LAUNCH
Launch is a 3-day design sprint for missional builders, where you clarify your idea, design your venture, and leave with mentors, friends, and a plan.
August 26-28 in Nashville. Apply Now >
WHAT LAUNCH IS
An accelerator in three days. Launch is a select gathering with 50+ early-stage builders from around the country, each working to sharpen their vision, venture, and plan.
GET IN THE ROOM
Isolation kills more projects than opposition. Surround yourself with mentors who've been where you're going and peers alongside you on the journey.
DESIGN THE VENTURE
Calling is not a plan. Your venture gets practitioner pressure until it's clear enough to explain, honest enough to test, and durable enough to fund.
FIND YOUR NETWORK
The right relationships at the right time changes everything. Launch connects emerging builders to leading ministries and a pathway to our accelerators.
THE LAUNCH GAP
Most builders never really launch, because they hit the gap between vision and venture with no process, no peers, and no one who's been there. Ideas stall and movements that should have existed never do. Launch exists to close that gap.
LAUNCH TALKS
We’ve distilled our best accelerator frameworks into key talks that help you build with clarity.
THE CALL
Why you? You'll articulate the formative story behind your venture and why this calling belongs to you and not someone else.
THE FRONTIER
What's missing? You leave knowing who you're for, what's broken, and why it's persisted, so your venture addresses the deeper problem.
THE VENTURE
What are you building? You'll define the mission, purpose, and identity at the core of your venture and the vision that drives what you're building.
THE MODEL
How does it work? You leave with a clear picture of your core operating model, what it produces, and how it sustains itself.
THE STORY
Why should someone care? You'll develop a clear narrative that moves donors, partners, and the people you're trying to reach.
THE IMPACT
What changes if this works? You leave with a clear vision of the change you're after and the markers that will prove it's actually happening.
FOR THE BUILDERS.
Launch is for you. Whether you're a church planter, ministry founder, movement leaders, technologist, or entrepreneur, the right start makes all the difference. All you need is a Kingdom vision and a willingness to build.
FAQ
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Launch is for builders who in the early stages. Maybe you have a vision but haven't built the structure around it. Maybe you've been building for a few years but haven't hit your stride, clarity is still missing, momentum hasn't arrived. Launch is the process to clarify and build momentum, so you leave with more traction than you came in with.
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You'll get three days with leaders who've built proven ministries, peers on the journey, and a process that clarifies what you're building and saves you time. What happens in three days can shape three years. Missional Labs is the launchpad for missional builders and this is where it starts.
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Seats are generally subsidized by church and ministry partners. Most builders come through their church or partner network. We also accept direct applications — reach out and we'll help you find the right path in. All builders cover their own travel to the event.
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Builders leave with a tested design and a 90-day action plan. The strongest builders are invited into Venture Lab, our longer-term program where ventures get built to last.
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Churches, networks, movements, and denominations partner with Launch to sponsor builders from their communities. We offer tiered partnership levels based on the number of builders you want to send and the depth of engagement you're looking for. Reach out directly to explore what fits.
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You invest in the first step for builders who are equipped, clear-eyed, and activated. Organizations that back their builders don't just launch ventures, they unlock a culture of Gospel innovation and entrepreneurial energy in their community, which fuels mission and movement. That's the real return.