Stonegate Church

We want to be a church that pulls families together. However, the more complex and cluttered with events our church becomes, the more likely we are to push families apart. Every event, program, or ministry requires volunteers; and volunteer time comes at the expense of family time and time to engage a lost world. In light of that, we are very cautious to add anything to the calendar that does not fit into a simple disciple-making strategy. In summary, we want to be simple in our disciple-making strategy to serve our families. Reason 3: A simple disciple-making strategy promotes Gospel expansion. A cluttered calendar with multiple events per week is one enemy of missional living. Every night you spend at a church event is a night you will not spend in your neighborhood and among your neighbors. The more we keep you at church events the more we prohibit our church family from befriending people who desperately need the Gospel. In summary, we want to be simple in our disciple-making strategy so we can free you to engage others during the week. DISTINCTIVE 3: EVERYTHING ENDS IN MULTIPLICATION. Just as the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20) leads individuals to multiply their lives, it also leads churches to multiply themselves, or plant other churches. We are a church-planting church. We help church plants on many levels, from financial assistance, to training, to sending. One way all of these aspects come together is our Church-Planting Residency Program. Stonegate's Residency Program provides future church planters with hands-on experience as they serve Stonegate in various ministry roles. It equips them with the skills needed to plant a church, educates them on potentially devastating mistakes, provides startup funds, and potentially provides personnel as our Stonegate family prays about relocating with a perspective Church-Planting Resident.