WHAT IS A MISSION START?
Mission starts have at their core a commitment to disciple people in the Christian (Lutheran) faith through service and witness to their neighborhood or city, always with an eye toward formation of a new community or service group that shares the Gospel message. Mission starts are divided into Faith Community Starts, Education Ministry Starts, or Community Service and Social Ministry
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New ministries may/should spring out of existing churches, mission societies, and organizations.
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These ministries need not begin with clergy.
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These ministries could, in fact, begin and continue as satellites of existing churches in the case of ethnic specific congregations or separate and distinct locations and purpose.
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Church plants need not begin with a building.
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Church planting efforts in the CNH are encouraged to include significant lay leadership and involvement from their inception.
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Ongoing partnership with the CNH District and its representatives is expected to continue.
Educational
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Traditional K-12 Schools
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Preschool or Childcare Programs Microschools
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Online schools
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Vocational Technical High Schools Home school support
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Learning Pods
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Saturday Language Schools
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ESL Schools (English as a Second Language)
Community Services
There are a multitude of ways we can serve those in need and follow the words of Christ as he stated in Matthew 25:35 – “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.”
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Mercy Holistic Ministry - Shower Ministry
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Feeding Ministry – First Immanuel, San Jose
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St. John’s Napa Community Gardens/Farms
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HopeWagon, St. Matthew, Rocklin
Faith Communities
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Word and Sacrament Ministry House Church
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Missional Community Microchurch
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Multi-Site Ministry
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Cultural Specific Ministry
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CNH Disability Committee
