NAMS 5/50 Mission · Target 2040

Five churches.
Every state.

A vision for the United States: help start at least five multiplying churches in every state by 2040 — the same pioneering work NAMS does everywhere else, brought home.

NAMS Mission

Plant Multiplying Churches by Equipping and Training Pioneering Global Church Planters

Where we are today

Churches started, state by state.

Darker shading means more churches started in that state. Light blue means we're in early discussions about new work there. Click a state to filter the churches below to just that state. This map will keep filling in as NAMS helps start new multiplying churches across the country, on the way to 2040.

5/50 Churches

The churches already underway.

Every church below is part of the 5/50 Mission. Click a state on the map above to filter.

Mt Pleasant, SC — USA

Saint Casper's Church of the Saving King

A new church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina — one of the churches already underway as part of the 5/50 Mission.

Bluffton, SC — USA

Church of King Jesus Network

A church plant in Bluffton, South Carolina, built on the VITAL framework — one of the churches already underway as part of the 5/50 Mission.

5/50 Church Website link coming
Indiana — USA

Indiana 5/50 Church

A NAMS-connected church underway in Indiana, part of the 5/50 Mission. Story and details coming soon.

5/50 Church Details coming soon
Searcy, AR — USA

Christ Church Searcy

A church in Searcy, Arkansas — one of the churches already underway as part of the 5/50 Mission.

Connecticut — USA

Connecticut — In Development

NAMS is in early discussions about starting new work in Connecticut, as part of the 5/50 Mission. Nothing is public yet — but if you want to help or learn more, we'd love to hear from you.

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Why 5/50

Multiplying churches. Multiplying disciples.

Five churches in every state isn't really the goal — it's the floor. The actual goal is disciples being made and churches that reproduce, not growth or size for its own sake.

"If we work together to create a network of multiplying churches that serve and help each other, we can begin to change the outlook of churches and disciple-making in this country in a way that will have lasting effects for generations to come."

— Joel Shuler, Global Strategic Coordinator
If we do this

Multiplying churches. More disciples made. A next generation that inherits more than we did.

If we don't

The current trend just continues — churches decline, fewer disciples are made, and the next generation inherits less.

How the goal actually works

Five churches in every state by 2040 is a floor, not a ceiling. Rather than planting five separate churches from scratch in each state, the strategy is to find one strong partner and help them plant one healthy church with multiplication in its DNA from day one. That church helps plant the next one, which helps plant the next — so the real total in a state over time can end up well past five.

Every 5/50 church is expected to multiply — that part isn't optional. What varies is scale: some will multiply with wide reach and impact, becoming a hub for many more churches; others will multiply more quietly, on a smaller scale. Both are success. What matters isn't the number itself, it's disciples being made and churches that reproduce.

Get involved

Two ways in.

Every state on this map is either a church already underway, or a church waiting for someone to say yes. Whether that's you, or you want to help someone else say yes — we'd love to talk.

Help plant

Start the conversation.

If God is stirring something in you about planting or leading in a state on this map, don't wait to have it all figured out — reach out and let's talk it through.

Fuel the mission

Not everyone is called to go — but this can't multiply without people who fuel it. The fastest way to help is simple: give, using the form to the right — and help plant the next church, and the next.

Other ways to help
  • Pray — commit to pray regularly for a specific state on this map.
  • Host — open a building or host a gathering for a new work.
  • Vouch — make an introduction, or vouch for someone you believe could lead.
  • Coach — serve on a coaching or oversight team alongside a planter.
  • Send — as a church, commit to release people and resources, even if you're not sending someone to go.

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Make your gift

Give to the mission.