Missional Communities

A group of disciples, about the size of an extended family, who unite around a common mission to reach a particular neighborhood or network of relationships.

Micro Churches

An intentionally simple, streamlined approach to church that is often small, volunteer led, and informal in style.

• Resource Person: Rev. Mark Bane- Director of Evangelism and New Church Development, Church of the Nazarene, Lenexa, KS; mbane@nazarene.org

Dinner churches

Churches that seek to interact in the lives of others by fellowshipping with them, feeding them, and helping them become followers of Jesus Christ

High-Impact Churches

Churches that strategically plan to start and/or reach 200 plus from the launch day on.

• Resource Person: Dr. Larry McKain – Chicago Central District DS, Bourbonnais, IL; lmckain@ccdnaz.org

Sports Churches

Hoops, Footzal, Pickelball, etc…- Churches designed around sports teams and leagues.

• Resource Person: Rev. Ronda Rieves- Apopka Calvary Church of the Nazarene, 750 Roger Williams Rd, Apopka, FL 32703; rondarcalnaz@yahoo.com

Multi-site Churches

A specific church congregation which holds services at multiple geographical locations, either within a specific metropolitan area or, increasingly, several such areas.

Traditional Churches

A new church that intends to operate in the manner that most Americans still identify with as a church.

Organic Churches

Churches that meet in a house, coffee shop, business break room or in a nursing home and seek to reproduce other churches in a geographic area.

House churches

Churches that meet in homes and seek to reproduce other house churches in a geographic area.

Thrift Stores

Churches tied to or within a thrift store are designed to meet spiritual needs as well as material needs.

Cowboy Churches

Local Christian churches within the cowboy culture with a distinctive Western character.

• Resource Person: Rev. Ron Riddle – Crossroads Cowboy Church, 3071 Hwy 5, El Paso, AR 72045; revron27@aol.com

Compassionate Churches

Churches that reach out to the community with a strong compassionate outreach as a means for making disciples.

Coffee shop churches

Churches that use a coffee shop as a means of making disciples.

Church within a Church

A church that operates different styles of worship services, including multi-cultural/language churches, in the same building.

Prison churches

Churches that work with prison to offer worship services and discipleship.

Online Churches

How do we truly minister to people online, and not just broadcast the things of the local church? For more information and resources on how to reach people online find more information at   https://freedomministries.ca or contact Rev. Jodi Getson by email   jodi@freedomministries.ca.