What started as a small shop for theology nerds — built around a spare room, a newborn, and a lot of prayer — has grown into a workshop serving believers all over the world. Here’s the road we’ve walked, one season at a time.
Newly laid off from ministry work with a newborn at home, we built a website around one idea: a gift shop for theology nerds. We called it Theology Gifts — and our very first order arrived on Christmas Day.
We set up a green, wide-eyed booth at Ligonier’s National Conference. Dave welcomed us in anyway — the beginning of a warm partnership we still treasure today.
A backup job was lined up in case it all flopped. Instead we poured everything into our first real Christmas season — and the Lord blessed it.
A second ecommerce venture grew into our daily work while Missional Wear flourished as a beloved seasonal shop. We also exhibited at our first Desiring God National Conference.
Orders outgrew the spare room. Family came aboard, and nearly every corner of our home became shipping and fulfillment.
Life was full — multiple businesses and young children at home. At a crossroads, we decided to lean further into Missional Wear, taking our first step out of the house into the back room of another business.
A major expansion: we brought engraving and printing in-house, so more of what we sell is made by our own hands.
We moved into a space to call our own. It filled up fast.
A crazy idea, taken straight to our customers as a Kickstarter: theologian statues. We planned to make four. Demand pushed us to ten — a favorite ever since.
We navigated the new normal from the Sunshine State, humbled by an outpouring of support from customers — and closed the books on a record year.
More growth, and more hands joining the team.
We doubled our footprint and moved into the office and warehouse we still call home.
Fifteen years on the journey, with more than 100,000 customers served around the world. Soli Deo gloria.
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