nwc Archives

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.

‘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.’

Ten new worshiping communities receive Mission Program Grants

Posted May 31st, 2018

The Presbyterian Mission Agency recently approved 10 worshiping community Mission Program Grants to a diverse range of “1001” communities.

A church for the wounded and vulnerable

Posted May 10th, 2018

Full of angst, Chris Romine walked into a new church in Hoboken, New Jersey, which sits directly across the river from Manhattan, New York. In his mid-20s with a well-paying job at a startup logistics firm in Manhattan, he was wondering if this was all there was. Exploring all kinds of faith expressions, including Christianity, he kept coming back to the simple message of Christ’s life.

2018 Walton Award winners announced

Posted April 27th, 2018

Serious JuJu, a 1001 New Worshiping Community for youth and skaters in northwest Montana and Faith Presbyterian Church of the North Georgia Mountains have been named winners of the 2018 Sam and Helen R. Walton Awards.

Four overarching themes come out of new worshiping communities research

Posted April 2nd, 2018

After the 2017 “Living, Dying, Rising” conference took place in August in St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, a sociologist from the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Research Services department conducted informal interviews of participants, most of whom were leaders of new worshiping communities (NWCs).

The growing edges of evangelism

Posted October 31st, 2017

New worshiping communities are successfully reaching people who have never attended church and those who had previously given up on the church.

Kang named 1001 New Worshiping Communities central region associate

Posted October 20th, 2017

The Rev. Shawn Kang has been named the central region associate for 1001 New Worshiping Communities (NWC) in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) In his new role, Kang will work with presbyteries, churches and new worshiping leaders in the central United States to further grow the movement.

Zephyr Point hosts inaugural retreat for homeless

Posted October 3rd, 2017

In what is believed to be a first for a camp and conference center in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Zephyr Point on Lake Tahoe held a five-night healing and learning retreat for a group of homeless persons, physically and developmentally disabled people, and “at risk” young adults.