This past year has been a time of growth, but also refinement for Stadia. As we look back, we see God’s hand guiding us through both inspiring successes and some necessary adjustments. We remain firmly rooted in our mission—to help you start thriving, growing, multiplying churches for the next generation. While 2024 has presented both opportunities and challenges, I am grateful for a team and community of partners like you who have risen to embrace them.

This year, we’ve doubled down on our commitment to provide the world-class services that have made Stadia a trusted partner in church planting since 2003. In fact, 2024 marked our largest and most diverse Discovery events in Stadia’s 21-year history, where church leaders from all backgrounds gathered to explore, discern, and discover their readiness and next steps for church planting. Discovery, along with our other core services, Startup Coaching and Post-Launch, ensure that every church planter we work with receives the guidance and resources they need to thrive—not only at the start of their church planting journey—but every step of the way.

We invite you to take a few moments to read through this year’s annual report. As you do, you’ll see the numbers and pictures that represent far more than statistics—they tell stories of lives changed, families restored, and communities transformed by the presence of a new local church. These new churches are places of hope and belonging, where people can encounter Jesus, find support and life-changing relationships, and become equipped to make a difference in their own neighborhoods and communities. We want these stats and stories to serve as a reminder of the impact you’re having, and what God continues to do through your partnership.

Thank you for helping to build a world where the next generation has access to thriving new churches.

Until Every Child Has a Church,

GREG NETTLE
President of Stadia

In 2003 Stadia began with a goal to help start new churches. Today, this still remains true.

Stadia provides guidance to churches and leaders who want to multiply disciples of Jesus, and has helped start over 2,000 new churches since our beginning.

In scripture, a stadia is a unit of measure used by John in the book of Revelation to describe the size of heaven—the boundaries of a space that we are told will be filled with “a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation,
from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb…” [Revelation 7:9]

Over the last 20 years, we’ve been honored to be on a mission that directly helps build the multitude described in Revelation 7, and we will continue working so that the next generation has access to the hope of Jesus through thriving, growing, multiplying churches.