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An Initiative ofNXTMOVE

Missional
Garage

Faith. Calling. Vocation. Mission.

Helping churches create spaces where young Christians integrate faith, calling and vocation — and carry it into ideas, enterprises and society.

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Why

Something is shifting.

Something is shifting among young Christians in Nairobi.

Faith still matters deeply. But connecting it to work, leadership, culture and city life is getting harder to do within traditional spaces alone.

Mind the gap

Faith×Life
Church×City
Calling×Vocation
Formation×Expression
Conviction×Action

The gap closes.

Ongoing research • 204 respondents so far

What we're hearing

Before building, we listened. These are early signals from an ongoing survey — not a final picture.

Faith & everyday life

0.0%

feel faith and everyday life are one integrated thing.

Across generations

0.0%

say the generation ahead only partly understands what they face.

Faith at work

0.0%

say faith is the foundation of how they build and work.

The institutional church

0.0%

describe themselves as "in but frustrated."

The issue is not a lack of faith — it is how faith is translated into calling, vocation and public life.

The Garage

A garage is where things get built.

A space where young Christians bring faith, calling and ideas together — and where ideas are:

ExploredBuiltTestedImprovedRebuiltDeployed

Not replacing the Church.

A framework that helps the Church form and release young Christians for missional life in society.

Young adults working in a sunlit open garage workspace in Nairobi

Seven spheres

The labs

Each lab is an ongoing community that discovers problems, collaborates and develops projects in its sphere.
Young creatives collaborating around sketches and a prototype

Renewing how the local church gathers, forms and sends.

The model

From person to impact

Spiritual Formation

Start with the person

Seven Labs

Find the sphere

Build the Idea

Ideate → Deploy

Growth Pathways

Accelerate • Lead

Missional Impact

Transform society

Everything starts with the person.

Identity in GodCalling & PurposeTalents & AbilitiesStewardshipChristian CharacterFaith × Vocation × Public LifeMissional Living

Impact

What comes out of the Garage

Grounded missional leaders

Faith expressed through vocation

Tested, sustainable projects

Viable businesses & social enterprises

Ministry & community solutions

Leaders across the seven spheres

Listen. Build. Test. Learn. Adapt. Do it better.

For churches

Start a Missional Garage in your church

Not another institution competing with the local church — a way to help your church form and release young Christians into calling, vocation and society.

From

How do we keep young people engaged?

To

How do we form and release young Christians to live missionally?

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Understand the realities and pressures shaping their lives.

Could your church become a Garage?

If you're asking how to disciple young Christians for work, calling and public life, let's talk.

Join

Different ways into the Garage

I'm a young Christian

Exploring faith, calling, vocation and your place in society.

I'm interested Coming soon

I have an idea

A project, ministry or enterprise that needs testing, mentors and community.

Bring an idea Coming soon

I want to partner

Mentors, businesses, accelerators, funders, universities and ministries — the Church shouldn't work alone.

Become a partner

Form the person. Find the sphere. Discover the problem. Build the idea. Test it. Learn. Build it again. Develop the leader. Deploy the solution. Influence society.

Faith × Calling × Vocation × Mission

This is the Missional Garage.

Where the Church forms people, ideas grow, leaders develop — and young Christians are released into their calling.

What could God build through the young people already in our churches?

Let's find out.

Partner with us

The Garage is just getting started

Follow the journey as we listen, test, learn and build.