San Francisco Bay Area
We plant churches that plant churches
A movement built on radical generosity, relentless creativity, and the belief that every neighborhood deserves a thriving faith community.
Less than 5% of the Bay Area goes to church. We see an invitation.
Planting the Bay exists to seed vibrant, culturally-rooted church communities across every corner of the San Francisco Bay Area. Then do it again in the next city.
The Framework
Six steps. One system. Infinite cities.
Most church plants are one-offs. We engineered a repeatable system designed to scale across any metro area in the country.
Identify the City
Deep demographic research, spiritual landscape mapping, community need assessment.
Raise the Capital
Build a coalition of donors, partner churches, and foundations. Full transparency.
Deploy the Planter
Send a trained, funded church planter with a launch team into the target neighborhood.
Build Community
Start in living rooms, parks, coffee shops. Grow through relationship, not programs.
Launch and Sustain
Transition to self-sustaining church. Own leadership, own budget, own identity.
Replicate
Document everything. Train the next planter. Move to the next city. The model travels.
Fundraising
Partner with us financially
Every dollar goes directly toward planting churches and training leaders. We operate lean. We report transparently.
Visionary Partner
$100,000+Founding-level investment. Named partnership, board-level access, quarterly strategy briefings.
City Sponsor
$50,000+Sponsor an entire city launch from start to self-sustaining.
Founding Partner
$10,000+ / yrYour name in the story from day one. Direct access, milestone events, impact reports.
Church Sponsor
$5,000+ / yrSponsor media production, planter training, or community launch events.
Monthly Sustainer
$100+ / moThe backbone of the movement. Consistent support that lets us plan with confidence.
One-Time Gift
Any amountEvery gift matters.
Join the Team
This requires extraordinary people
Leadership
Church Planter
You feel the call to lead a new faith community. We train you, fund you, walk with you.
Creative
Media + Content
Videographers, photographers, writers. Tell the story of what God is doing in the Bay.
Operations
Community Builder
Organizers, connectors. Make people feel like they belong before they believe.
Advisory
Board Member
Experienced leaders in ministry, nonprofit, or business. Govern wisely.
Music
Worship Leader
Shape the sound and spiritual atmosphere of a brand new church.
Volunteer
Launch Team
The first 50 who say "I'm in." You set the culture.
Media + Docuseries
Follow the journey. From day one.
We're documenting everything. The wins, the struggle, the raw story of planting a church in one of the hardest mission fields in America. Social-media-forward ministry. TikTok. YouTube. Instagram. Meeting people where they already are.
Ministers in Training
Send out leaders. Change the world.
We don't just plant churches — we develop the people who lead them. A pipeline from calling to commissioning.
Discovery
6 months. Immersive learning, spiritual formation, self-assessment.
Apprenticeship
12 months embedded in an active plant. Real leadership, real mentorship.
Residency
6 months leading ministry. Preaching, pastoral care, community engagement.
Commission + Send
Fully funded, fully trained, fully supported. Sent out with the network behind you.
"We're not building a church. We're building a movement of church builders."The Planting the Bay Vision
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