Presbygrow

Welcome to PresbyGrow! Thanks for stopping by our site.

Presbygrow is a ministry of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and our Church Growth Network. Our goal is to make the best resources available — across denominational lines — for New Church Development, Church Transformation and Church Growth in general.

If you have something — a resource, website, or idea that you would like to see here, email me. We will make sure it gets posted. This site is for you so help us make it the best it can be.

The Office of Church Growth would like to make our staff, field staff and NCD coaches available to come and work with your Presbytery or church. Click here if you would like to send a request for a visit from a member of the Church Growth Staff or a NCD Coach. Or if you prefer to talk to a live person, give us a call at 888-728-7228 ext 5247.

Have a great day and happy exploring!

Philip Lotspeich, Coordinator for the Office of Church Growth

Evangelism and Church Growth’s 2012 conference

JULY 29 – AUGUST 2, 2012
ST. PETE BEACH, FLORIDA

Influence culture. Live out your mission. Develop disciples. Grow spiritually.

Join Evangelism and Church Growth for ECG 2012, an all area ministry conference, to discover how to become the church God intended us to be.

Learning tracks will be available for Evangelism, New Church Development, Transformation, Collegiate Ministries and Youth Workers.

LOCATION

Tradewinds Resort
5500 Gulf Blvd.
St. Pete Beach, Florida

RATES

Early Bird Registration $250

Housing: Private Room $115, Double $56, Triple $39

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Len Sweet
Highly influential in social media, best-selling author.

Linnea Nilsen Capshaw
Empowering leaders discern and live out mission.

Jo Saxton
Helping churches live into a discipling and missional way of being.

Mark Yaconelli
Exploring ground breaking spiritual direction and practice in Youth Ministry.

**Online registration will be open in early 2012.**

Go here to visit the official  ECG 2012 website.

A coffee house that’s a church?

A worshiping community that draws young artists?

A ministry that focuses on Houston’s growing Vietnamese population?

These are some of Dynamic New Churches in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).  Click on the link below to learn these and other  PC(U.S.A.) new church developments are serving their contexts in unique and inspired ways.

Go here to learn more.

World Christian Discipleship: an internship in missional leadership in Pittsburgh.

WCD is designed for young adults who are interested in discerning and preparing for Christian vocation, regardless of occupation (pastor, lawyer, teacher, church planter, aid worker, etc.). The program is non-traditional and experiential. Participants will live a simple life in community with others whole serving the East End neighborhood and select local churches. They will regularly reflect on Scripture and the great interpreters of the faith. The community of about 12 will be a diverse ethnic community from across the nation, committed to living according to a religious rule, remaining accountable to one another, while exploring the global needs of the Church.

Participants will work 15-20 hours per week in local business as a missional presence in the East End, and they will serve in an urban church plant or church in redevelopment.

Applications, Questions, and more info at:  www.worldmissioninitiative.org/wcd

Starting May 4th,  Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the PCUSA, and Carol Howard Merritt, pastor and author of the book, Tribal Church, will be hosting a weekly internet radio show that will discuss the Church, culture, politics, and everything in between.

According to Bruce Reyes-Chow, “through our diverse church experiences and a deep common yearning to find the bridges between tradition and innovation, Carol and I will attempt to provide a place where we can discover the challenges and celebrations that God may have in store for us and the world.  We hope you’ll find the time to join us.”

I [Meredith] am encouraging anyone involved with Congregational Transformation, or those particularly interested in issues surrounding the changing church and culture,  to take the time to “tune in” to these conversations.

Click here for a more detailed description about “The God Complex Radio Show” from Bruce’s blog.

Click here to download the flyer.

Rev. Marcia Clark Myers, Director of Vocation for the PC(USA), recently gave a presentation on the challenges facing leaders in the PC(USA) that has generated a lot of Twitter traffic and internet “buzz.”  We here at PresbyGrow encourage all of you watch this presentation which is simultaneously fascinating, sobering, and hopeful.

(from the PCUSA website:)

“Take an informative and revealing look at the challenge of developing Presbyterian leaders for today and tomorrow. View the comprehensive presentation the Rev. Marcia Clark Myers gave to the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) March 24. (To view this file, you must have the free Macromedias Flash Player installed on your computer system.)”