Seated in heaven. Sent to the earth.
Faith-based formation for leaders who carry heaven into ordinary life
Rise Crew is a vision becoming real — free writings, Kingdom culture, and light tools for believers who want depth without performance, and calling without the sacred/secular split.
Not a course platform. Not a church. Not finished yet. A seed worth planting.
From one room to every shore
How the church walked the world
Press play, drag the year, or tap a country. Each land lights at the first widely cited enduring Christian community — not when a majority believed.
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AD 33
A fire in one room
AD 33
A fire in one room
Pentecost. Jerusalem. About 120 people in an upper room.
The church does not begin as an empire. It begins as a Jewish messianic movement in Judea. From this city the story will walk, sail, and — much later — cross oceans.
Read a country
Tap the map
Hover or tap a country for the first dated community in this sketch. Gold lands are new in this era; cream lands were already lit.
Dates are approximate first enduring presence, mapped onto today's borders (anachronistic by design). Colonial missions are named as such. This is not a majority map, a ranking, or a claim that every community survived without interruption. Antarctica and a few disputed territories are left undated.
AD 33. A fire in one room. Pentecost. Jerusalem. About 120 people in an upper room.Early days. Real vision.
Today, Rise Crew is:
Writings
Articles and free guides on identity, grace, calling, leadership, and hard seasons
Play
Short, fun quizzes — like 5-fold ministry tendencies — to spark conversation
Framework
Dual Realm Leadership and Kingdom Core Values — the theology we're building toward
The List
Be first when courses, community, and formation tools eventually launch
That's it for now. And that's honest.
The long vision (not available yet)
Rise Crew is meant to become a holistic charismatic platform — Purpose Course, spiritual formation, mentorship, gap year, even a Wales retreat centre. Francois has been forming this for years through Limitless Crew, BSSM, Maker Life, and South Wales dreaming.
None of that is live today.We share the roadmap so you know where we're headed — not to sell you something that doesn't exist.
See What's Coming →Start here
Path 1 — New here?
Read Seated in Heavenly Places — 5 minutes on identity that changes the lobby mentality.
Read now →Path 2 — Curious about calling?
Take the 5-Fold Ministry Tendencies quiz — fun, shareable, not a clinical assessment.
Take the quiz →Path 3 — Want free guides?
Download the Spiritual Stocktake or Rule of Life — use them yourself or with a small group you already belong to.
Browse guides →Who this is for
Hungry believers in hard seasons — doubt, grief, anxiety, calling confusion, tall-poppy pressure, or the gap between Sunday and Monday.
You don't need to have it together. You need to be honest and willing to grow.
Plant a flag. Join the list.
No spam. No fake urgency. Occasional writings, quiz drops, and honest updates when something real launches.