Our vision
Communities across Nigeria where local churches anchor thriving, member-owned enterprises rooted in the land, the culture, and the gifts of the people who live there.
About
A model built for the long harvest
Mission Seedlings exists so that churches can become engines of sustainable local enterprise — not recipients of short-term aid, but stewards of livelihoods that outlast a single season.
Our mission
To equip churches and faith organisations to form cooperatives, cultivate locally suitable crops and enterprises, save and govern together, and reach fair markets with dignity.
Why we built this
Too much community development arrives as a one-off gift and leaves when the funding does. Churches, meanwhile, are already trusted, already organised, and already staying. Mission Seedlings puts a durable enterprise model into hands that will still be there in ten years.
The church-based enterprise model
A participating church mobilises ten members into a cooperative. Members receive training, seedlings, and mentorship. They save together each month, care for their trees, meet monthly, and report progress. The church provides land, trust, and continuity; the cooperative provides discipline, ownership, and shared risk.
How sustainability is built in
Ownership sits with members, not with us. Savings are locked for eighteen months so the fund can mature. Governance runs through a three-signatory account. Training is repeated, not one-off. And market access is arranged before the first harvest, not after it.
Beyond coffee
Coffee is where we start because Plateau State grows it well. The same pathway applies to any locally suitable crop or enterprise, and the platform is built to carry additional crops, cities, and community enterprises as the network grows.
See how it works in practice
The seven-stage pathway shows exactly what a participating church does, and when.