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Our Team

Ellis Brust
Canon to the Missionary Bishop and Network Leader

Rebecca Taylor
Director for Administration and Communications

Scott Pedersen
Clergy Formation Advisor

Cynthia Brust
Regional Pastoral Coordinator (Southern California)

Jennifer Roach
Regional Pastoral Coordinator (Pacific Northwest)

Tony Baron
Bishop's Canon for Special Projects

Our Field

Younger adults and those Americans who live in the Western part of the United States are much less likely to believe in God than are those living elsewhere.

The highest number of atheists and agnostics live in the western USA.

One quarter of western U.S. adults claim no religious affiliation.

Gallup and Pew Research, 2008

Our Mission

God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.

The Great Commission,
The Message

Locations

Thinking missionally, living locally.

Post-Christian Context

For centuries we have held modern Western versions of Christianity as the standard. Western churches were the sending churches, sending missionaries to regions of the world that had not yet been influenced by the Christian story. Today, the Christian story is losing influence in the West. Instead of the church being at the center of culture, we are now finding ourselves in an increasingly post-Christian culture. As such, we need to think missionally. Thinking missionally requires a shift of focus from trying to convert a culture to be more like "us" to becoming involved with the culture and allowing culturally unique forms of church to spring up from the planting of the gospel into the soil of each unique and distinct context.

Churches for the Sake of Others is focused on planting churches primarily on the West Coast of the United States. We expect C4SO church planters to live in the community where they plant. We have regional church planting mentors overseeing the work in their region. They are familiar with the cultural context of each region, have experience with missional engagement, and are focused on Kingdom realities.

Targeted C4SO Locations

Orange County, California	Seattle, Washington
Sacramento, California	Portland, Oregon
San Francisco/Oakland/ San Jose, California	Boise, Idaho
Central Coast of California	Las Vegas, Nevada
Greater Los Angeles, California	Reno, Nevada
Riverside/San Bernardino, California	San Diego, California

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