The Mission.
The Disciple-Making
Calling.
Gear Up Ministry exists to walk young people from survival faith into rooted discipleship in Jesus Christ — and to equip the leaders, churches, and families who walk with them.
The man who built this was the boy this ministry exists to disciple.
My name is Chayce. I grew up without a stable home, moved through the foster care system, and spent the better part of my early years searching for belonging in the wrong places. I was the kid this ministry exists for — not because I was impressive, but because I needed someone to walk with me toward Jesus when I did not know how to get there.
What I needed was discipleship that could handle real pain. Someone who had walked through hard places and come out the other side with Scripture, patience, and something real to offer. I did not have that. But God was faithful even when I was not — and at my lowest point, He met me in a way I could not explain and could not ignore.
That encounter changed everything. Not just my circumstances — my direction. The things I had walked through stopped being things I merely survived and started becoming places God was sending me back into. Not to relive them, but to disciple people still standing in the middle of them.
Gear Up Ministry is the answer to a question God put in front of me: What are you going to do with what I gave you? The testimony, the theology, Anchored, and every future tool all exist for one purpose: to help people move from knowing about Jesus to being formed by Him and walking with others toward Him.
Discipleship is resurrection life learned one step at a time.
Every piece of this ministry rests on one truth: God does not merely improve behavior. He brings dead places to life.
It starts in Genesis 2:7. God forms man from the dust of the ground and breathes into him — and dust becomes a living soul. The distinction between form and breath is the distinction between merely existing and truly living. Discipleship is how we walk with people as God brings breath, truth, identity, and obedience into places that have been empty for a long time.
Ezekiel 37 is the picture of what God does with a people who have form but no breath. He calls the bones together, covers them with flesh, and then breathes into them — and they stand on their feet, a vast army.
That is the work. Not simply fixing behavior or improving outcomes — though fruit will come. We walk people from form to breath. From existing to living. From spiritual death, however it presents itself, to the resurrection life Christ purchased.
This is why the ministry serves the population it does. The unchurched kid has never encountered a living faith. The doubting young adult is questioning whether faith can survive honest questions. The wounded teenager has learned to protect themselves from anything that requires vulnerability — including God. The angry young man has legitimate reasons for his anger and needs someone mature enough to sit in it with him. The hungry young adult knows something is missing and is ready to find out what it is.
All five roads need more than inspiration. They need patient, biblical discipleship — not from a distance, but through people willing to walk with them toward Jesus.
One mission with three faithful movements.
Gear Up is not centered on products, services, or content. Those things support the work. The center is discipleship — reaching young people, rooting them in Christ, and equipping the leaders who keep walking with them.
Disciple Young People.
We walk young men and women through what it actually means to follow Christ — not as theory, but as resurrection life lived in real time. Through Scripture, testimony, honest questions, and practical obedience, we help move people from head knowledge and survival faith into heart transformation and rooted discipleship.
Equip the Adults Walking With Them.
The adults walking with young people in the five conditions — youth pastors, foster parents, chaplains, mentors, parents, and group leaders — need tools that are biblical, practical, and honest about real brokenness. Anchored and future resources help leaders guide believers from head knowledge to heart transformation, then into discipleship and disciple-making.
Sustain the Mission.
Apparel, curriculum, church partnerships, donations, and digital ministry support help fund the discipleship work without becoming the identity of the ministry. Every purchase, gift, project, and partner should point back to the same purpose: making disciples and sending them back for others.
We're raising $70,000 to launch the first full year of discipleship capacity.
Gear Up Ministry is in its founding season — and this is the moment where the foundation is built.
We exist to reach the unchurched, doubting, wounded, angry, and hungry with the hope of resurrection life in Jesus. Through Anchored, future biblical resources, leader equipping, testimony-driven teaching, and practical ministry support, we are building discipleship pathways for young people, believers ready to grow, and the adults walking with them.
Our first goal is to raise $70,000 to fund the first full year of focused ministry launch work: curriculum development, leader equipping, outreach, digital infrastructure, and resource distribution.
Every founding partner helps make this possible: young people discipled, leaders equipped, churches supported, and gospel work extended.
Stand with the mission. Help build what comes next.
Choose the level that's right for you.
Every founding partner is helping build a discipleship ministry from the ground up. Your support fuels Anchored, future curriculum, outreach, leader resources, digital infrastructure, and the launch capacity needed to serve young people with consistency.
Stand With the Work
Your support as a Prayer Partner helps provide foundational backing for the curriculum, outreach, and discipleship resources being built in this launch season.
Become a Prayer PartnerFund the Mission
Mission Partners provide recurring support that allows the ministry to plan, build, and serve with consistency through the first year of discipleship launch work.
Become a Mission PartnerLaunch Discipleship Capacity
Founding Partners help create the capacity for deeper curriculum development, leader support, outreach, and resource distribution before the ministry is fully established.
Become a Founding PartnerGear Up Ministry is a mission-driven business currently pursuing formal legal entity status. Contributions support the work directly. Questions? Contact us.
There are young people who need someone to walk with them toward Jesus.
This ministry exists to make that kind of discipleship more available. If you believe in the calling, there are three ways to stand with it — give, explore the curriculum, or partner with the mission.