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Planting Churches
We plant new churches in cities and neighborhoods where Christ is not yet known. Every plant is designed to multiply, raising up the next generation of pastors and leaders.
Kainos · καινός · New
Planting churches.Equipping leaders.Multiplying disciples.
Kainos Leadership Network exists to plant and equip disciple-making churches across Ohio and the Midwest.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
Kainos (καινός) is a Greek word used throughout the New Testament for something new in kind, not merely new in time but new in nature. A new creation. A new heaven. A new earth. It is the word Paul used to describe the life that follows Jesus, and the word that anchors our mission.
The Strategy
Three commitments. One mission.
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Networking Leaders
We connect pastors, planters, and practitioners for shared formation. No one should lead alone. Kainos is a network of relationships first, before it is anything else.
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Coaching Pastors
We walk alongside pastors and church leaders through coaching, consulting, and soul care. The work is slow, the stakes are eternal. We are in no hurry, and we are with you.
Featured Plant
Lake City Christian Church
Middleburg Heights, Ohio · Launched September 2024
A new disciple-making church in Northeast Ohio, planted as the first church of the Kainos network. Lake City gathers weekly for worship, teaching, and the meals and conversations that turn a gathering into a family.
Our Values
The convictions that shape every decision.
Multiplication
The gospel multiplies. Everything we build is designed to hand on what we have received, so that the next generation of leaders, churches, and cities inherits something alive.
Relational Discipleship
Life change happens in relationships, not programs. We disciple one another the way Jesus did, around tables and walking together, not only from stages.
Generosity
We give first. Time, resources, people. If the Kingdom is the aim, we hold our plans and our possessions loosely.
Authority of Scripture
The Bible is our final authority in faith and practice. What Scripture calls true, we call true. What it asks of us, we do.
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