ABOUT

Activating Missional Imagination.

The world is changing fast. Globalization, urbanization, and digital disruption are reshaping the world. Even still, 3.2 billion people don’t know Jesus, in our cities and our global frontiers.

This is a Great Commission challenge for the next generation.  The Church must recover its imagination to faithfully engage a changing world with the Gospel.

We believe God is raising up a new wave of pioneers, to plant churches, make disciples, build ventures, and start movements.  But these leaders need pathways to move from vision to reality. That's where we come in. 

Missional Labs is an innovation lab for the Church. We equip leaders, incubate ideas, and build ventures that engage today’s world with the Gospel, through integrated formation, strategy, community, and capital.

We’re investing in the future of mission for a new generation.  Join us.

WHAT WE DO

We help pioneers go from vision to reality. We walk with missional leaders as they design, build, and scale new ministries and ventures that equip the Church and engage the world. We integrate spiritual formation, strategic support, and global community to accelerate missional innovation and impact.

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OUR PATHWAY

DISCOVER

Activating Missional Imagination. We help churches and leaders explore what God is doing next, activating imagination and forming pioneers with the tools and pathway to launch new Gospel ventures.

+ Resources
+ Design Lab

BUILD

Designing New Ventures. We walk with pioneers to design, incubate, and launch innovative ministries and ventures that respond to today’s greatest Gospel challenges with missional imagination.

+Incubator

SCALE

Accelerating Growing Movements. We surround growing ventures with a global ecosystem of capital, community, and partnership, amplifying their growth and shaping the future of mission.

+Fellowship
+Portfolio & Mentors

FOCUS AREAS

We advance the Church’s timeless mission in a changing world, navigating key disruptors like technology, globalization, economics, and cultural paradigms to design fresh approaches for every context.

  • How people encounter the Gospel and become disciples.

    • Disciple-Making Movements (DMMs) – Rapid, reproducible disciple-making.

    • Church-Based Evangelism – Outreach through local churches.

    • Apologetics & Public Theology – Intellectual & cultural engagement.

    • Digital Evangelism & Media Outreach – Online & tech-driven evangelism.

    • Hospitality & Relationship-Driven Evangelism – Evangelism through community.

  • How leaders are formed, equipped, and mobilized for mission.

    • Apostolic Formation & Training – Raising pioneers and movement leaders.

    • Church-Based Leadership Pipelines – Training emerging leaders locally.

    • Theological Education Innovations – Alternative models of theological training.

    • Missional Fellowships & Networks – Peer-based leadership communities.

  • How churches are planted, multiplied, and structured for impact.

    • Church Planting Movements (CPMs) – Rapidly multiplying, indigenous churches.

    • House Church & Microchurch Models – Decentralized, small-group churches.

    • Multi-Site & Network-Based Churches – Large-scale expansion models.

    • Marketplace & Workplace Churches – Church expressions in business settings.

    • Revivals & Renewal Movements – Large-scale spiritual awakenings.

  • How mission addresses brokenness and brings holistic transformation.

    • Humanitarian & Relief-Based Mission – Crisis and disaster response.

    • Community Development & Economic Empowerment – Long-term societal impact.

    • Advocacy & Policy Engagement – Addressing systemic justice issues.

    • Reconciliation & Peacemaking Missions – Conflict resolution and unity-building.

  • How the Gospel transforms worldviews, institutions, and public life.

    • Faith & Work Integration – Missional engagement in industries & workplaces.

    • Media & Storytelling as Mission – Digital-first evangelism & faith-driven media.

    • Public Theology & Gospel Influence in Society – Thought leadership in culture.

    • Gospel & Globalization: Mission in a Changing World – Engaging diasporas & emerging contexts.

FOR MISSIONAL IMPACT

Missional Labs creates strategic impact by serving the Church, forming leaders, and launching high-impact initiatives that advance the Gospel worldwide. Here’s what we measure:

  • We actively explore the number of emerging pioneers who actively participate in our programs each year.

  • Dozens of missional ventures and projects have emerged through our programs, addressing everything from church planting and digital evangelism to community development and faith-tech innovations.

  • Measuring disciple-making, digital evangelism, and church growth outcomes.

  • Our global network includes leaders, mentors, funders, and partners from diverse contexts who pour into our ecosystem, and collaborate with our work to multiply collective impact.

  • We measure the long term viability of our ventures, and measure how many are still operating and growing three years later, demonstrating staying power and Kingdom fruit.

Explore our Portfolio

TEAM

Tyler Prieb
Co-Founder & Executive Director

Stephen Mulder
Co-Founder, Sr. Director of Partnerships

Dr. Frog Orr-Ewing
Theology Partner and UK Lead

Christina Van Essen
Director of Events

Jena Postma
Creative Producer

Grant Demeter
Strategic Partner, NYC

Raphael Anzenberger
Strategic Partner, Montreal

BOARD (US)

Tyler Prieb, Missional Labs
Luke Tubergen, Ember Fund
Ted Esler, Missio Nexus
Kayla Brown, Grace & Mercy Foundation

ADVISORS

Dr. Chad Causey, OneHope
Jon Tyson, Church of the City New York
Shaila Visser, Alpha Canada
Alan Hirsch, Speaker and Author
Amy Orr Ewing, Apologist