New Church Development in the Disciples is going strong – over 700 new churches in the past 10 years! Our Region has been supportive in a number of ways through your gifts – starting churches in Illinois and Wisconsin, funding training opportunities for new church planters for the whole denomination and helping start new ventures like the Antioch Project that encourages new, large, entrepreneurial Disciple churches.

We have great potential in our Region for years to come – new since last spring – Pneu Project in Oswego is an  Anglo church that will launch and keep on launching other new churches - Iglesia Cristiana Discipulos De Cristo in Milwaukee  will travel each week to launch Iglesia Cristiana Discipulos De Cristo in Blue Island - our first Burmese congregation has begun in the Quad Cities - and several Korean pastors have expressed interest in starting new churches in Chicagoland.

We have an active New Church Establishment Committee, devoted to the Great Commission and encouraging of many new church starts. The motto we’ve borrowed from our friends in Indy – “A thousand new churches in a thousand different ways.” Our role is to partner with new church planters in a variety of ways and serve as a valuable resource for new, healthy, vital congregations. It’s working! Your gifts to the Pentecost Special Day Offering fuel this ministry.

View our "Minute for Mission" here on the website by clicking the links below, or keep an eye on the CCIW News for encouraging news bits!

Big Life Community Church, Oswego, IL

Network Christian Church, Bloomington, IL

Iglesia Cristiana Discipulos De Cristo, Blue Island, IL

Remember the day that everything changed in your life – for the better? Nothing would be the same because of the blessings of that day.

Remember the day that everything changed in your life – for the worse? Nothing would be the same because of the challenges  of that day.

What changes an ordinary day into an extraordinary one? We will reflect on this question and others as we explore the theme “This is the Day…”

The Spring 2012 edition of The Christian newsletter is now available online! The newsletter has moved to a subscription based system. If would like to receive a printed copy of The Christian and have not contributed in 2012 (a minimum donation of $10.00 for a year's subscription - 4 issues), please send a check to the Regional Office, made payable to CCIW. In the memo line, please write The Christian.

The publication will remain available for FREE here on the Regional website.

Please click here to download the newest version of The Christian.

Your 2012 Spring Packet is on its way! Anxious to see what's inside? You can view the contents of this packet by clicking the links below!

Events At a Glance

Summer Camps

Regional Assembly

Clergy Events

CEO Event

Healthy Congregations

Clergy Ethics

Courage to Lead

Grace Institute: Evangelism Event

Are you ready for summer camp? WE ARE! Get ready to reconnect with old friends and make news ones, all while deepening your faith and understanding of God!

Everything you need is available in the Fellowship and Camp Groups section of the website.

So send in your forms, start fundraising and get ready for the 2012 Summer Camp season!

You can view all of the Youth Camp related documents by clicking "Fellowship and Camp Groups" on the sidebar, then "Camps".