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Building a Garden of Churches

How An Ecosystem of Diverse Innovators Can Revitalize Neighborhoods and Cities

We need to start lots of new churches

In our increasingly diverse, post-Christendom world, a “one size fits all” approach to starting new churches makes less and less sense. While some churches and judicatories are despairing at dwindling traditional church attendance or attempting to return to the “good old days” of cultural Christianity (which were not so good for all of us), others are charting a different path.

By working together, they are identifying and empowering groups of women and men who reflect the diversity of their cities to prayerfully discern and pursue God’s calling to start all kinds of new churches.

How to Build Ecosystems to Start Thriving Churches

Existing Churches

Churches send out discerners to explore whether God may be calling them to start new churches.

Judicatories

Middle governing bodies create the pathways and structures to support the church starters on their way to success.

Coaches

Spiritual directors, coaches, and therapists give one-on-one attention to the church starters to ensure their spiritual health.

Directors

Directors gather discerners, church starters, and church leaders to train, cast vision, tell stories, and nurture the movement of God.

Written By An Ecosystem

Daniel So is a co-founding pastor of Anchor City Church in San Diego, wehre he is also Director of Cyclical San Diego, a network of people helping support and encourage new churches in San Diego County. Through this book, Daniel has gathered leaders from all tiers of their church starting ecosystem to tell a multifaceted story of what it takes to build a garden of churches.