Comox Valley Presbyterian Church (CVPC) never intended to go through Disciples Church Extension Fund’s New Beginnings process. This congregation in Comox, British Columbia is a relatively new one, getting its start on Vancouver Island in 1995 and moving into its present building in 2001. Despite its young age however, in 2018, more members were leaving than were joining. […]

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (May 31, 2018)— Church leaders gathered in Indianapolis May 17-19 for the first annual Coaching Academy hosted by Hope Partnership for Missional Transformation’s ecumenical services.

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In 2008, First Christian Church in San Bernardino, Calif., whose sustainability challenges were becoming all too familiar for Disciples churches, signed on to do New Beginnings, a new service offered by then Church Extension and now by Hope Partnership.

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By Ruth Fletcher, Regional Minister, Montana Region, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) How does a congregation become the kind of church needed in this rapidly changing world? Mission Pathways, a futuring process designed by Hope Partnership, opens the eyes of the church to see what it has become.

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