new worshiping communities Archives

‘Born out of desperation’

Posted April 7th, 2021

The Rev. Colin Kerr of Parkside Church in Charleston, South Carolina is in awe of what happened at the church plant he serves. When this new church development began, it began growing steadily. But just six months into that growth, the pandemic hit.

A Matthew 25-inspired Stations of the Cross

Posted March 31st, 2021

For the Rev. Jeanie Shaw, leader of Eventide Community, a new worshiping community in Sacramento, California, Holy Week has a whole new meaning this year. As an active member of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance National Response Team, people in her community are used to being sent into neighborhoods across the nation and around the world to work on PDA-connected projects.

1001 Refresh Retreat set to explore ‘Attaining Resurrection’ amid challenging times

Posted March 9th, 2021

Attaining Resurrection — a virtual Refresh Retreat — provides an opportunity for 1001 New Worshiping Community leaders to replenish and reclaim their spiritual grounding in a time of pandemic. There will be three of these retreat opportunities this year, with the next scheduled for April 12–13. Leaders will have a chance to choose their start time, based on Eastern or Pacific time zones.

Doubling the giving by working together

Posted November 2nd, 2020

Two California worshiping communities collaborated to support a family farm and two beehives via the Presbyterian Giving Catalog.

Discipleship and worship in new worshiping communities

Posted September 23rd, 2020

Although leaders of new worshiping communities (NWCs) describe both discipleship and spiritual formation as types of personal growth, there are key distinctions in their descriptions of the two.

Update: 1001 New Worshiping Communities

Posted July 10th, 2019

In 2012, by action of the 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the movement to establish 1001 new communities of faith all over the country was made official.

A dozen new worshiping communities awarded mission program grants

Posted April 3rd, 2019

The Presbyterian Mission Agency recently approved 12 mission programs grants on a diverse range of 1001 new worshiping communities.

Pastor, congregation offer shelter, food and hope in Florence’s aftermath

Posted September 24th, 2018

As the eyewall of Hurricane Florence passed over the Rev. Dr. Doug Cushing’s home in Leland, North Carolina, on the morning of Friday, Sept. 14, it was as if someone “had opened a firehose.”

‘New Creation’ provides a space for the previously unchurched

Posted August 29th, 2018

The Rev. Keith Gunter, pastor of the newest chartered PC(USA) congregation, New Creation Church in Hendersonville, Tennessee, finally had a moment to reflect on what has been ‘a whirlwind of a summer.’

From church conflict to church building

Posted June 29th, 2018

It’s a far cry from 2014 in the Presbytery of Nevada. This past year 12 of its 21 congregations experienced numerical, and spiritual, growth. Just a few year ago, churches were leaving the presbytery and the remaining congregations were resistant to paying per capita.