- Mission program grants awarded - Five Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) new church developments will receive $25,000 each in mission program grants to further new church ministries. Find out how you can apply for these grants which are based on Starting New Churches: A Process of Discernment, developed by the office of Church Growth Ministries.
- 2010 Walton Awards - Four Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) new church developments have been named winners of the 2010 Sam and Helen R. Walton Awards. Each recipient church ministry will receive $50,000.
- Learn how to ‘do new church’ - Pastors and church leaders — come to St. Pete Beach, Florida, August 9–13, 2010 for the National New Church Development Conference at the Don Cesar beach resort.
- PC(USA) associate Phil Tom accepts White House appointment - Tom will build partnerships to improve lives of workers as director for the Center for Faith-based and Community Initiatives in the Department of Labor.
- Grow Christ’s Church Deep and Wide Study Guide - This six-session study guide is a companion piece to the Grow Christ’s Church Deep and Wide DVD series that tell dynamic stories of four churches growing in evangelism, discipleship, servanthood and diversity. A joint project of Evangelism & Church Growth and Educational Ministries/Congregational Ministries Publishing.
- Rethinking Evangelism - Discover how passion for Jesus, focus on disicipleship is part of revised vision statement for Evangelism and Church Growth office.
- Starting New Churches Resource Guide - Download "Starting New Churches." This 16-gathering study resource will guide the discernment process and take a "new church" from "zero" to "calling a pastor." Feel free to use and modify for your particular context and circumstances.
- Revised Mission Program Grants to begin in 2010 - A redesign of mission program grants, intended to increase the number of new church developments in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and support the work of presbyteries in congregational transformation, will begin in 2010.
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