DCEF board meeting
Disciples Church Extension Fund and its ministry partners, including Hope Partnership Services and New Church Ministry, will be gathering together for its spring board meeting.
Pentecost Offering
Be the New Church For the past thirteen months, many Disciples have been struggling with social isolation. They’ve stayed away from their various places of worship to protect the health and safety of themselves and others. It has been difficult. How have new church leaders responded? By launching communities of faith in creative and innovative … Continue reading Pentecost Offering
The New Wave Pentecost Series: Exploring ASL in Communal Care
Have you been searching for ways to show deeper levels of compassion to members of your community? Has the reality of living through multiple waves of the novel coronavirus pandemic caused you to feel isolated and cut off? Do you have an interest in joining a movement that provides more holistic care? If you answered "yes" … Continue reading The New Wave Pentecost Series: Exploring ASL in Communal Care
Pentecost Offering
Be the New Church For the past thirteen months, many Disciples have been struggling with social isolation. They’ve stayed away from their various places of worship to protect the health and safety of themselves and others. It has been difficult. How have new church leaders responded? By launching communities of faith in creative and innovative … Continue reading Pentecost Offering
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 Water the Plants Prayer Summit
Restart, Reengage, Revision: Post-Pandemic Prep
As your place of worship reopens its physical doors, how can you build community in a post-pandemic world? How does the coronavirus affect your congregation and neighborhood? How can you BE a new church in a post-pandemic reality? In this New Church Hacks episode, New Church Ministry will: Prepare your spiritual collective for new expressions … Continue reading Restart, Reengage, Revision: Post-Pandemic Prep
Lead Better through Self-Awareness
As part of the Illinois & Wisconsin region's summer 2021 online retreat, Pastor Terrell L. McTyer (Minister of New Church Strategies), will be facilitating a one-day Zoom session to help its School for Ministry's cohort students assess and understand their leadership styles. The workshop is also open to participants outside of the School for Ministry. … Continue reading Lead Better through Self-Awareness