a bigger focus on doing ministry work. He traveled to different churches and ministries to share his songs and testimony. At one church in particular, the pastor asked him, “So, when are you planting a church?” At first Heinz thought the idea was completely crazy. But a seed was sown and over the next few months and years it started to grow. In June 2020 the Lord spoke clearly to Heinz that he is to plant a church, that it must be unaffiliated and that He, the Lord, is doing a new thing. On 28 October 2020 during his time with God, the Holy Spirit revealed to Heinz that the church should be planted on 22 November – less than a month away! He prayed with his wife and kids, spoke to the leadership of the church they were in, were released and blessed, and had the first LoveKey Church gathering on 22 November 2020.

God clearly showed Heinz that the meaning of the church name is significant because it represents the gospel and the new life of a believer in Christ: The key to salvation, is the revelation of how much God loves us. The key to living the life He has for us, is to love Him back. And we love Him when we obey his word. So at LoveKey we aim to create an atmosphere of God’s love in which we share the unfiltered truth of the word of God. And that is why our values are to be a place where people can encounter God so they can align with His purposes in order to reign in life and help others to do the same.