About Us

Our Mission
Statement

BranchOut is the world’s first online platform designed to fully engage humanity with in-demand and on-demand wellness, cultural and learning opportunities for anyone to grow in their faith.

The BranchOut Faith Team, founded by Rabbi Bryan Zive, strives to bring their expertise to you with compassion, care, detail and wisdom.

Rabbi Bryan founded BranchOut Faith because he saw trends within the faith community that illuminated lightbulbs within his soul. Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic, people needed to connect to something bigger than themselves. Further, regardless of the fact that most of our society remained in their homes for months, people took advantage of that time to tune in to faith based programming. Be it music, documentaries, worship services or any other faith content, people became intrigued and connected to their faith. What was the difference? It was on their own terms. People found and engaged with their faith when and where they wanted. On-demand faith wasn’t going to replace the ideal model of building community and attending houses of worship. But, it certainly created an opportunity to conveniently engage with their spirituality without interfering with other commitments.

Enter BranchOut Faith, the first online platform to provide in-demand and on-demand mental wellness, cultural and self-paced, gamified learning opportunities for anyone to grow in their faith. Now, anyone can engage and grow in their faith on their terms, not only when it can work with their schedules. BranchOut Faith’s on-demand Mental Wellness brings you the support you need when you need it the most. Just like calling a ride share service (where you click a button and a driver picks you up and takes you to your destination), you can click a button, tell us how you’re feeling with a brief survey, choose the type of Mental Wellness session you’d like, and after clicking a button, you’ll instantly be connected with a BranchOut Guide. When you’re having a moment, take the moment!

BranchOut Guides consist of ordained Jewish Rabbis and Cantors, Christian Pastors, Priests and Ministers, along with Jewish and Christian educators and chaplains each of which attended and received post-graduate degrees from accredited and respected seminaries. They’re specially trained and ready to meet you where you’re at in an understanding, compassionate way through faith driven values.

In the coming days, weeks and months, BranchOut Faith will bring you three additional engagement branches: The Culture Corner, The Learning Loft and Be Jewish/Be Christian Branch. To learn more about our Four Engagement Branches, visit our “What We Offer” page.

In the meantime, we hope you’ll find our platform meaningful and inspiring. No matter where you are on your faith journey, BranchOut Faith is a way to engage on your own terms. how you want, when you want and where you want.

Grow with us as we BranchOut to a better world.

BranchOut Faith Executive Team

Rabbi Bryan Zive, MAHL

Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Stephen Hale, M.Div, MAT

Vice President of Christian Educational Development

Rabbi Rob Friedman, MAHL, M.Bible

Vice President of Spiritual Wellness