About — Builders Community | Our story, beliefs, vision & leaders

Our Story

It started with a living room, a kettle, and a few honest questions.

Builders Community began with a simple observation: plenty of young professionals love Jesus, but few have a place to grow in faith that fits the rhythm of a working week.

A handful of friends in Bangkok — analysts, designers, founders, and a teacher or two — started gathering on weeknights to read Scripture, pray honestly, and ask what it actually looks like to follow Christ on a Monday morning. No stage, no pretense. Just people building one another up.

Word spread to colleagues, then across cities, then across the sea to Manila and Cebu. We noticed something the early church understood well: faith is best discipled in person, around a table, by people who keep showing up. So we kept the format small and the welcome wide — and we committed to sustaining the work ethically, so the content and gatherings could always be offered freely.

“And the things you have heard me say… entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.”

2 Timothy 2:2

What We Believe

A simple, shared faith in Jesus — with room for honest questions.

We are Christ-centered and warm. These are the convictions that shape how we gather, write, and disciple. They are not a wall to keep people out; they are a foundation to build a life on.

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works.”

Ephesians 2:10

Jesus at the center

We follow Jesus Christ — crucified, risen, and present — as Lord, Savior, and the heart of everything we do.

Scripture as our guide

We hold the Bible as God's trustworthy word — read together, taken seriously, and lived out in daily life.

Grace before performance

We come as we are. Authenticity over image — God's grace meets honest people, not polished ones.

Discipleship in community

Faith grows best in person — around tables, in small groups, with people who keep showing up for one another.

Every calling is a mission field

Your work is sacred ground. Whether you build apps or businesses, your vocation is where faith goes public.

Hope for the nations

The good news is for everyone, everywhere. We disciple locally while keeping our eyes on a wider world.

Vision & Mission

Where we are going — and how we get there.

One picture of the future, and one clear job to do every day to move toward it.

Our Vision

The picture we are building toward.

A thriving, sustainable discipleship community where young professionals grow in faith and live out their calling for the long haul.

Across Thailand, the Philippines, and beyond — a generation of believers who are deeply rooted in Christ, genuinely known by others, and quietly faithful right where they work.

Our Mission

What we do every day.

To inspire, equip, and connect believers — building disciples who go on to build others.

Inspire through FLIP, sermons, and the podcast.
Equip with free and practical discipleship resources.
Connect people into small groups that meet in person.

Core Values

The seven values that shape everything we make and do.

From the words we write to the way we steward support, these convictions keep the ministry honest, warm, and built to last.

01

Faith

A living trust in Jesus that shapes how we think, work, rest, and treat people every day.

02

Authenticity

Real over polished. We make room for doubt, questions, and honest stories — never performance.

03

Discipleship

We grow people on purpose — building disciples who are equipped to build others in turn.

04

Community

Faith lived together. We belong to one another — in person, around tables, across cities.

05

Mission

Every workplace is a mission field. We carry the good news into ordinary, everyday vocations.

06

Excellence

We do thoughtful, careful work — because the people we serve and the God we love are worth it.

07

Sustainability

We steward people, time, and support ethically — so the ministry can keep giving freely for years.

Leadership Team

The team is being formed.

Builders Community is restructuring its leadership. We would rather name no one than name the wrong people, so this page stays empty until the team is settled — and then you will meet them here.

In the meantime, the quickest way to reach someone is simply to write to us. Messages go to the people actually carrying the work.

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Ministry Focus

Three things we keep our hands on.

Everything we make and do flows from these three commitments — the work your prayers and partnership make possible.

Tentmaker Ministry

We champion faith that works for a living. Like Paul making tents, our people serve God through their jobs and businesses — proving that vocation and calling are not two separate things, but one whole life offered to Christ.

Building Disciples

Discipleship is our core. Through small groups, FLIP, sermons, and the podcast, we help young professionals grow in faith — and then equip them to disciple others, so the work multiplies far beyond any one of us.

Influencing Nations

We disciple locally with our eyes on a wider world. Rooted first in Thailand and the Philippines, we long to see communities of builders rise across the nations — quietly faithful believers shaping the places they live and work.

Testimony Corner

God’s faithfulness, in their own words.

Real, written stories from the community — shared to encourage, not to perform. Every testimony is reviewed for care and consent before it is published.

Featured testimony

“I questioned God: Why did this happen? We prayed for protection. But then that question was instantly answered — I was still protected. We were all protected. As it was happening, I realised how grateful I was for the people around me. I am loved. I am not alone.”

April M.OFW, elementary teacher · Chiang Rai, Thailand · Healing & hope

April wrote this after a motorcycle accident in Fang — and what she found waiting underneath it was older than the crash. Gwen R. and Benson B. have shared theirs too: a family that came apart and the Father who stayed, and what turning forty asked of a calling.

Read the testimonies

Building disciples who build others.