On September 20, 2026, a congregation that had been on the verge of closing opened its doors as a new campus. Thirty launch team members were sent. One hundred forty seven people came. A children's ministry started from nothing that morning.

This was never simply about saving a church. This was about unleashing a mission for a community.

Dan moved his wife and three young children to Missoula at the start of 2024 to pastor a church that had just come apart. Every elder had left. The pastor and staff had left. Three quarters of the congregation had left. His own three kids were the only children in the building.

A woman in the congregation still tells the story of pulling into the lot one Sunday, not knowing whether anyone would show, and weeping when she counted six cars.

I was in over my head.

His district connected him to Fresh Start Network. Monthly coaching. A framework. A process to walk a church through toward a new beginning.

Today Discovery Alliance averages just over sixty on a Sunday, and a lot of them are kids.

Micah's staff went over repeatedly. They led worship on Sunday mornings. They brought resources. They spent a workday painting the children's ministry area. Micah and Dan still meet regularly for coaching conversations.

Then Micah did the thing most partner churches never quite get to. He invited Dan to share his vision with the Missoula Alliance congregation on a Sunday morning, and then invited anyone who wanted to go and join him. Several said yes. They are core team now.

This isn't just about two churches. Jesus said the fields are white for harvest.

That is a Partner Church. Not a line item. A congregation willing to release what God entrusted to them so another church could live.