They know the rumors. Let's help them meet the people.
Millions form their opinions about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from headlines, shows, and search results — long before they ever meet one. GoForth Foundation helps communities come to know and trust the local Saints already living among them.
Real people with faith, families, and stories.
GoForth community sites
from Mesa to Mexico City
found, heard, and trusted
The world is meeting "Mormons" on screen — before meeting the Saints next door
When local Saints stay unseen, the rumors start to feel true.
What a neighbor finds when they search
Long before anyone visits a chapel, they type an honest question into a search bar. Today, strangers usually answer it. GoForth helps make sure the local Saints are part of that answer.
Same question. A warmer, truer answer — from the Saints themselves.
See a community site for yourself →Familiarity becomes trust. Trust becomes friendship.
The fastest-growing churches in America aren't waiting to be discovered at the door. They become familiar to their neighbors first — online, where curiosity begins. The pattern is measurable.
Churches known locally grow faster
Familiar congregations become stronger congregations
Before a visitor ever parks the car, they're wondering: Will anyone notice me? Will my children be safe? Will I feel out of place? A warm local presence answers those questions before the door ever opens.
Familiar faces online make real friendship easier at the door.
We help local Saints become easier to find, hear, and trust
Every GoForth initiative closes the same distance — the one between what people assume and who the Saints actually are.
Community Sites
Trusted local websites that make congregations, sacred places, events, and local stories easy for neighbors to discover, visit, and understand. An address points someone to the chapel — a community site helps them see the people inside.
JOYFL
A faith-centered music library where Saints turn testimony into songs friends can receive and share. Young people spend over four hours a day with music — JOYFL helps faithful voices reach the hours already shaping their hearts.
SAFE
A clear public standard for fair media coverage of Latter-day Saints. When coverage can be recognized, measured, and scored, outlets face real pressure to meet the standard — and Saints gain a way to answer misunderstanding with clarity, courage, and compassion.
Fourteen communities. And growing.
This isn't a plan on paper. GoForth community sites are already serving real neighborhoods — from Mesa to Rome to São Paulo — helping neighbors see the Church through the Saints living nearby. Each new community starts with local leaders, local stories, and local Saints who want to be known.
Strengthened over the years
Expanding this year New
Mesa Arizona Temple · Easter Pageant
Communities are already asking to be seen
This isn’t a pitch waiting for permission. In real neighborhoods, the Church is already gathering people — and local leaders are the ones reaching out first.
Leaders in North Texas, Las Vegas, Arizona, and Washington, D.C. have asked GoForth to build community sites of their own. The demand is local, unprompted, and spreading on its own.
The work is already reaching people
Not projections. Measured reach, since 2020.
Every trusted answer helps someone see the Church less as a distant institution — and more through the lives of the Saints already living in their community.
Three ways to help Saints be seen
Not everyone gives the same gift. Every one of these moves the work forward.
Become a Prayer Partner
Join our monthly email update. We'll share what GoForth is building, where we see doors opening, and what we're asking prayer partners to pray for that month.
Join the update list →Open a Door
Introduce GoForth to a donor, Church leader, community leader, media contact, artist, or trusted friend who could help one of these bridges reach more people.
Make an introduction →Help Saints Be Seen
Your gift helps Saints be seen, heard, and understood — where people search, where they listen, and where opinions are shaped.
Give today →Every dollar goes to the cause you choose
Give to Community Sites, JOYFL, SAFE, or wherever the need is greatest. Your gift is tax-deductible, and you'll see what it builds — communities strengthened, songs released, coverage measured.
of donations go to the cause identified by the donor. No overhead or fundraising expenses are covered by independent donations.
All donations tax-deductible
The GoForth Gala
An evening for those who believe the Saints should be known. This will be more than a dinner.
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The world is already being told who we are
Your gift helps communities come to know the Saints behind the institution — real people with faith, families, and stories. Clearly, warmly, and first.
Help Saints Be Seen →Independent, Member-Led Work
GoForth Foundation is an independent, member-led nonprofit organization. We are not owned, operated, or directed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While our work supports individuals and communities connected to the Church, all websites, platforms, and content created by GoForth are third-party initiatives and are not official Church products, positions, or endorsements.
Our mission is to help communities come to know and trust the local Saints living among them.