Mission: Washington facilitates an evangelism identity for our great state. We believe this is the Lord’s Divine plan.
ONE DAY RETREAT AT SUMMER CONFERENCE
Pastors and Ministers of the great state of Washington!!!
We would like to take just a brief moment to thank you all for your giving this past year to Christmas For Christ. You might be surprised to receive an email about CFC in the middle of the Summer… Well, the truth is that your generous giving to CFC provided the opportunity for Church Growth and Church planting training to happen last week at Summer Conference.
Our One Day Retreat this past Friday was attended by Mission: Washington leaders, District officials and 8 current church planting efforts including three (3) Preaching Point leaders (2 official, 1 unofficial), one (1) Daughter work Pastor, two (2) autonomous NAM pastors, and three (3) Young Church Pastors. Additionally, we were able to open the doors to numerous other ministers who came to learn, grow and be encouraged in working with People. Veteran Church Planter, Pastor Scott Armstrong and his wife, Susan shared experiences, wisdom and practical tools to help anyone in the business of growing God’s kingdom.
Your generous giving to CFC allowed for all of this to happen and also provided funds to cover the cost of attendance for the participating church planters.
Thank you for your vision to see God’s Kingdom expand!
Church Planting
- Progressive Church Plants: An evangelism method that allows and encourages the leader of the new work to grow and develop along with the work itself. In this case, an established congregation begins meeting people in a new city/area intending to begin personal Bible studies. Once a solid group is meeting for studies, leaders begin hosting periodic worship services in that area. The new outreach becomes a Preaching Point. When the pastor of the “mothering” congregation is convinced there is momentum to create a New Start, and the interest & demand are sufficient, the work progresses to weekly worship services, and Daughter Work status. The pastor of the supporting congregation then works with the Daughter Work leader to establish metrics for becoming a New Start (a self-governing work).
- New Starts: self-governing congregations initiated by a ministry family or team, less than 5 years in existence.
- Young Churches: self-governing congregations that have existed more than 5 years, but less than 10.
- Metro Church Plants: Church-planting families reach into a recognized metropolitan area with the financial & spiritual support of many churches across North America.
Current Preaching Points, Daughter Works, New Starts, & Young Churches
| Status | City | Pastor/Leader | Church Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preaching Point | AUBURN | C. Warren/N. Naikar | Renaissance Apostolic Church - South |
| Preaching Point | BURBANK | Jeff & Jerilynn Hall | Abundant Life - Burbank |
| Preaching Point | COLFAX | Jeff & Jerilynn Hall | Abundant Life - Colfax |
| Preaching Point | COLLEGE PLACE | Jeff & Jerilynn Hall | Abundant Life - College Place |
| Preaching Point | EASTSOUND | Ed & Liz Robinson | Pentecostals of Anacortes - Eastsound |
| Preaching Point | POMEROY | Jeff & Jerilynn Hall | Abundant Life - Pomeroy |
| Preaching Point | PORT HADLOCK/IRONDALE | Michael & Diana Scheftic | Church of Abundant Hope - Port Hadlock-Irondale |
| Preaching Point | PRESCOTT | Jeff & Jerilynn Hall | Abundant Life - Prescott |
| Preaching Point | WAITSBURG | Jeff & Jerilynn Hall | Abundant Life - Waitsburg |
| Preaching Point | SEQUIM | T. Coots/E. Jones | Sound Life - Sequim |
| Daughter Work | RENTON | W. Plante/Juan Cisneros | Living With Jesus |
| New Start | PORT ANGELES | Michael & Diane Scheftic | Church of Abundant Hope - Port Angeles |
| New Start | BURLINGTON | James & Noemi Villalon | Christ the Rock Christian Fellowship |
| New Start | CHENEY | Michael & Chelsea Moore | Harvest Church - Cheney |
| Young Church | CAMAS/WASHOUGAL | Steve & Jennifer Torres | Eastgate Pentecostals |
| Young Church | VANCOUVER | Joel & Maria Sanchez | Iglesia Centro Pentecostal |
| Young Church | MADISON PARK (SEATTLE) | Dexter & Tracy Holmes | Seattle First Church |
| Young Church | SEATTLE | Ryan & Britani Scott | Refuge Church of Seattle |
Applications
District Officials
Nathan J. Boyd
Director - North American Missions
Ray Alanis
Secretary - North American Missions
Sectional Directors
Randy Castillanes
Section One Director
Michael Scheftic
Section Two Director
Andres Ramirez
Section Three Director
Joel Sanchez
Section Four Director
Archie Grey
Section Five Director