𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧
Where Faith Is Formed Before It Moves
Because what is formed is what gets scaled
Programs don't change communities. People do.
The problem is not resources. The problem is recognition.
Dr. John M. Perkins and Annie Smith, CCDA Conference
Rest in power, Dr. Perkins.
We are committed to carrying what you planted.
Divine Assets: Faith Based Leadership for a Global Movement
The written foundation of The Rooted Path™ framework. Launching April 2026.
𝐓𝐚𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧
This is not a gate. It is a door. And all neighbors are welcome.
Is Your Congregation Ready?
What if the story you were given about who you are was missing the first five thousand years?
Beyond 400™ is a pre-formation series that begins where most conversations never go. Before captivity, before the middle passage, before the narrative that too many communities have inherited as their starting point.
FORMATION shapes how people see themselves. And how people see themselves shapes everything. How they lead, how they give, how they build, and how they stay. Before a congregation can engage its community, it must first know who it is.
Beyond 400™ prepares leaders and communities to enter that work from a place of recovered identity, not inherited wound.
The story did not begin in chains.
Go Deeper
Weekly reflections on FORMATION, faith, and what it means to lead from the root. Published on Substack.