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"21" Services Provided To Our Churches

  • Consulting for churches desiring to be a part of the district's missional vision — Becoming Churches without Walls
  • Individual coaching of pastors
  • Offering engaging symposia for awareness of theological and ministry trends
  • Consulting for church governance development and transition
  • Comprehensive church planting assistance and support
  • Pulpit supply
  • Credentialing councils for ministerial licensing and ordination
  • Consulting for uncovering your church's vision
  • Consulting for developing your church's strategic plan
  • Conducting pastoral installation ceremonies
  • Annual District Conference for professional development and networking
  • Minister Connection services and consulting for pastoral recruiting
  • Consulting and assistance for churches in pastoral transition process
  • Personal counseling of pastors
  • Mentoring for urban/intercultural pastors
  • One-year EFCA Gateway training and four-year EFCA TUMI training for the licensing and ordination of non-traditional pastors
  • Consulting for church conflict resolution
  • CityServe (formerly UTOPIA) for the provision of one-year urban missionaries to assist urban churches
  • Facilitating church retreats (Men's Ministry, Church-Wide, etc.)
  • Meetings of geographic clusters of churches in the district for the purpose of providing encouragement, best practices and fellowship
  • Representing the district on the national level to the EFCA in a variety of ways (National Ministry Team, Reach Global, Urban/Intercultural Ministry, Hispanic Ministry, African American Ministry, EFCA Church Planting, etc.)