Developing leaders toward sustainability in a faithful innovation ecosystem
The Western Church is Shrinking
Twenty years ago, 69% of U.S. adults were members of a church. Today it’s 50%. Major denominations are closing churches and losing members faster than they can replace them. It doesn’t have to be this way.
We can Join You in Leading Faithful Innovation
Gather faithful innovators
Instead of placing a professional Christian in a building on a plot of land in a burgeoning new suburb, Cyclical is joining faithful innovators to discern and participate in the activity of the Holy Spirit.
Start New Churches
Because the 20th century industrial church model is not working anymore, we are discovering new and yet faithful ways to start many missional churches that are multiplying
Start New Ministries in Existing Churches
It’s sad to watch the churches in your region shrink, split and die. Starting new churches unites and revitalizes entire regions.
We Care About the Future of the Church
Which is why we’re helping revitalize regions around the world by starting faithful innovation networks.
239
leaders connected to cyclical networks
55
churches started
900
new Christians
23,833
people impacted by shalom initiatives
Cyclical’s Three-Stage Process
Our team identifies and supports faithful innovators at various stages of their journey: discerners, starters and leaders of existing faithful innovations (churches).
This collective of leaders forms an ecumenical community, united by a common culture and set of practices. Together, we engage in the historical art of faithful innovation, thoughtfully navigating the challenges and opportunities that arise worldwide, while focusing on understanding and adapting to specific local contexts.
Discerners
The cycle begins with discernment. Specifically, it begins with discerning a call to faithful innovation.
Starters
The second stage of our cycle is dedicated to the starters, the practitioners, the ones who did the work of discernment and are beginning to launch their faithful innovation.
Churches
As we join you in discerning the next generation of faithful innovators, discerners become starters, and starters create faithful innovations (churches). These faithful innovations, as time passes and as God blesses, move into seasons of sustainability and generativity.
“Cyclical has provided a safe and nurturing environment with lots resources of knowledge and strategies for people like me.”
“If it takes a tribe to raise a child, then it takes a network to raise a church.”