Outreach Resources

Churches Planting Ministries

Helping existing churches develop new ministries of compassion/mercy/ justice in their area. There are grants that can be applied for.
Call 734-451-4670 or email Jody Eidnes for an application.

Helping Churches Start Outreach Ministries

He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8

Churches Planting Ministries is a Covenant initiative that focuses on congregations reaching out to their neighbors and their community with ministries of compassion and justice. Through this initiative grant money (made up of funds from the conference churches and the denomination) are available for churches who feel called to start up community ministries that reach the “poor and those at risk”. The following are examples of grants that have been awarded in the Great Lakes Conference through Churches Planting Ministries:

$10,000 to Dearborn Covenant Church for a diabetes screening program at Covenant Community Care in Detroit, MI
$7,500 to Center of Life in Pittsburgh, PA for a youth empowerment and employment program
$1,695 to Zion Covenant Church in Jamestown, NY for an after school tutoring program

For more information on Churches Planting Ministries contact Janet Lungren at 773-989-1610 x5008 or email cmb@covenantbenevolence.org

Come, you who are blessed by my Father; for I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. Matt. 25:32

Links

Department of Compassion, Mercy and Justice of the ECC

Servant Evangelism

Externally Focussed Churches

Richard Lucco

Superintendent
734-451-4670
dick@greatlakes.cc

Larry Sherman

Associate Superintendent
Director of Church Planting
248-756-3202 shermanldjjw@msn.com

Steve Armfield

Director of Church Vitality
616-633-5535
swarmfield@gmail.com

Jody Eidnes

Office Administrator
734-451-4670
jody@greatlakes.cc

Contact Information

7001 N. Haggerty Rd., Canton, MI 48187
Office: 734-451-4670 Fax: 734-451-4672

Our Conference

The Great Lakes Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church covers lower Michigan, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, western New York, Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia and is committed to church planting, church development, church outreach and christian camping.

Our Passion

To Lift Up Jesus Christ. John 12:32 We are a movement that emphasizes “new life in Christ.” We are continually open to the fresh movements of the Spirit that lift up Jesus Christ and bring people to Him.

Our Vision

Great Lakes 2020 Vision: By the year 2020, to multiply to 100 missional, Christ-magnifying congregations in an increasing mosaic of communities.

Church Planting

We begin with the right church planter. This is a person called by God and gifted for church planting leadership...

Church Development

Across the US and in most denominations, 85% of churches are experiencing an attendance plateau or decline...

Church Outreach

Resources available from the Conference Office: Call us and we’ll lend you the following resources...