A Vision for Renewal in the Church of Canada

Vision Builders is a giving community of The Way Church who are passionate about fueling a vision for renewal in the Church of Canada. The Vision Builders Community gathers, prays and gives generously above and beyond regular tithes and offering.

How do I become a Vision Builder?

Give to the Vision Builders Fund

Start investing now into the long-term vision for church multiplication in Canada by financially contributing to our Vision Builders Fund.

Pledge to Give

If you’re planning to give in the future, you can pledge to give by filling out a pledge form. Pledging allows our team to plan accurately as we launch these projects in a timely and responsible way.

The Way 2030

When our church began as an idea a few years ago, it was clear that God called us to be a church with capacity and vision to multiply and to serve the church across Canada. This was the reason for the unique structure and team leadership model at the beginning of the church plant, and continues to be the focus as continue ministry in Vancouver and North Vancouver.

What follows are the 3 themes we feel called to as a church: Church Multiplication & Revitalization, Raising up the Next Generation of Leaders and Pastors, and Resourcing the Church in Canada.

Multiplication through Planting & Revitalization

Over the next decade, we have a strategy to multiply ministry here in Vancouver by launching new sites across Vancouver, planting churches and revitalizing existing churches.

Raising Up the Next Generation of Leaders

In order to continue to see vibrant ministry happen at The Way and across the church in Canada, it requires an intentional investment in leadership development. This will look different at various points along the journey, but it means creating programs that are primarily designed for leaders and pastors to be trained early and over a long period of time; all with the goal of equipping them for the unique challenges and opportunities of pastoral leadership and ministry.

Resourcing the Church in Canada

Our heart is to serve and resource pastors and churches across Canada, in order to see a healthy church for the next generation of Canadians. We do this through tangible ways like the Canadian Church Leaders Network, and also through the ministry and overflow of the work we do serving our local church.

This year…

We want to intentionally invest in several projects to prepare us for healthy multiplication. This looks like investing in developing more leaders, seed funding that allows us to be ready to plant a new site, and building infrastructure to allow for effective & sustainable long-term ministry.

Total Goal: $155,000

  • Our Ministry Apprenticeship program is designed to give real-life ministry and leadership development opportunities to young leaders from across Canada who are discerning a call to full-time vocational ministry within the church. Each apprentice intake costs $15,000 and our goal through Vision Builders is to raise enough funds to have at least three apprentices this fall, with the hope to increase that number if more funds are raised.

  • In the next 12-24 months we envision reaching a distinct, new neighbourhood in Vancouver by planting the next site of The Way Church. We estimate the cost of a new site launch to be roughly $100,000, representing investment in equipment, infrastructure, and team.

  • As our church plans to expand to new ares of our city, we want to invest in equipment to create the ability to stream preaching to different sites. This will enable our preaching team to serve more sites and release site pastors to other pastoral priorities when appropriate.

  • A key component to multiplying sites and reaching new neighbourhoods is ensuring that we have the right leaders in place to oversee the work. Identifying a future site pastor and bringing them onto our team prior to launching a new site ensures they carry our unique vision, culture and values. These funds will allow us to hire a pastor-in-residence for the purpose of future site or church planting.

  • In partnership with the Canadian Church Leaders Network (CCLN), we will be hosting two leadership development gatherings for pastors from across Canada. These gatherings create space for pastors to be refreshed, connect meaningfully with one another, and be equipped for ministry in their unique contexts. These funds represent the staffing, rent, production, hospitality and other costs required to host these pastors.

About the Vision Builders Fund

Each of these projects is over and above our regular giving as a local church. Investing into the Vision Builders fund allows us to support specific projects focused on multiplication and mission. If you feel called to give towards these projects, click the link below to give directly to the Vision Builders fund.

If you’d like to learn more or have any questions about giving or supporting the Vision Builders fund, please contact our Todd Lueck at todd@thewaychurch.ca.