Cultivating faith communities
rooted in Christ-centered loving action,
thriving in mutual mission, and
soaring in alignment with the Spirit moving in the world.
Together, we can shape the future.
God’s light and love can go viral in our world when we engage our neighbors face to face, eye to eye, and heart to heart. God’s light and love can go viral in the world when we follow Jesus’ lead in our communities, and when Good News springs up from our voices like water from parched earth. God is inviting us into a shift. God is inviting us to go viral.
- Chantal
Our Vision
Furthering the reign of Love, one local community at a time.
Welcome, Leaders of the Church
The Rev. Chantal McKinney, D.Min.
Founder, Root Thrive Soar
Since the pandemic, organizations and societies around the world have pivoted greatly. It is time for the church to pivot, too: to recalibrate toward being even more deeply rooted in Christ-centered loving action, and deeply interconnected in our communities. It is time to shift toward a spirit of mission, through the cultivation of local faith communities that draw people to following Jesus through acts of loving-kindness in their communities.
Learn more about this innovative, lay-led, three year journey by exploring the website. Each year, a new cohort of faith communities can begin the three year journey together. Connect with us to learn more.
Endorsements
“The gifts of wise mentoring and visionary leadership that Reverend McKinney is offering all of us in RTS are in great demand and will be, for years to come.”
— The Rev. Thomas Brackett
“Root, Thrive, Soar is an outstanding program that equips lay Christians to develop innovative new faith communities in local neighborhoods. RTS empowers lay people for dynamic, disciple-making ministry in our rapidly changing culture.”
— Elaine A. Heath, Ph.D.
“As a lay leader, I believe in her vision. As an educator, I believe Root Thrive Soar is a church planting program that is easy to understand, thorough, and exciting.”
— Dr. Sandra T. Montes
“I give thanks that RTS has opened my mind and my heart to the possibilities for connecting with my community.”
-From AZ
“We are seeing on the 2nd and 3rd visit with some of our neighbors that some are really lonely.”
-From VA
“I am thankful that I have been taken out of my silo.”
-From AZ
“I would say, this is a journey of re-learning how to be in community with others. How to build relationships that are centered in faith in God. And it’s much simpler than I ever thought … not easier, but simpler.”
-From NY
“God is IN our neighbors. To serve God means to meet God in our neighbors and we cannot do that without stepping out.”
-From VA
“Root Thrive Soar has transformed the way I integrate faith in my daily life. And it has transformed the way I approach my spiritual life. It has reaffirmed my call to ministry as a chaplain to create and hold healing space everywhere and anywhere I go. To me, that’s what church means. And Root Thrive Soar has helped me define that for myself.”
-From NY
Now is the time.
For the cost of inaction is
greater than the cost of action.