The Church Lab is powered by generosity.

We are grateful for your partnership, which makes our work possible!

We are especially on the lookout for 1-3 year pledges, which creates the most sustainability for our mission.

That said, we are a grassroots operation. It is not an exaggeration to say that every single penny goes a long way. We have often been said to “squeeze water out of rocks,” as we are careful stewards and seeking to maximize our impact with every amount of confidence, and every dollar amount, entrusted to us.

Thank you for your generosity of spirit and of resources.

Thank you for making who we are possible.

We hope to see you in our TCL orbit soon!

 *TCL is a 501(c)3 organization.

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“I firmly believe I wouldn't be the person I am today without The Church Lab. The experiences I have had with interfaith dialogue have made me a kinder and more empathetic individual. I know that when I step into a TCL space I am safe, my opinions and beliefs are encouraged, and that I will grow. In fact, one of my life mottos is something I first learned in TCL: seek to understand before being understood. It is with this courage that dialoguers within The Church Lab meet each other and the world.”

Joanna Drake, long-time dialoguer and supporter.


Stories from the Board
How We Became Involved With TCL:

  • Last August I became a board member for "The Church Lab" (TCL). The mission of this organization is to "explore innovative paths of spiritual growth for all, discovering the Church's future, and the future of faith practice". 

    As an exvangelical, finding my way back to my faith practice has been a challenge to say the least. My relationship with God was shaped as a kid in Presbyterian, Baptist, and Non-Denominational Bible Churches. I was taught that if you don't believe exactly what I believe, and if your faith practice isn't exactly the same as mine, then your faith tradition is wrong, mine is right, and therefore I am going to heaven and you are going to hell. I brought this mentality into my relationships, my workplace, my social groups, and held onto this certainty of truth with an iron fist - a fist which could be used as a weapon, as so often religion is.

    One day, I was invited by my sister to attend something called "interfaith dialogue". This small group was a group of ladies who identified as a non-practicing Muslim, a practicing Muslim, a pair of conservative evangelical Christians (me and my sister), a Latter-day Saint, and Pastor Carrie, who eventually founded TCL a few years later. In dialogue, I first encountered the idea to "seek to understand before being understood". This simple phrase transformed what I understood of conversation, conflict, difference, and otherness. Dialogue helped me shed the "me vs. them" mentality and taught me the sacredness of humanity in all faith and non-faith traditions - something that church failed to do. I fully believe I am a better human being for the ways The Church Lab, and dialogue, have shaped my life.

    TCL is a sanctuary for the religious and non-religious alike, for folks who have left church and for folks finding their way back, for those finding themselves disenchanted with religious institutions and for those whose bedrock is spiritual practice. In short, it's a space for everyone, and that is sacred indeed.

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