by Nadine Compton, New Church Ministry Marketing Team
Since 2001, new church leaders have been answering the call to continue the new church movement and see the 2020 Vision come to light by starting 1,034+ new places of worship across the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
This Special Day Offering gives Disciples the opportunity to support these courageous leaders by making a gift to Disciples Mission Fund.
Every year, half of these gifts stay in local Regions to support and sustain new churches near you. The second half helps train, equip, assist, and nurture leaders across the United States and Canada through New Church Ministry programs.
These programs include Leadership Academy, which brings together new church leaders to learn about branding, budgeting, and more, New Church Hacks, a free webinar series that provides clever solutions for tricky church problems, and Coaching, which pairs new/affiliating pastors and leaders to help them remain on track and accountable for the goals they have set for themselves and their faith communities.
Let’s celebrate these brave leaders and the diversity in language and life experience that they have brought. 20 years ago, our Church had the bold vision to start 1,000 new churches… and we did it!
Participate in the Pentecost Offering here.
Promote the Pentecost Offering to your church–visit the DMF website
https://disciplesmissionfund.org/special-offerings/pentecost/ for sermon topics, scriptures, Moments for Mission, banners, and a special video (available with Spanish, Korean, French subtitles on the website).