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Find → Verify → Unite → Fund → Reopen & Sustain
From nomination to a verified campaign, an acquisition, a reopening and long-term sustainability.
Anyone can nominate a church that is closing, listed for sale, in foreclosure or at risk. Our team triages nominations, checks for duplicates and invites a qualified organization to apply.
The organization completes a rescue application in a private workspace and uploads documents to a secure vault. Staff run fifteen verification checks — identity, authority, organization standing, Christian eligibility, ownership, sale status, price and terms, title, zoning, condition, budget, funding plan, sustainability, conflicts and media claims. Publication needs every mandatory check and two independent approvals. What "verified" means.
Verified campaigns appear in the directory and on the Rescue Map. Supporters pray, save, share, follow, pledge and volunteer. Prayer counts, pledges and gifts are always shown separately.
When online giving is enabled, gifts go through Stripe and are recorded only when Stripe confirms them. Pledges are commitments, not money. The campaign shows funds received, pledged, matching and grants — and what remains.
Reaching the funding threshold moves the campaign to acquisition. Acquired is declared only after staff review closing evidence such as the recorded deed. What happens if acquisition fails.
Restoration updates are published as milestones. Reopened requires reviewed evidence that the building is legally usable and that ministry has begun.
At six, twelve and twenty-four months the organization submits sustainability reports that staff review. Why sustainability matters.