Our Story

Jana Spicka’s lifework is best summarized in two words: revelation and community. Now after more than 28 years of doing life and ministry with the Lord, Jana’s events and materials create an expectant environment of hearing from the Lord and living in deep connection with other believers.

As an author and teacher, Jana combines real life God stories, profound truths and the power of Scripture to challenge and impact her audience. She invites people from all ages and walks of life to go deeper into Jesus through an intimate encounter with God.

Jana’s heart is to bring a fresh word from heaven.

History:

She began sharing her story 6 months after a radical encounter with God in 1992. She then spent the next 10 years teaching thousands of students how to build healthy relationships. Her abstinence materials are still used across the U.S. and Canada.

In 2006, she began writing with a refined focus on the God’s worth of women. She launched the Unhindered Encounters which are events that strip away the culture’s lie that a woman’s purpose is for consumption, and instead steep women in God’s truth about their glory. She has since developed events about beauty for preteens and teens, abortion healing retreats, and marriage retreats with her husband, Chuck.

From 2007 to 2013, through an amazing community of women known as Women Getting Real, Jana and friends hosted many events for thousands of women seeking freedom.  Jana was invited to speak at many churches in the East Tennessee region, The Cove in North Carolina, Colorado, and Texas. She traveled to Zimbabwe in 2010, where she shared her message at high schools and women’s retreats.

Her God-given vision: to rescue, restore, and release women and men into their God-given design.

Jana is author of the women’s book,Unhindered,  a children’s book promoting self-esteem and purity, The Locket and the Mask, and a devotional, called Dine with Me.  Jana has released three worship CDs: Daughters of Song, Unhindered,  and “Real.Life.”

Present Focus:

In 2015, Jana and Chuck started the non-profit called Greater Things.

Greater Things is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people discover wholeness and fullness as they discover the heart of God. We rescue, restore, and release people into their God given destinies. And we believe that we are to fulfill the “greater things” that Jesus spoke of in John 14.

Jana teaches at several events each year hosted by a band of dedicated women: The Yes and Amen Retreats and an annual marriage retreat with her husband. She leads weekly community classes, blogs regularly. She has a podcast called Listen and See. In 2018 she  released a new book called More of the Holy Spirit.

Two new books released in 2024; Leaning on Her Lover and Restless can both be found on Amazon.

Jana and Chuck believe that God is doing a beautiful thing in gathering people to experience His presence. So they launched New Wine Church in 2017.

New Wine Church and her other weekly classes are held at Greater Things House. 6812 Baum Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919.

Home Life:

Born in Tennessee, Jana lived abroad for many years before returning to her roots in Knoxville. She and her co-heir husband, Chuck, lived in Knoxville for over thirty years and raised their family and various creatures there.  In 2022, Chuck and Jana created a new home in Florida while still leading Greater Things in Knoxville.

Jana has a rich church history through which she gratefully says God has equipped her and trained her for her calling. She is a graduate of Maryville College.

Global Impact:

“I think no one is as surprised as I am about what God has done in my life. God has literally changed me. Not just saved me but transformed my heart and mind, set me free, gave me power and authority through Jesus. I had selfish ambitions, God gave me dreams for the world. I see all that He and I have done over the last nearly 30 years and I just laugh. If you knew where I started, you would understand the power of God. His love changes generations and hearts and legacies. His love truly has resurrection power, I am living proof.” —Jana Spicka