We are a local Santa Cruz church community committed to awakening people to the reality of loving Jesus and one another.

Santa Cruz is known as one of the most beautiful cities in America. It is also one of the most secular cities in America. A hub of national influence in business, music, arts, extreme sports, and politics. Rising population rates bring spiritual opportunities in every demographic of the population.

 We believe Santa Cruz is positioned strategically in the Bay Area with many opportunities to successfully bring the gospel into five spheres of influence by being the heart, head, hands, and feet of Jesus to a culture that desperately needs hope! The only hope that can help them is Jesus!

We are here to serve the Santa Cruz area by coming alongside individual lives, families, communities, and cities by inspiring, equipping, and empowering them to pray for their neighbor, have compassion for their neighbor, share the gospel of Jesus, discover the Bible and it’s relevant message in our ever-changing world, and consistently gather and stay connected with other Jesus followers.

Worship / Intercession / Prayer

Harvest / Missions

Missions is the action performed by various tasks that cross-cultural, linguistic, socio-economic, and geographical boundaries through the proclamation of the Gospel to produce gospel-driven, disciple-making followers and churches of Jesus Christ.

We want our vision and strategy at The Point to align with Jesus’s when He said “make disciples of all nations”.

Local Partners

We hope to adopt and partner with ministries that already exist and create ministries that are needed but do not exist in order to engage in ministry in our community. (This would include prison ministry, adoption, human trafficking, recovery ministries, mercy ministries, international ministries, etc).

Local Partners Include:

Arukah Project

Dunamis Rhema

YWAM Santa Cruz

Chi Alpha UCSC

Global Partners

Our global partnerships often involve sending leaders to partner, supporting missionaries, strategic relationships, financial support, prayer, and awareness. Global Partners Include:

Taryon Crawford

Liv Village

Tom & Suzie Brock

Home // Building Family

During the ongoing pandemic, our Kids Ministry has moved to creating fun and engaging digital content. You can access this digital content by visiting austinstone.org/online. Jesus is the center of Kids Ministry at The Austin Stone! We believe that children need to hear and understand the good news of the gospel, so every week, your child will hear a lesson based on one of the 7 Basic Truths. These statements sum up the entire gospel message in kid-friendly language.

Actively teaching your children is the best way we can support you as parents. We hope that while children are with us in Kids Ministry, not only will they have an amazing time with other kids their age and our awesome volunteers, they’ll hear the gospel and learn what it means for their lives.