5LM0UD-Gaskins,David
Lead Church Planter
Provo Utah
Mosaic Church
November 28
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About My Family
I am a born and raised Colorado native from the Boulder County area. My wife, Sara, grew up all over the place as a military girl, but considers Colorado Springs her hometown. We met during our undergraduate studies at Colorado Christian University through a short-term missions trip to Utah. We’ve been married since 2016 and have two wonderful sons, Peter and Theo!
Since the beginning of our relationship, a deep desire for the Mormon people to come to know the true gospel of Jesus Christ had consistently turned our eyes toward the lost in Utah. After finishing my M.Div. at Denver Seminary, we moved to Utah in 2019 as NAMB missionaries and were able to plant Mosaic Church in October of 2020 in Provo.
Since the beginning of our relationship, a deep desire for the Mormon people to come to know the true gospel of Jesus Christ had consistently turned our eyes toward the lost in Utah. After finishing my M.Div. at Denver Seminary, we moved to Utah in 2019 as NAMB missionaries and were able to plant Mosaic Church in October of 2020 in Provo.
About My Church Plant
We planted Mosaic Church in the heart of downtown Provo in October of 2020. In Provo, 82% of the population are active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons), 17.5% of the population are religiously unaffiliated, and fewer than 0.5% identify as evangelical Christians. With these statistics, Provo is the most unchurched metropolitan area in North America.
And although Provo has historically been a church planting graveyard, the Lord is doing something amazing through Mosaic Church. In our first year, we saw multiple professions of faith and baptized four new believers, two of whom left the Mormon church to put their faith in Jesus instead!
When we began as a church, our congregation was about 15–20 people, but by the end of our fist year we were seeing 45–55 people on a Sunday morning!
And although Provo has historically been a church planting graveyard, the Lord is doing something amazing through Mosaic Church. In our first year, we saw multiple professions of faith and baptized four new believers, two of whom left the Mormon church to put their faith in Jesus instead!
When we began as a church, our congregation was about 15–20 people, but by the end of our fist year we were seeing 45–55 people on a Sunday morning!
NAMB Church Planting
Millions in North America are in desperate need of hope. Ultimately, the only hope that’s going to last - in this life and the next - is the hope of the gospel. North American missionaries build relationships and share this hope in their communities and beyond.
