All Kinds of Activity in the Allegheny District

The Allegheny District has become a whirlwind of Church-Planting activity, networking, consideration, partnerships and more. It is hard to believe that just a few short years ago we had just a few church-plants (and a few of them had been in that status for several years - like a dozen!). We have exploded into activity, and I want to invite you and your church to jump aboard the Planting Bus with Us! Here's a quick run-down of activity:

Post-Launch Plants:

• CORE Community Church - Shelby, Ohio
• Crew Community Church - Huntington, WV
• Trading Post 317 - Buffalo, NY

Core- Group Gatherers:

• iKon Church - Medina, OH
• Dansville Community Church - Dansville, NY
• Crossroads Community Church - Duncansville (Altoona), PA

Assessment and Ministry Action Planning Phase:

• Nate Childers - looking at Boardman, OH
• John Meaux - assessed and planning to move back to Cleveland from Chicago to plant with us
• Alex Ielase - Redeemer on the Mount, Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh, PA - building his MAP and getting to know people
• Dan George - Dunkirk, NY
• Brian Evans - Chilicothe, OH
• Larry James - African American - Euclid, OH
• Alfredo Marquez - Hispanic - Cleveland West Side
• Mark Petras - may connect to either a NEO (NorthEastOhio) Church or to Altoona

Investigation Phase:

• Looking at a House Church Movement with a prospective planter in the Columbus Area
• Dave Carroll - interest in Cleveland
• David Thorne - interested in partnering with a Pittsburgh Plant (maybe Redeemer on the Mount)
• Don Kelly - Beckley West Virginia
• Leo Wisniewski
• Matt Haberman - already planting Missio Dei Faith Community in Brighton Heights (North-side, Pittsburgh) - seeing how we may come along side

Partnerships:

• Allegheny District Church-Planting Team - working to unpackage our systems and move us into a ministry of several regions
• Crossroads Community Church of Edinboro - Church-Planting Intern Program
• NEO EFCA Churches - a partnership for church-planting between most of our Ohio E. Free Churches
• Investigating a partnership for Church-Planting with Urban Impact in Pittsburgh
• Investigating partnership with Mi-Co (Missional Cohort) in Pittsburgh
• Connection Through Alex Ielase with the Pittsburgh Project
• Looking at Vision 360, specifically NEO 360
• Financial partnerships with several individuals and churches

As you can see, there is a ton going. It seems that God is moving in the AD, why not jump on board? e-mail me at allegheyharvest@gmail.com We are looking for:

• Prayer warriors
• Core-group members
• Church-Planting team members for individual plants (worship, children, finance, evangelism, etc)
• Financial Partners
• People to network people to plants
• Regional Church Partnerships