The plan
From here to launch
Raising a support team now, training through a church planting residency, then planting Gracebound in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Now to July 2027
Building a support team
Meeting with friends, family and churches who might partner with us. Monthly gifts can start as soon as giving opens.
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Aug 2027 to early 2029
The Village residency
18 months of church planting training in The Village Church Planting Program. Applied; in the interview round now.
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After the residency
Launch Gracebound
During the residency, the work is evangelism, discipleship, and finding the people who want to help serve the church. Right as the residency ends, in January or February 2029, we launch a core group and begin Sunday services as a full church.
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The first 3 to 5 years
Until the church supports its pastor
Monthly support continues until Gracebound can support its pastor.
What it takes
$10,000a month · $120,000 a year
Salary, health insurance, a computer and similar costs.
| Partners | Each month | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | $500 | $2,500 |
| 20 | $200 | $4,000 |
| 35 | $100 | $3,500 |
| 60 partners | $10,000 |
I’m also raising a small one-time amount, $10,000, to cover tuition for the rest of my PhD program.
Raising now, and later
Two separate asks.
Now: monthly personal support, from the residency until the church can support its pastor, ideally 3 to 5 years after launch.
Later, separately: a launch fund for the church itself, such as rent, equipment, and maybe a part-time staff member. Partners will be invited into that when the time comes.
Where things stand
What’s settled, and what isn’t.
We want to be clear about what we’re clear on, and honest about what we haven’t figured out yet.
Settled
- The call to plant
- Stasia and Caleb are both on board for August 2027
- The vision: disciples who make disciples, and a sending church
- Gracebound support funds the church; YouTube is funded separately
Still being worked out
- The exact location: Dallas-Fort Worth, leaning North DFW
- How a sending church also becomes self-supporting
- Acceptance into the residency (interviews under way)
Next
Pray, give, or go with us.