About family discipleship labs

Family Discipleship Labs was launched by Sarah Cowan Johnson in 2025 to help churches equip and empower parents for home discipleship. 

Sarah is a ministry trainer, consultant, and coach based in Providence, RI. With over 20 years of ministry experience in the church and parachurch, Sarah is passionate about equipping ministry leaders to flourish in their unique callings and contexts. 

Before starting her own consulting business, Sarah served as a Campus Staff Member and Area Director with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, where she developed local, regional, and national training experiences for both staff and students. 

After more than a decade on staff with InterVarsity, Sarah was assessed and approved by the Covenant Church as a church planter and served as the Executive Pastor for Sanctuary Church, a family of neighborhood congregations in Providence. Her primary responsibilities at Sanctuary included developing the people and the systems necessary to sustain healthy planting and growth. 

In 2022, Sarah wrote Teach Your Children Well: A Step-by-Step Guide for Family Discipleship, which won Christianity Today's book award in the Marriage + Family category.

Sarah graduated from Brown University in 2003.