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The most important thing you can do for this work is to pray for it.
Your prayers matter more than any other support you could offer. We believe prayer is not a supplement to this work but its primary foundation and engine.
Sign up to receive regular prayer and ministry updates from David and Kelly — specific requests, glimpses of what God is doing, and the chance to walk alongside this work from wherever you are.
Partner With Us Financially
We are seeking a broader circle of churches, families, and individuals who would be willing to partner with us — through one-time gifts, recurring monthly support, or multi-year commitments — to establish this new congregation in one of the most strategic and spiritually needy regions of the Northeast. Every dollar given is an investment not merely in one church, but in the longer-term gospel witness of this region.
Planting a durable church in a region as strategically significant — and as economically demanding — as the Central North Shore of Long Island requires a realistic financial runway. Our budget also reflects a dual mission: a church plant serving the Central North Shore and, beginning in Year Two or Three, the launch of an RUF chapter at Stony Brook University — two complementary tracks of gospel ministry, supported together from the beginning, bringing both additional reach and additional cost during a critical season. The five-year model seeks to reflect these realities honestly.
Our five year external support goal is $1.22M. We are deeply grateful for the more than $410,000 already given toward this work. The five-year plan projects $2.41M in total revenue against $2.27M in total expenses, with the church reaching self-sustainability in Year Five. Congregational giving is projected to grow from $80,000 in Year One to $420,000 in Year Five as the congregation matures.
Monthly support partners and one-time gifts are both deeply valued. If you would like to discuss the project further before committing to support, David would welcome the conversation. Contact David >
All giving is processed through North Shore Community Church, ensuring full financial accountability and tax-deductibility for donors.
Giving Instructions
To begin supporting The Stony Brook Project, please click the SUPPORT link below. Once you click on the link, a new window will open and you will be directed to North Shore Community Church’s Push Pay donation page. Once on the page, input your desired gift amount and frequency, and then click on the drop down menu under the FUND section and choose Stony Brook Project.
The Central North Shore of Long Island is not only a place of need, but a place of real opportunity — a region of immense population, deep intellectual and civic influence, and profound spiritual questions. Many here have learned to live without any compelling vision of historic Christianity. A church that is both deeply rooted and genuinely missionary — preaching grace with intellectual seriousness and embodying truth with relational warmth — could bear fruit in this place for generations.
"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." Matthew 9:37–38
We believe the harvest on The Central North Shore is plentiful. We are asking God to raise up laborers, and we are inviting you to be among them — through prayer, through partnership, and through helping introduce this work to others who might share the burden.
We would be honored to have you join us.