About Church Forge
God is working through your church and on your church. We want to help with both.
Why “forge”
A forge is where something unfinished is shaped for a purpose. Iron enters raw and, through heat, pressure, and patient craftsmanship, becomes stronger, holds an edge, and is made useful. Every Christian is a work in progress, and so is every congregation. God is continually forming His people to know Him, reflect Christ, and serve more faithfully.
Church Forge exists to come alongside churches in that process. We equip congregations to strengthen their online presence, reach the people around them in new ways, and carry the light of Christ beyond Sunday and into the rest of the week.
But refinement is about more than better communication. Through practical curriculum, honest podcasts, and biblical conversations, we want to explore what it actually means to live like Jesus in an increasingly godless world. We want practical application over religious theory.
That is why we call it Church Forge. We want to help congregations become stronger, more faithful, and better equipped to serve their God and King for His glory.
Two brothers, two different gifts
Church Forge began with two brothers carrying different parts of the same burden. Chris is drawn to Scripture and discipleship, especially the question of how teaching heard on Sunday becomes faithful living throughout the week. Zee brings the craft of video production, editing, and the technical systems that help a message travel beyond the room where it was preached. Church Forge grew from the conviction that those gifts belong together.
We are both part of a small church in Sandy, OR, and that experience shaped what we are building. Churches can have faithful leaders, meaningful teaching, and a real desire to serve their communities while still lacking the staff, time, or tools to carry that work through the rest of the week. We do not want creative limitations to keep good ministry hidden or leave every church solving the same problems alone.
That is why Church Forge begins with two pillars. Sharpening Iron creates room for honest, Scripture-rooted conversations with church and ministry leaders from different denominations and backgrounds. Church Shorts helps churches turn the teaching they already produce into clear, useful media that can reach people beyond Sunday. The service is meant to provide genuine value, but it is not the center of the ministry. It is one way to fund the podcast, future discipleship resources, and free or discounted help for churches with fewer resources.
The larger hope is not to make churches alike or bring them under one structure. It is to see independent congregations act more like one body, sharing what God has taught them, strengthening one another where they are weak, and reserving division for matters that truly require it. We want to pursue unity without treating truth as optional, helping churches proclaim Christ, make disciples, and serve their communities with greater confidence.
Our mission
To help churches grow their online presence, and equip them to better shine the light of Christ in this dark world.
Our vision
To see the body of Christ cross denominational divides and collaborate together for the purpose of building the Kingdom of God.
The work is just beginning
Church Forge is still in its first season. Sharpening Iron and Church Shorts are taking shape, our first relationships with churches are forming, and much of what we hope to build remains ahead of us.
If any of this sounds like something you want to be part of, whether as a guest, a partner church, or someone who just wants to follow along, we’d like to hear from you.
What we’re building toward
We believe churches are stronger when they can learn from one another. One congregation may excel at reaching new people while another has built a healthy discipleship ministry, and both have experience that could strengthen churches around them. Our role is to recognize those strengths and needs, then help independent congregations connect and build one another up.
Peter wrote to believers scattered across Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, yet addressed them together as one people.
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession…”
1 Peter 1:1; 2:9 ESV
Church Forge’s long-term vision begins with that shared identity: congregations may remain distinct in place, leadership, and structure, but everyone who belongs to Christ is part of one people called to proclaim Him.
Over time, we hope those relationships grow into a trusted network of independent churches that share wisdom, people, equipment, spaces, and opportunities to serve. Not one organization or denomination, but distinct congregations choosing to strengthen one another and accomplish more for the Kingdom together than any one church could alone.
We are not trying to build all of that at once. We are starting with Sharpening Iron and Church Shorts, trusting that the conversations, needs, and partnerships formed through that work will show us what to build next.