The Congregations of the Ohio District are committed to the expansion of the Kingdom of God through new mission churches. These new mission outposts are the focal point of making disciples in their communities. For this reason, the following structure and system were devised. The Director of Ministry Resources has the responsibility of overseeing the structure and system. It is our prayer that God will bless our nuture of church plants.
New missions are nutured in three distinct ways through partnerships within the Ohio District. Each mission is provided with accountability, resources and encouragement.
Commission for New Missions (CNM): New mssions are accountable to the CNM. The CNM reviews emerging mission grant applications, submits mission grant requests to the Ohio District Board of Directors, distributes mission funds and monitors all regular mission reports.
New Missions Facilitator: A regional Mission and Ministry Facilitator will provide on-going equipping for new missions. This includes such resources as training church plant teams, identifying and deploying coaches, organizing quarterly training events and helping missions form yearly ministry plans.
New Missions Partners: New missions receive continual encouragement through partnerships within the District. Partners include such diverse groups as a sponsoring church, a network area of churches, circuits, para-church groups or prayer networks. Encouragement comes in such forms as prayer support, service events or financial gifts.
This task force would oversee the specialized, human care or ethnic missions by means of
- communications and links between Shared Support Missions, District and Synod;
- creative funding opportunities;
- encouragement for professional church workers in these missions
- oversight and accountability of financial support provided by the congregations of the Ohio District
These missions include (but not limited to):
- Deaf Congregations
- Urban African-American Congregations
- Campus Ministries
- Hispanic Ministries
- Arab Ministries
The members of this task force include: