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Every church, caring for its community.
Compassion is the pathway. Flourishing is where it leads. Here is the journey every church can take, and the next step we're taking with The Bay Church.
Our vision is a Bay Area where every local church plays an active role in serving its community, working alongside partners to mobilize people, gifts, and resources for lasting change.
And it begins with a single step.
Start small. Build faithfully.
Every church begins with one act of compassion. Wherever you are today, there is a next step.
Compassion is the pathway. Flourishing is where it leads.
A bag of food. A warm embrace. A hot shower.
Showing up again and again, until neighbors know you'll be there.
One program done well, like food outreach or literacy support.
Working alongside other churches, schools, and partners in collaborative care.
Compassion programs layered together for whole-person care.
Every church's place of flourishing will look different.
For us, step five has a name: the Center for Human Flourishing.
Together with The Bay Church, our next step is a place of flourishing of our own: one shared front door on The Bay Church campus, right beside the fields where our kids already play.
Where care is constant, connection is deep, and hope is renewed.
Serving families every week through our programs.
Growing what works, and learning as we go.
Step inside the Center.
Three things will happen under one roof: compassion for the whole family, research into what helps people flourish, and teaching that carries it to churches everywhere.
Under one roof, a family can eat, play, heal, and rest: a market and teaching kitchen, fields and an art room for kids, a clinic and counseling, a quiet place to pray for those who desire it, and a warm welcome from people who know them by name.
Researchers study what helps people flourish, and share it with churches across the country and around the world, so that what we learn here shapes how we serve.
Church leaders and partners will gather here to learn what helps people flourish, and carry it home to their own communities, wherever they are on their own journey.
A phased approach for impact and stewardship.
We are building the Center one faithful step at a time, so every phase serves neighbors well and every gift is used wisely.
Warehouse, multi-purpose room, and medical clinic
Counseling center, classrooms, and teaching kitchen
Visiting center and research offices