Gifts For All Generations

As the people of God, we have been so richly blessed by all who have come before us and established our congregations. Now, it's our chance not only to give back but to "give forward" to the coming generations. We can do that by joining with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Illinois & Wisconsin in a 3-year capital campaign to raise $2,250,000 to benefit a variety of "units" within the life of our denomination and our CCIW Region.

STARTING NEW CHURCHES
$1,006,000

The New Church Ministry Team, located in the General Office in Indianapolis, has established training seminars and conferences to help all the regions of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) prepare for the task of starting new churches. In February 2003, one conference was held called "Lighting The Torch". This conference was designed to provide the necessary training for new church planters as they begin the process of discernment, prayer, research and work toward meeting the goal of 1000 new Disciples churches by the year 2020.

A second conference was held in February 2003 called "Fueling The Torch." This conference was designed to provide regions with the necessary tools to help the new church planters carry out the research and funding issues necessary for the new church start. The Christian Church in Illinois & Wisconsin sent 4 people to this conference; one was a workshop facilitator and three were panel members.

For more information on what our campaign dollars are doing with New Church Ministry, contact the New Church Ministry office, PO Box 7030, Indianapolis, IN 46207 or log on to their website at: www.newchurchministry.org

FaithAlive, CCIW's new congregation in formation, is under the guidance of Randy and Linda Williams, former pastor at Centennial Christian Church, Bloomington, IL.

Randy and Linda received specialized training through the New Church Ministry office in Indianapolis as well as receiving part of our campaign monies to assist in the development of this new and exciting ministry to 20 and 30 year olds in Peoria, IL.

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