WestGate Church
2025 Year-End Review
Dear westgate church,
As I reflect on this past year, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for the ways God continued to move in and through our church family to help many learn and live the way of Jesus. Serving this church is one of the great joys of my life, and I consider it an immense privilege to journey alongside each of you.
Your partnership, participation, and faithfulness are the means through which God continues to transform lives. Because of the sacrificial contribution of your time, energy, and resources, by God’s grace, in 2025:
106 people accepted Christ
226 people recommitted their lives to Christ
69 people were baptized
We continued to give away more money outside our walls than any previous year through Here to Stay, and we’re well on our way to giving away $5M over the two-year campaign.
I invite you to prayerfully consider giving an end-of-year financial gift—sacrificially, generously, even radically—as we continue joining God in the work he’s doing in our church, our city, and around the world.
As we say all the time, none of this is because of us. So we surrender it all into the Lord's hands. God controls outcomes. We're simply called to be faithful. And I am so grateful for your faithfulness. Thank you.
Grace, Peace, Love,
Jay Kim
from death to life
106
people
accepted christ for the first time
Including 22 Children, 2 Students
226
people
recommitted their lives to christ
Including 23 Students
69
people
made the decision to be baptized
from attending to belonging
115
life groups
1,261 people involved in life groups this yeaR
199 SMALL GROUP LEADERS
34
summer meetups
1,065 people participated in summer meetups
midsized groups:
Women, Men, Young Professionals, Singles, MomCo, Young Families, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, Creative Collective
from believing to following
102
people
became members of our church family
321
people
attended start here
41
people
attended alpha
EQUIPPED AS FOLLOWERS OF JESUS
598 people who attended our annual FORMATION Conference
120 people who attended our Ezekiel Summer Course
93 people who attended OUR ALpha marriage course
35 people who attended our Unbroken (Journey to Healing) Summer Course
59 people who attended our Faith and Work Summer Course
571 people who attended our five bible lectures
EASTER 2025
3,488 people at all CONGREGATIONS
Christmas Eve 2025
TBD
NEW PEOPLE DISCOVERING US ONLINE
This matters to us because people find us. The vast majority of people who come to attend WestGate say that they found us online first. This ‘digital front door’ is a key way to introduce ourselves to people.
100,049 Total Views on our YouTube channel
147,558 total visits to our website this year
92,028 total unique visitors to our website this year
4,680 followers on Instagram pages
CHURCHES PLANTED + SUPPORTED
West Valley Neighborhood Church
ongoing monthly support
$24,000 to
the bay area church planting network
Presence church
one-time launch support
$15,000 to
church of faith and hope in san jose (help fund roof replacement)
Living Hope Church
sending + launching church
support and care
16 engaged couples went through the SYMBIS pre-marital Counseling Program
115 people who participate weekly in support small groups for addiction, grief and trauma
$67,657.52 given in benevolence assistance to individuals and families for immediate housing and food relief (80% increase)
Next Generation
Children
Nursery - 5th Grade
258 kids served weekly (saratoga)
153 kids who attended summer camp (saratoga)
77 kids served weekly
(south hills + Casa de fe)
132 kids who attended summer camp (south hills + Casa de fe)
6 kids baptized
students
Middle School - High School
217 students served weekly (ALL CONGREGATIONS)
114% increase
85 High School Students involved in the Sunday Service (All Congregations)
99 Middle School Students actively involved in their Sun Service (Saratoga)
33 Middle School Students actively involved in their Sun Service (South Hills)
140 students involved in Life Groups (All Congregations)
89% increase
39 High School Students in Mid-Week Life Groups (Saratoga)
23 High School Students in Mid-Week Life Groups (South Hills)
52 Middle School Students in Mid-Week Life Groups (Saratoga)
26 Middle School Students in Mid-Week Life Groups (South Hills)
student events:
48 Total Students Who Attended 2025 Summer Camp
71 Total Students Who Attended 2025 Fall Camp
146 Total Students Who Attended 2025 Friendsgiving
college
61 young adults actively engaged in community
25 young adults involved in mid-week life groups
25 people people who attended the summer retreat
28 people who attended fall retreat
local and global compassion
Local Compassion
19 Beautiful Day Projects in 2023
1,477 Beautiful Day Volunteers
301 volunteers at mini beautiful day
5 completed bd 365 projects (serving inside + outside our walls)
7,112 hours spent by volunteers at beautiful day projects
7 schools served by school impact
482 teachers and admin served by school impact
30 adult students who are part of an esl program
4 children fostered through families at westgate church
six support families trained to support those foster families
3 children adopted into forever homes by westgate church families
92,000 lbs of food given to families in need
$145,013 worth of food given to families in need
120 houseless individuals supported through safe car park on our campus
global Compassion
NATIONS SERVED BY OUR MISSIONARIES AND MINISTRY PARTNERS: Afghanistan, Bolivia, China, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Egypt, Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Niger, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, South Sudan, Thailand, Uganda, Uruguay, Zimbabwe
Building and Infrastructure
Purchased Building + Renovations for a Church/Community Center in Bogota Colombia
Built a Surgical Training Center at a Christian University in Haiti
Built housing for dependent Special Needs young women in Mexico)
Water Projects
Gave more than $133,000 to construct 10 wells and clean water projects in DRC, Uganda and South Sudan.
38 wells dug providing clean water in jesus’ name
25,000+ people who now have access to clean drinking water
22 global missionaries
13 local missionaries
15 ministry partner
Justice and Compassion
Renovated 11 affordable housing units for women and children escaping domestic abuse in Santa Clara County
Funded a Spanish-speaking foster care initiative with Foster the Bay
Delivered wheelchairs for disabled people in Mexico
Funded smart garden construction projects to provide food for children in Bolivia
Built a center in Northern Iraq to serve women and children escaping violence from ISIS.
Hurricane Relief in Haiti, to help purchase tarps, lanterns and power generators
This year, we funded more than 73 Projects including:
Evangelism and Church planting
Held a conference for pastors and leaders from 12 countries in North Africa and the Middle East
Funded Bible translation projects for people in Western China and Southeast Asia
Pastor and Leader Equipping
Built two safehouses for ministry leaders in persecuted nations
Funded construction for a new center for pastor education and training in India
Built a new dormitory and training center in Zimbabwe
by the numbers
total ministry fund for westgate church:
$11,527,266
(Calendar Year 2025, as of 12/17/2025)
total given outside our walls:
$2,623,177
(As part of the Here to Stay campaign)
thank you for making all of this possible with your generosity
Thank you for partnering with us in 2025
We continue to pray that God will use WestGate Church to impact even more people in 2026 for His kingdom. We invite you to partner with us by making an End-Of-Year donation that will go towards our WestGate ministries going forward.