My heart for Kingdom Builders is simple: the Gospel is too good to keep to ourselves.

Kingdom Builders is Willow Church’s ongoing commitment to carry the Gospel across the St. Croix Valley and, through strategic global partners, to the far corners of the earth. It’s not a program or a once-a-year conversation. It’s a living response to an empty tomb – because hope is alive, and that hope has to move beyond our walls into homes, schools, workplaces, neighborhoods, and nations.

Nearly 42% of the world still has no meaningful access to the Gospel. That reality calls us to something greater than ourselves. We give generously because we’ve received so much through Christ. The cross reminds us that God didn’t hold back His very best – and when that kind of grace touches your life, it changes the way you hold everything. This isn’t about guilt or pressure. It’s gratitude, worship, and the joy of joining Jesus in His mission.

Every gift, every prayer, every act of generosity becomes part of a bigger story: Jesus calling people out of darkness and into His family.

My prayer is that Willow would be known not just as a people who’ve received the hope of the Good News – but as a people who freely share it, until our valley and our world are marked forever by the love of Jesus.

For the Kingdom,
Paul Diehn, Lead Pastor
Willow Church