Josh Gardner | Director of Discipleship and Development

Planting in North Salt Lake

Our goal is to plant churches in one of the United States' least-reached populations. Salt Lake City, Utah, has a Christian population of only 2%. Our hope is to partner with God in what He is already doing in sharing the Gospel and making disciples through planting a new church in the city of North Salt Lake in Fall of 2027. Please prayerfully consider partnering with us financially as we seek for God’s Kingdom come, here in Utah.

Partner Financially
  • About us

    My wife, Rachel, and I are both originally from Texas and have been married since Summer of 2016 and our Duaghter Lucy was born in May of 2025.

    In the Spring of 2019, Rachel and I felt a call to move from Texas to Utah for me to take a position as Minister to Students at Flourishing Grace Church in Bountiful, Utah. Over the next serval years God grew our love for the people of Utah and grew our desire to see God build His Kingdom in Utah.

    In the Fall of 2024 I took a position at King's Cross Church in Farmington Utah as the Director of Discipleship and Development as well as the Church Planting Resident. King’s Cross was Planted in March of 2023 with the desire to be a church that plants churches. Now we are looking at planting a brand new church in 2027 in the City of North Salt Lake Utah.

  • Discipleship and Church Planting

    I am the Director of Discipleship and Development and Church Planting Resident at King's Cross Church in Farmington, Utah. In this role, I help the people of Kings Cross to both be and make disciples across Davis County. Jesus calls us not to be churchgoers, good moral people, or even people who know a lot about Him, but to be His disciples and then go to the ends of the earth to make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19-20). Helping people to know and love Jesus, become disciples and make disciples is something that God has absolutely wired me to love. To be a Christian is to be a Disciple and I so strongly desire to help others be and make disciples as well.

    Ever since I felt called to vocational ministry over 10 years ago, I have had a heart for church planting and church revitalization. This position will also give me an opportunity to be equipped to plant churches in the future in Utah. God does not save us as individual persons but as a people, His Bride. When He saves us, He brings us into this new family that is centered on Jesus, motivated by grace, activated by prayer, shaped by Scripture, renewed as community, empowered by the Holy Spirit, and sent on mission. My desire is to see God cause a revival through His Church and through Church planting in Utah! We need God to do this, so I ask, would you pray with us to that end?

    Please also consider joining our prayer team to receive updates about what God is doing in Davis County.

  • Partner with us Financially

    The need for discipleship and church planting in Utah is great, but churches in Utah do not have the resources on their own to fill these needs. Therefore, I will be support-raising a majority of my salary. I ask that you would prayerfully consider partnering with us financially as we pursue making disciples and planting churches in Northern Utah. If you would like to know more details about how much I have left to raise, please email me, and I would love to set up an in-person or phone meeting with you to share those details with you.

Church Planting Network: Times12

In September of 2025, I became a planter with Times12. I am currently being trained by Times 12 to plant a church in 2027.

The Mission and Vision of Times12

Mission: Equipping planters to multiply gospel-centered disciples and churches.

Vision: Multiplying Disciples & Churches is what TIMES12 envisions. Why multiplication? Because the need is great, and multiplication was God’s idea

Get in touch with Josh

I would love to share more with you over the phone or in person. You can message me here to set up a time for us to talk about Utah, church planting, my role as Director of Discipleship and Development, support raising details, Kings Cross Church and more. Send me a message and let’s connect soon!

Join us in making disciples by growing people in relationship and partnership with Jesus in Utah.