25% of the Mission Fund is dedicated to strengthening and multiplying gospel-centered churches in the United States. Your giving provides training for church planters, grants for new churches, and a support network for established pastors.
In the United States:
- 76 churches since 1982
- 30 church plants in the last 10 years
- 750+ Sovereign Grace church members joined church-planting teams in the last 10 years
Upcoming and recent church plants
Coming in 2012
Sovereign Grace Church Miami (FL)
planting out of Palm Vista Community Church (Miami Lakes, FL)
San Diego's East County (CA)
planting out of Grace Church (San Diego, CA)
September 2011
Sovereign Grace Church (Xenia, OH)
August 2011
Sovereign Grace Church of the Lowcountry (Summerville, SC)
planted out of CrossWay Community Church (Charlotte, NC)
June 2011
Redeemer Church of Charlottesville (VA)
planted out of KingsWay Community Church (Midlothian, VA)
April 2011
Redeeming Grace Church (Durham, NC)
planted out of Sovereign Grace Church (Apex, NC)
September 2010
Sovereign Grace Church Sydney (Australia)
planted out of Christchurch (Newport, Wales)
May 2010
Redeemer Church (Arlington, VA)
planted out of Covenant Life Church (Gaithersburg, MD)
September 2009
Brandywine Grace Church (Downingtown, PA)
planted out of Covenant Fellowship Church (Glen Mills, PA)
August 2009
Sovereign Grace Church (Fredericksburg, VA)
planted out of KingsWay Community Church (Midlothian, VA)
Grace Church (Peoria, AZ)
planted out of Sovereign Grace Church of Gilbert (Arizona)
read senior pastor Chris Daukas's article "The Gospel and Suburbia"
Sovereign Grace Church Orange County (Irvine, CA)
planted out of Sovereign Grace Church of Pasadena (California)
Christ Church (San Francisco, CA)
planted out of Wellspring Church (Pleasanton, CA)
read senior pastor Toby Kurth's article "Building a Messy Church"
About church planting
Dave Harvey, who leads our church planting efforts, has been writing on church planting at C.J. Mahaney's blog over the last year. His articles and interviews will help you see the heart and strategy behind our efforts.
Why we plant churches
How we plant churches
Church-planter interviews
- Keith Breault (Redeemer Church of Charlottesville, VA): part 1 and part 2
- Eric Holter (Redeeming Grace Church, Durham, NC): part 1 and part 2
- John Butler (Sovereign Grace Church, Xenia, OH): part 1 and part 2
- Mike Seaver (Sovereign Grace Church of the Lowcountry, Summerville, SC): part 1 and part 2
- Dave Taylor (Sydney, Australia): part 1 and part 2
- Toby Kurth (San Francisco, CA)
- Ian McConnell (Philadelphia, PA): part 1 and part 2