Kingdom Extension Community
The PURPOSE of the Kingdom Extension Community of the Evangelical
Congregational Church is to know Christ and make Him known.
The MISSION of the Kingdom Extension Community of the Evangelical
Congregational Church is to help churches start missional ministries and
plant healthy churches that proclaim Christ to a hurting world.
The VISION of the Kingdom Extension Community is that the Evangelical
Congregational Church becomes a Church Multiplication movement,
realized when churches plant healthy churches that plant healthy churches.
Purpose:
- To communicate and encourage a kingdom mindset and strategy for extending
the kingdom. - To assess local church potential for extending the kingdom within their contexts.
- To deliver up-to-date resources and workshops that provide creative solutions for
extending the kingdom. - To assist local churches in adopting concepts that will ultimately extend the
kingdom within their contexts. - To facilitate discussions among pastors and church leaders in district cohorts
about kingdom extension within our cultural setting.
The Community will:
- Discuss the latest kingdom extension concepts - stirring the team's thinking
through reading books and exploring web-related resources together. - Discuss opportunities and solutions for kingdom extension in our cultural
settings. - Discuss issues derived from district cohorts concerning kingdom extension.
- Explore together kingdom extension for congregations in our cultural setting.
- Focus a segment of the National Conference gathering to kingdom extension -
providing a district or national level speaker as requested.
The Scope of the Community's Agenda:
- Apostolic Training (recruitment, assessment, & coaching)
- Local Church/Context Facilitation
- Publicity & Partnering
