GLC church planting update short 4-12

The Great Lakes Conference andThe Evangelical Covenant ChurchGrowing over several years:GLC Mission: every church a healthy, missionalcongregation.GLC Vision: By the year 2020, to multiply to 100Missional, Christ-Magnifying congregations in anincreasing Mosaic of communities.How is it going?

Growing in the CovenantThe Covenant has grown steadily for 18consecutive years. 176,005 94,301

And In the Great Lakes ConferenceThe following shows theGrowth over the past 15 yearsand as we project 10 years ahead.

120 GLC Growth over 25 Years # of churches projection100 80 Goal: get to 100 churches by 2020 60 new ethnic total 40 20 0 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020new 2 4 6 19 29 39ethnic 0 1 5 12 13 21total 56 59 67 81 90 100

Growth in New Churches and Ethnic Churches new ethnic Projection 39 Survival rate 85% 29 Each year approx 50% of our new churches are 21 ethnic or multi-ethnic. 19 Our hope is that the face 13 of the ECC will moreSurvival rate 25% 12 accurately reflect the face of North America and the face of the Kingdom. 6 5 4 2 1 01995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

16000 GLC Attendance & Conversions Evangelism is why we14000 plant new churches: Projection - Ave Church: 3/10012000 - Ave ECC Church: 6/100 - Ave ECC plant: 12/10010000 - Ave GLC plant: 30/100 + Community Impact 8000 c p attend cp conversions total attendance 6000 4000 2000 0 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

GLC Church Planting LifeChurch Southfield MI First Preview Service in May, 2011 Nearly 200 people attended! Parent Church: LifeChurch of Canton MI Pastor: Alan Tumpkin In 2012, we project 3-4 new churches: 1 in Cleveland, New Hope Covenant Church, pastorChurch Planting over the past decade: Jim McClarenYear: # of plants Attendance Conversions/yr2000 2 111 30 1 in West Virginia, est start2011 20 2971 1068 on July 1, 2012, Justin BowersSurvival 25% in 2000Rate: 85% in 2012 1 or 2 in Louisville

Newest Plant – New Hope, Pastor Jim McClaren, Jan 2012Over the past 5 years, The GLC spent $21,000 net per year for planting (not perplant, but per year)!Net = amount paid out that year by the GLC for planting, less the amount of givingby our plants to the common mission of the GLC.Church Planting is one aspect of our mission that gives back, that increases ourfamily, that creates greater kingdom impact, that sends more people to camps, etc

Vision:As we grow toward 100missional, Christ-magnifyingchurches in an increasing mosaicof communities, here are a fewexamples of the new churches andcommunities that have beenimpacted.

Citadel of Faith, DetroitPastor Harvey Carey

Lifechurch of Canton, MIPastor Alex Rahill

City Covenant, DetroitPastor Semmeal Thomas

LifeChurch of Mt Juliet, TN Pastor Eddie Poole

Four Rivers Church, Paducah KY Pastor Brad Henson

Inside Four Rivers

Esperanza, Grand Rapids Pastor Dale Dalman

Love of Christ, Detroit Mike Dexter

Morning Star, Middleville MI Pastor David Korsen

Bridge Covenant, Detroit Pastor Janine Davis

Sanctuary, ColumbusPastor Rich Johnson

CityView, PittsburghWayne and Leeann Younger

Discover, Avon OHPastor Lee Anderson

How We Catalyze Church Planting:- The Right Planter - Connected, Called - Assessment- The Right Support - Coaching - Training - Start-up funds- The Right Core Team - A missionary team- The Right Partners - Parent and Partners

The 4 Core Ministriesof the GLC- Church Vitality- Church Outreach- Church Planting- Church Leadership

THANK-YOUFor your Prayers andYour PartnershipIn the Good NewsThrough theThe Great Lakes Conference Larry Sherman, Acting Superintendent & Director of Church Planting Steve Armfield, Director of Church Vitality Dan Wolter, Chair of GLC

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