ARC Launch trains more than 100 church leaders in California

More than 100 potential church planters, pastors and ministry leaders gathered at Daybreak Church in Carlsbad, California, for ARC Launch, a two-day training event focused on church planting and leadership. The event highlighted ARC's ongoing effort to help new churches launch and existing churches strengthen as the group prepares for more training stops in Alabama and Arizona.

Why it matters: - ARC Launch is aimed at helping church planters and ministry leaders turn ideas into working local churches. - The training also gives existing pastors and campus leaders practical tools they can apply in established congregations. - ARC has helped launch more than 1,200 churches globally since 2000, making the event part of a broader church-planting network.

What happened: - More than 100 potential church planters, pastors, ministry leaders and partners attended ARC Launch at Daybreak Church in Carlsbad, California, on September 1-2. - The two-day event was hosted by Daybreak Church and pastors Jason and Corri Graves. - ARC framed the gathering as a training event focused on preparing leaders to launch and strengthen local churches.

The details: - Sessions covered building a launch team, developing a church brand, funding, church governance, weekend services and spiritual leadership. - Kyle Veach, pastor of Discover Church in San Marcos, California, led sessions on creating buy-in and recruiting for a strong launch. - Jason Laird, pastor of Citizens Church in Franklin, Tennessee and ARC church plant 1,108, spoke about building a brand people can believe in and setting up a digital marketing ground game. - Marc Poland of Discover Church in Philadelphia led a session on funding the vision. - Kyle Turner of Kingdom City Church in Kansas City, Missouri, covered the growth track and church government. - Jimmy and Irene Rollins, founders of Two Equals One marriage coaching, led a session on marriage leadership. - Will Chung of Beloved Church led teaching on stewarding the spiritual. - Aaron Lindsey of Believe Church focused on creating an attractional weekend service. - Lou Martinez of Boundless Church spoke on building portable church environments with excellence. - The event ended with commissioning and blessing led by Daybreak Church pastors Jason and Corri Graves. - ARC Launch is designed primarily for potential church planters, but pastors, campus pastors and ministry leaders also attend.

Between the lines: - The speaker lineup suggests ARC is packaging church planting as both a spiritual and operational discipline. - The mix of branding, funding, governance and weekend-service training points to a model that treats church launch like an all-in organizational effort, not just a ministry moment. - ARC's use of multiple stops across the U.S. shows an effort to scale training beyond one-off conferences.

What's next: - ARC Launch will continue in Birmingham, Alabama, on November 10-11, 2026. - Another training event is scheduled for Phoenix, Arizona, on January 26-28, 2027. - Potential church planters and ministry leaders can register at arcchurches.com/launch.