Where Women in Church Planting Gather & Connect In Community

Find gospel-rooted feedback and support for the challenges you face, no more feeling isolated.

Registration for 2025 Alongside Groups is Open

Find Support and Resilience in an Alongside Group

An Alongside Group is a supportive community where you can feel seen and known. It’s a safe place to process your challenges in the light of the gospel so that you feel more resilient and less alone.

Each group is made up of 4–6 women and is led by trained, empathetic Parakaleo facilitators—women who are further down the road in church planting and have a heart to walk alongside others. These groups offer space for deep connection and personal growth—the kind of change that doesn’t happen in isolation.

Over the course of 10 sessions (1.5 hours each, meeting bi-weekly over a few months), you’ll build relationships with women who understand your unique context and participate in peer coaching—giving and receiving empathy, feedback, and gospel perspective. Together, you’ll grow in gospel-based resilience to face the challenges in front of you.

Cost: $300
(A 50% discounted rate is available.)

Here’s how to get started:

  1. Fill out an interest form.

  2. We’ll personally match you with a group that fits your needs.

  3. Register and begin your journey with your group.

We’d love to walk with you in your ministry.

What To Expect

Virtual Alongside Groups are offered throughout the year

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Local Network Groups

If you are planting with a network, check out our list of network partners and reach out to see if a local Alongside Group is offered near you.

Northeast Ohio

The Ohio Presbytery (PCA)
In Person
Lisa Wallover
lisawallover@gmail.com

Asia Pacific

Virtual
Wendy Mugridge
mugridge7@bigpond.com

St. Cloud, Florida

Florida Church Planting Network & Renew Polk
In Person
Luchrysta Caswell luchrysta@ccpclakeland.org

Tampa/St. Petersburg,
Florida

Florida Church Planting Network
In Person

Angie Woodall
angwoodall@gmail.com

Colorado

Western Church Planting Network
Virtual
Amanda Garcia
Garciafam.pr@gmail.com

North Atlanta, Georgia

In Person/Virtual
Kristy Caston - Atlanta
kristydcaston@gmail.com

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Tennessee Vally Presbytery (PCA)
In Person/Virtual
Mary Lu Strawbridge
ml.straw@gmail.com

Mid-South Church
Planting Network

In Person
Marianna Shaw
mbreazeale@gmail.com

Japan

Virtual
Utako Grateley
utakog@hotmail.co.uk

Mailand, Florida

Florida Church Planting Network
In Person

Lucy Aitcheson
lucy.aitcheson@gmail.com

Baltimore, MD

In Person
Maria Garriott 
mariagarriott@gmail.com

Metro Atlanta, GA

In Person/Virtual
Megan Johnson
megan@newcitychurchatl.org

Great Commission
Collective

Virtual
Marie Newell
marie@gccollective.org

Lakeland, Florida

Florida Church Planting Network
In Person

Ashley Bennett
ashmbennett@me.com

Need Help?

We are here to help! Feel free to send us a message and we are happy to answer any of your questions.