Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF), which oversees New Church Ministry (NCM) on behalf of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), announces a transitional leader for the NCM Team. Jose Martinez, Associate Minister of New Church Strategies, will join outgoing Minister of New Church Strategies Terrell McTyer in overlapping leadership until the end of January, when … Continue reading Jose Martinez announced as transitional NCM leader
NCM leader accepts new post; interim to serve transition
Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF), which oversees New Church Ministry (NCM) on behalf of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), announces the leader of NCM will step down at the end of January. Terrell L. McTyer, Minister of New Church Strategies, has accepted a position as Executive Director of Global Marketing and Innovation at The … Continue reading NCM leader accepts new post; interim to serve transition
Leadership Academy expands its reach but keeps God’s work as its focus
150 registrants. 16 workshop leaders. 15 vendors. Seven denominations. All coming together for three days! Despite being held online for a second year running, this didn’t stop church planters, regional representatives, and lay leaders from taking part in New Church Ministry’s Leadership Academy. In fact, registration was almost double what it was in 2020, with attendees reflecting age … Continue reading Leadership Academy expands its reach but keeps God’s work as its focus
Understanding God and the church at the Water the Plants Prayer Summit
In her teaching on the spiritual discipline of prayer at the recent Water the Plants Prayer Summit, Rev. Dr. Martha Brown, a member of the Board of Directors for Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF), recounted the story of Jacob to both returning and first-time attendees of the Water the Plants initiative’s prayer-focused virtual event. As Rev. Dr. Martha told it, … Continue reading Understanding God and the church at the Water the Plants Prayer Summit
“We’ve got some work to do.” Increasing accessibility through ASL
For the past few years, New Church Ministry has worked hard to make its services accessible to Disciples across the United States and Canada. It has provided Pentecost Offering resources in different languages, including Korean, Spanish, and French. The ministry has recorded all of its New Church Hacks episodes so that people who can’t be present at the time can view … Continue reading “We’ve got some work to do.” Increasing accessibility through ASL
Throwing out the agenda at the Hopeful Economics UnConference
With over a year of remote working experience, many homebound workers are wary of signing up for yet another online event due to "Zoom fatigue." Passively sitting in front of a screen while a stranger shares information or fumbles with a poor Internet connection leads many of us to multi-task, largely ignoring what's taking place … Continue reading Throwing out the agenda at the Hopeful Economics UnConference
Introducing the Water the Plants Prayer Summit
Since last summer, Disciples from across the life of the church have been praying for the new church movement. New Church Ministry’s (NCM) church-wide Water the Plants (WtP) initiative has faithfully gathered together prayer intercessors every Tuesday morning and Thursday evening on the phone to prioritize the spiritual discipline of prayer and ask God to care for new … Continue reading Introducing the Water the Plants Prayer Summit
Learn about the economic impact of churches
Join New Church Ministry and EDGE: A Network for Ministry Development from Wednesday, March 3, 2021 to Friday, March 5, 2021 at the Hopeful Economics UnConference! "Hopeful Economics" is a way of looking at the world of the assets and abundance that it has and making that work for everyone. And "UnConference" is when topics … Continue reading Learn about the economic impact of churches
Rick Reisinger Announces Retirement Plans
Indianapolis, Indiana – On Monday, January 11, 2021, Erick D. ‘Rick’ Reisinger, President of Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF), shared his plans with the DCEF Board and staff to retire at year’s end --December 31, 2021. “This decision has been a long time in coming and is the result of a very personal discernment process,” Rick … Continue reading Rick Reisinger Announces Retirement Plans
Job posting – Program Coordinator
We are no longer accepting applications. Thank you for your interest. ANNOUNCEMENT FOR POSITION OPENING PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR NEW CHURCH MINISTRY Full-Time Employment Summary Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF) functions as a ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. New Church Ministry (NCM), under the umbrella of DCEF, … Continue reading Job posting – Program Coordinator