JOB TITLE: Director of Christian Education/Faith Formation SUMMARY: The Director for Christian Education Ministries is a Merger staff position with the Division of Homeland Ministries (DHM) and the National Convocation of the Christian Church (DOC). Promoting the vitality of Black Disciples, the Director is responsible for the development and implementation of educational ministries which nurture […]
Disciples News Service
Impacts of incarceration and how church can welcome all
Rev. Dr. Louis Threatt never thought he’d be a pastor. But that changed when he became a prison chaplain in North Carolina, where he noticed a disconnect between church and prison. In a recent video call with New Church Ministry, Rev. Louis tells us that there’s both a lack of prison ministries and congregations […]
Dear Disciples, May 14, 2021
“I feel like we need a revival, a fresh wind, fresh fire, a reminder of the fact that God has indeed equipped us to emerge from this time, just as he equipped those first disciples, those first believers who lived through the disruption of the crucifixion and the resurrection. They emerged full of hope and praise because they were pointed back to […]
The nature of online church
New Church Ministry’s interview with Rev. Orlando Scott started later than expected. As a chaplain at Northside Hospital in Lawrenceville and Duluth, GA, he had just spent time in comfort care with a dying patient and her boyfriend, who had been brought down from another floor. Rev. Orlando is busy turning on lamps in his […]
Associate regional minister sought
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) is seeking a full time Regional Ministry Associate to join our ministry team. Specifically, to be in relationship with congregations/ministries of our region to promote transformation through attention to spiritual development, healthy congregational systems, and community engagement. The work grows out of our Vision […]
Imagine With Me: Re-imagining covenant
“We do it because we want to not because we have to. We are Disciples because we want to be Disciples, we want to be in covenant relationships.” – Rev. Dr. Nadine Burton on the way the General Board and the Governance Committee is working to re-imagine the covenant relationship of the church for this new era. Find the Covenant Curriculum here. Read […]
