Encouraging Growth. Together.
Growing the God's Kingdom by encouraging you.
Growing God's Kingdom
by encouraging you.
Calling Identification & Fulfillment
Purpose Identification and Fulfillment empowers believers to recognize and nurture their God-given purpose. It’s not just about finding your calling; it’s about training and empowering you to fulfill it. The world is waiting for God's people to step out on purpose.
Church Support
Welcome to our Church Support network, where fellowship fuels faith. We invite small, house, and traditional pastors to connect twice a month, fostering growth in our congregations. Every church unites for a unified worship night once a month, cultivating encouragement through collective praise. We stand together in promoting ministries such as Bible studies, individual sessions, and small groups, forging a path to fruitful service in our communities.
Church Planting
Designed for the passionate leaders emerging from our discipleship process, GEM's intensive internship features weekly sessions focused on preparation and training, ensuring that each church plant is rooted in strong foundations and ready to thrive within the community.
Together Impact
GEM understands that each small church has its own unique strengths and weaknesses. Our network works by leveraging these strengths to support one another, fostering collaboration and growth that echoes the spirit of the first century church. By coming together, we can empower each other and expand our reach around the world as we share the love and message of Christ.
A different model
The history of Growth Encouragement Ministries
Growth Encouragement Ministries was founded in 2003 to help expand God’s Kingdom by encouraging Jesus followers to step into their God-given purposes. What began as a practical response to a common need—small churches lacking a paid minister of education—has grown into a broader mission: to equip and empower churches for purposeful, sustainable growth.
Our Story
- Start: Aiming to support small churches by providing access to education ministry without added payroll, GEM stepped in to meet an immediate, shared need.
- Expansion: We broadened our work to include special projects and consulting for church mergers, replants, mission trips, and dissolutions.
- Focus Today: Today, GEM concentrates on small and house church planting, helping communities of believers flourish in multiplication and authentic discipleship.
Our Mission
To encourage Jesus followers to discover and fulfill their God-given purposes, thereby strengthening churches and expanding the footprint of God’s Kingdom through intentional planting, partnerships, and practical support.
What We Do
- Church Planting Support: Guidance, resources, and hands-on encouragement for small and house church planting initiatives.
- Consulting & Collaboration: Experienced assistance with church mergers, replants, mission trips, and dissolutions to help organizations navigate transitions smoothly.
- Special Projects & Resources: Practical tools and project support that enable churches to tackle impactful initiatives without overburdening their leadership.
Why GEM
- Focused on nimble, missional impact in small and home churches.
- Experienced in both strategic transitions and day-to-day ministry needs.
- Biblically grounded, practically minded, and ministry-partner oriented.
Get Involved
If you’re planting a church, navigating a transition, or pursuing a special project for God’s Kingdom, we’d love to partner with you. Reach out to learn how GEM can come alongside your church community to encourage growth, multiply faithful disciples, and extend His Kingdom.
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