A Missional Guild

Helping leaders align calling, clarity & influence.

“The new wine is found in the cluster.”Isaiah 65:8

Discover the Collective
01What is SageFire

Callings aren’t meant to stand alone.

God strengthens what He is building through shared counsel, alignment, and unity among leaders.

You bring your calling. We help you carry it.

SageFire is a missional guild — a fellowship of believers in Christ, each stewarding a distinct calling, committed to following His lead, together. You commit to the family; we carry callings together.

  • Elder-led. We recognize leaders by character and fruit rather than appointing them from above.
  • Alongside, not above. We come alongside what God is already doing, with wisdom, encouragement, and support.
  • Why a collective? Many Kingdom assignments today don’t fit traditional structures, yet are no less valid, necessary, or anointed. Rather than centralize everything into one expression, SageFire strengthens distinct missions — each reaching different people in different places, connected through shared counsel and unity in Christ.
02Vision & Values

A leadership collective for innovation and global Kingdom impact.

03The Framework

How community forms

Four sequential ingredients of healthy community. Each builds the foundation the next requires — you cannot skip steps without breaking something real.

01

Joy

Presence, belonging, delight — the relational warmth that makes connection possible.

02

Attachment

Bonding and vulnerability — doing hard things in joy. The covenant bond.

03

Group Identity

Shared character and reflex — “we are a people who…”

04

Healthy Coaching

Correction as reminder, plurality, shepherding together.

hesed — bonded, covenantal, costly love. The glue of everything we are building.

04Community Architecture

Corridors, not points

Between the ingredients are three gaps — the relational names for how people relate to SageFire. Each describes a corridor, not a single point. You enter, and you grow through.

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01

Joy

02

Attachment

03

Group Identity

04

Healthy Coaching

Friends
Joy → Attachment

Our network. Come as you are. We want to know you — and you to know us.

You observe it.

What changes across the sequence is not whether shared purpose is visible — but whether you are shaping it.

Character before competence

At SageFire, we notice fruit before we notice gift. We watch how someone handles difficulty before we celebrate what they build. That takes time — the time is the kindness. The vouch is relational: “I have walked with this person,” not “I can verify their qualifications.”

The question is never “Who has the credentials to lead?” but “Whose life do we trust enough to let them speak into ours?”

05What This Looks Like

Faithful to your calling, strengthened together.

Wisdom & discernmentSought in community, not in isolation.
Vision-castingCollaborative direction-setting around calling.
Meaning-makingClarity for the road you’re on.
EncouragementTruth-filled, life-giving words.
Practical supportCoaching, strategy, and operational systems.
Interdependence without controlEach mission’s autonomy honored.

Everything is in service of encountering God and one another.

06Centers

A relationship of centers

SageFire is a relationship of centers. Each retains its own identity; the collective shares resources, network, support, and family. And the circle is still growing.

How centers join

When a new center wants to join, the relationship begins at the friends dimension — even if the center’s work is mature. A center can join at the attachment end of the family corridor: real partnership, shared resources, shared mission. But shaping the collective’s identity requires deeper knowing. Enough alignment to work together is not the same as enough depth to shape who we are.

07The People

A fellowship on assignment with God

Cat Broccardo
Marco Broccardo
Sherri Ford
Lance Ford
Julie BarnettDirector
Brian Barnett
Chariti Kupiec
Casey Kupiec
Ross Barry
Alyssa Barry
Alan Drake
Royce Wilson
Benito Rogtao

What has God entrusted to you — and who are you meant to walk with?

We do not appoint from above. We recognize from within. That is how the Lord builds family. That is how He always has.

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