The Sanctuary Philadelphia
We have gone to Philadelphia once a month for four months, and people meet God every time. In 2027 we will establish a full church campus in the heart of the city.
Visit Sanctuary PhiladelphiaVision Sunday 2026
Our Mandate to Multiply.
God’s first assignment to humanity still stands: be fruitful and increase. On Vision Sunday, Jason Howard shared what The Sanctuary is believing God for next: our home, our people, new cities and the nations.
“And God said to him, ‘I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.’”
Genesis 35:11 NIV
Our goal
We are believing God for
One million two hundred thousand dollars
by December 31, 2026
This is what it will take to fund everything on this page. The number is ten times what The Sanctuary has already given away this year.
Some of what we are believing God for can’t be priced. We are trusting Him for that too.
Give toward the MandateWhy multiply?
Faith starts where we can’t do it ourselves.
We exist to host places where people meet God. Our vision is for the world to know Jesus through a community of passionate lovers of God who prioritize His presence and expand His Kingdom.
A seed holds the capacity for exponential multiplication. One avocado seed can become billions of avocados when it is planted, stewarded and planted again. Everything on this page begins with seeds like these: our faith, our service, our words about Jesus, our giving, our yes.
It all starts with the seed already in your hand.
“With God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26 NIV
“Everything is possible for one who believes.”
Mark 9:23 NIV
“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
Matthew 6:10 NIV
Improving our home
In April we moved into 2828 Liberty Avenue, and God provided for every bill to finish the building. These upgrades are next. We don’t have the budget yet, so we are believing God for it.
- Security cameras in KidsBetter coverage for the safety of our children and our leaders.
- Acoustic treatmentA better sound environment in our worship space.
- Camera and lighting upgradesOur cameras are quite old. Better equipment helps our online broadcast reach further.
- Kids signage and roomsNew signage, doors and furnishings. When we moved, we brought what we had from the last building, and every week children meet Jesus here.
A center of transformation
We want people to leave not just having had a good moment with God, but changed and equipped to walk out their faith every day.
- Full-time staff for Kids and YouthA full-time Kids ministry leader and dedicated investment in Youth, so young people can be set on fire.
- A new Kids team and curriculumNew leaders, and Upper Room’s curriculum from Dallas. Every classroom learns the same story with age-appropriate activities, and children are equipped to hear and move with the Holy Spirit.
- Sozo is open to the publicInner-healing prayer sessions where two people walk you through connection with God. Learn about Sozo
- Prophetic roomsOnce a month, 5 to 6 p.m. before the 6 p.m. Sunday gathering. Sit with two people who will pray and prophesy over you. Dates will be announced.
- New Year’s Eve worshipRevival Night 2027, a worship celebration to bring in the new year.
- Table GroupsPlaces to encounter God around the table, the way the early church did. Find a Table Group
- A new app and websiteWays to stay connected to what is happening in the life of the church. Get the app
Taking new territory
This church carries an apostolic mandate: people come, encounter God and are equipped, and then are sent to establish the Kingdom in other places.
The Sanctuary Indianapolis
A couple in Indianapolis felt God asking them to start a church and asked us to partner with them. The Sanctuary Indianapolis is up and running, gathers every Sunday, and we are continuing to invest.
Visit Sanctuary Indianapolis
Revival Nights in 2027
We believe God is sending us to a few more cities. In 2027 we plan to hold revival gatherings in Washington, D.C., Boston and Salt Lake City to begin breaking open the ground. These are gatherings, not campuses yet.
We also have it in our hearts to establish a campus in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh. There is no concrete plan yet, but if you would like to be part of it, let someone on the team know.
International impact
We believe there is a grace on this house to carry the presence of God into places that need to be broken open for the Kingdom.
Venezuela
There is an open door for large evangelistic crusades in cities across Venezuela, a country that has been closed to the United States for years and is desperately poor. With funding, we can go. There may be more open doors across South America.
Project Reach Iran
We do not have an open door yet. Part of our fundraising is to prepare, so that when the door opens we can go and hold events that tell people about the hope of Jesus Christ.
Services in more languages
Our team is building online channels that carry our Sunday services in other languages, beginning with Portuguese. The software is expensive, and we want to raise money so more of the world can hear what happens here.
Already happening
What God has already done.
Every one of these began with seed. A great deal of it was planted by people serving behind the scenes, week after week.
- Nearly 1,000
- gathered at Point State Park for Three Rivers Revival, and we baptized people for two hours.
- 700+
- Pitt students encountered Jesus in the center of the University of Pittsburgh.
- 8 of 80
- students at Point Park University gave their lives to Jesus in a single night.
- 50
- people gathered in Philadelphia, and about half the room was healed.
- 18
- students registered for the first year of the Sanctuary School of Supernatural Ministry.
- Paid
- God provided miraculous giving in May and June, and the bills for our building are paid.
Your part