Strengthen Churches

Overview

Healthy churches produce healthy Christians and with a commitment to congregational assessment, confidential relationships, conflict resolution, mutual accountability, and the training and development of staff and leadership, the Central Conference journeys with every church toward health and growth.

Snapshot of a Healthy, Missional Church (coming soon).

Tools for Church Health

Churches are encouraged to regularly draw upon resources that produce healthy, missional ministry in their contexts. Seminars, articles, speakers, or formal processes are available to member churches of the Central Conference here and through the Director for Church Revitalization, and the Director for Ministry Development.

Introduction to Natural Church Development

Request training for a specific ministry area

Offer a stewardship seminar to the congregation

Connect to a district Pastors’ Cluster or the Youth Pastors’ Cluster

NCD-Introduction.pdf

CF-Training-Req.pdf

StewardshipSem.pdf

Churches Planting Ministries

Grants are available to churches planting ministries for their congregation and communities.

Introduction to Churches Planting Ministries.

Apply for a grant:

• CPM Organizing Grant
• CPM Partner Grant
• CPM Seed Grant
• CPM Training Grant
• CPM Community Development Grant

Make a gift to provide grants to additional churches for new or growing ministries in their community. Send to the Central Conference, 3319 W. Foster Avenue, Chicago IL 60625.

Vitality Circle

Healthy, missional churches engage in routine cycles of renewal in their ministry, and many of our churches are embarking on formal journeys of revitalization using a Natural Church Development model with assessments, custom coaching, partnerships, and specialized events.

First Covenant Church (Iron Mountain MI)

Arbor Covenant Church (Madison WI)

Libertyville Covenant Church (Libertyville IL)

Ravenswood Covenant Church (Chicago IL)

Southwest Covenant Church (Lockport IL)

Hope Covenant Church (Crystal Lake IL)

North Park Evangelical Covenant Church (Machesney Park IL)

Evangelical Covenant Church (Elgin IL)

Edgebrook Covenant Church (Chicago IL)

Batavia Covenant Church (Batavia IL)

Evangelical Covenant Church (Princeton IL)

Evangelical Covenant Church (Milwaukee WI)

Evangelical Covenant Church (Paxton IL)

Good Shepherd Evangelical Covenant Church (Crest Hill IL)

Naperville Covenant Church (Naperville IL)

Glenview Covenant Church (Glenview IL)

Villa Park Covenant Church (Villa Park IL)

Community Covenant Church (Menominee MI)

Country Evangelical Covenant Church (Elgin IL)

Northbrook Covenant Church (Northbrook IL)

Trinity Evangelical Covenant Church (Oak Lawn IL)

Hope Evangelical Covenant Church (Indianapolis IN)

Beverly Covenant Church (Chicago IL)

Fellowship Christian Church (Oak Park IL)

Community Evangelical Covenant Church (Chicago IL)

First Covenant Church (Moline IL)

Zion Covenant Church (Sheboygan WI)

Partnerships

Together the churches of this region partner to plant new congregations and expand the Kingdom work to transform lives and introduce people to Jesus.

Make a gift to the Kingdom Growth Campaign for church revitalization in the Central Conference. Send to the Central Conference office, 3319 W. Foster Avenue, Chicago IL 60625.

Be a prayer partner for the congregations that are intentionally pursuing missional health and send an encouraging message for these churches through the Director for Church Revitalization.