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Launching Ground<\/h5>\n

Launching Ground has a skilled and growing team of leaders passionate about this work of godly discipleship through leadership development in churches, school, and families.<\/span><\/p>\n

We believe that it is critical to make sure our kids are ready to be launched with purpose and direction by the time they get to high school. That means we must launch them from a strong foundation (Biblical) with the true power source (God) with a clear vision and heart for the lost and the tools for success. No one else is going to prepare our kids. It has to be us as parents or it isn\u2019t going to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Santosh Swamidass<\/span><\/h5>\n

Pastor, Founder <\/span>Launching Ground <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Launch Network<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Santosh Swamidass is a pastor<\/span>, architect of <\/span>Project Based Discipleship,<\/span><\/i> and Founder of the <\/span>Launching Ground<\/span><\/i><\/a> and<\/span> Launch Network<\/span><\/i>.<\/span> As the son of Indian immigrants who dedicated their lives to living on mission, his upbringing greatly influenced his commitment to sharing the hope and love of Jesus around the world. After receiving his UCI degree in Computer Engineering and becoming an Olympic hopeful in the High Jump, Santosh accumulated 10 years of experience working in the Aerospace industry while expanding his missions outreach in South East Asia. Both locally and globally, he has over 25 years of ministry experience ranging from teaching the Word of God, planting churches, developing leaders, and building nonprofits. All these experiences have contributed to the formation of <\/span>Project Based Discipleship<\/span><\/i> and equipping others through <\/span>Launch Network.<\/span><\/i> Santosh and his wife, Christy, are enjoying the adventure and learnings of discipling their 7 kids.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Why this works<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mission & Vision<\/a><\/p>\n

Statement of Faith<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Get Started!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5061","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWho We Are - LAUNCHING GROUND<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/launchingground.com\/who-we-are\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who We Are - LAUNCHING GROUND\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/launchingground.com\/who-we-are\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LAUNCHING GROUND\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-25T22:51:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/launchingground.com\\\/who-we-are\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/launchingground.com\\\/who-we-are\\\/\",\"name\":\"Who We Are - 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