About
Cultivate Your Purpose
Who We Are
Garden Theology was started to raise up a new generation of gardeners, based on Jesus’ teachings in Matthew 9. The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Our mission? We’re here to root out evil, salt the earth, and shine light into our own gardens. We’ve been called to fulfill the Great Commission: “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
We’re a group of artists, creatives, writers, and gardeners—all enthusiastic about living in and learning about the Word of God.
Garden Theology started from a love of the garden, which is where all our stories really begin. God is always speaking throughout His creation. And there’s so much you can learn about Him and His ways from the things He created. He’s still walking in the garden. Will you join Him?
MEET THE FOUNDER
Elise Lakey
“In 2022, God really spoke to me to ‘do it again,’ to pursue my dreams and to keep writing—and this time, for His Glory, not my own. Without too many instructions, I just set out to obey. With a love of gardening and a desire to learn more about God’s gardens, I stepped out in faith—and let God do the rest.”
Elise is passionate about mentoring the next generation in the Spirit and cultivating biblical literacy in young adults. Based in Nashville, Elise currently writes and teaches in both business and ministry settings. She has a background in creative writing, photography, and marketing—and pursues other random hobbies like weaving and vermicomposting.
Ready to get your hands dirty?
What We Believe
We believe in the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Sin has separated each of us from God and His purpose for our lives. Jesus Christ, as both God and man, is the only One who can reconcile us to God. He lived a sinless and exemplary life, died on the cross in our place, and rose again to prove His victory and empower us for life. To receive forgiveness and everlasting life, we must repent of our sins, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and submit to His will for our lives.
“For God so loved the world, He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Anyone who believes in him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.”
We Believe the Bible is God’s Word.
The Holy Bible is complete and God-breathed. It is accurate, authoritative, and applicable to our everyday lives.
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
We believe in the Holy Trinity.
God, the Creator of all things, exists in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is abounding in steadfast love, slow to anger, and completely holy.
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
We believe in baptism by the Holy Spirit.
To live the holy and fruitful lives that God intends for us, we need to be baptized in water and be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit enables us to use spiritual gifts, which we should earnestly seek as followers of Christ.
“For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.”
We believe God has a plan for each of us.
God has individually equipped each one of us to achieve His purpose for our lives—which is to worship Him, fulfill our role in the Church, and serve our communities. The Holy Spirit helps guide and communicate this purpose.
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
We believe We all need daily renewal in the Spirit and in Truth.
God wants to heal and transform us so that we can live healthy and blessed lives to help others more effectively. The best way to do this is through prayer, fasting, giving, operating in the Spirit, and reading the Word of God, which is the Bible.
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”
We believe in the Apostle’s Creed.
We believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. We believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.