The offices of the Church Extension Department of The Churches of Christ in Christian Union are located at the CCCU Global Ministries Center in Circleville, Ohio.

Address:
The Churches of Christ in Christian Union
1553 Lancaster Pike
Circleville, OH 43113

Email:
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Phone:
740-474-8856

Fax:
740-477-7766

The General Church Extension Department is excited to announce the 2026 Church Extension Offering. Churches across the denomination will begin receiving this offering to launch new churches, support the training of church planters, assist church plants with start up costs, and enable new churches to launch effectively.

Read more: Special Offerings

Why do we plant new churches and undertake revitalization projects?

The evidence clearly demonstrates that starting strong new churches is the most effective evangelistic strategy in the world. People who don't currently attend church are more willing to try a new church than to visit an established church. A higher percentage of believers who attend new churches invite unsaved friends to church than do believers from established churches.

Furthermore, the number of churches in America is not keeping up with population growth. That means there aren't enough entry points for the unsaved to find or be found by a community of believers.

Please join us in prayer over all of our current church extension projects: 

• The Miracle in Mansfield, Ohio. This church had been closed for nearly two years. The church was reorganized and reopened on September 14, 2025 by a joint venture between the Church of the Nazarene and the Churches of Christ in Christian Union. The church is now Freedom Church of Mansfield. The pastors are Fred and Jessica Dible. The church is now averaging over 100 per Sunday.

• The Washington Court House Heritage Church is planting a new Hispanic Church on their Campus. Pastor Jorge Pacheco has moved from Louisville, KY to Washington Court House to plant a Hispanic Church. There is currently a core group meeting on Sundays at the Heritage Church Kline Youth Center. Pastor Jorge is also helping the Bookwalter Church with Pastor Mike Williams to establish a Hispanic
  Church there.

• Muncie, Indiana. The Muncie 23 rd Street CCCU Church closed in the early spring of 2025. The church is debt free and is in good condition but needs to be updated. There is a large growing population of Hispanic people in Muncie. The desire is to plant a Hispanic Church with Pastor Erin Rodriguez and his wife Luz Maria Barjas. Pastor Erin and Luz are working to build a core group in Muncie.

• Bell, Florida Foundations 1:29 Church. In May of 2025 this church was in crisis. As a result of our prayersGod has worked a miracle in Bell. This church had been receiving Church Extension support to be able to keep the doors open. In the spring, of 2025 the church called Pastor Heath and Angela Bennett as pastor. The Bennetts are from the Freedom Ministries Church in Frankfort, Ohio. They have now moved to Bell
  and the church is stabilizing.

• Portsmouth, Ohio Iglesia Luz Admirable. Pastor Johan Mendoza and Yancis Paez began services in the spring of 2024, The Cedar Street Church in New Boston and the Lucasville Church have been helping the church financially in order to see this new plant succeed. The church is now financially stable and is running 45 in morning worship.

• Tucson, Arizona Iglesia Cristo Es La Respuesta CCCU. This church has been adopted by our denomination and has opened the door the conversations with other churches in the Arizona Region. The South Central District helped completely remodel, refurbish and renovate the  old Monte Vista CCCU church and parsonage preparing for this new church. The church is now financially independent and fully paying its
  denominational budgets to support other ministries. This church is planning for a Holiness Summit in January and has brought 3 new potential pastors to the South Central District Board of Examination for ministerial license.

• Byesville, Ohio. Pastor Jorge and Juanita Chavarria from the Metairie, Louisiana CCCU Church have relocated to the Byesville, Ohio community to reopen a church that had been closed. This church has begun worship services and are working with sponsor churches Gahanna, Ohio Hispanic Church and Pastor Lucas Rivera along with the Brookside Church in Chillicothe with Pastor Ryan Bash.

• The Elim Fellowship Church in Hillside New Jersey. In October the Elim Fellowship Church celebrated its 5th Anniversary. The church began as an online church during the covid pandemic and now is preparing to purchase a permanent location. Pastor Bowles Taitt continues to lead this church in growth spiritually and numerically.

• Pierrepoint Holiness Chapel. This newly adopted church was in serious decline when Pastor Bill and Holly Babcock assumed the leadership of the church last year. The church is now thriving and growing. The church is impacting the community around them and even giving offerings to help other churches get started.

• The West Indies CCCU District. Shekinah Place Church in Trinidad is celebrating its 61 st Anniversary by helping plant new churches in Venezuela, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the Congo West Africa. God is using this church and others in the Caribbean to advance the Great Commission Movement.

Church Extension Project Videos

Sharptown, New Jersey

Arizona Project

Holines Chapel - Pierrepont Manor, New York

Rio de Bendicion Iglesia Cristiana

Christ Fellowship - Yulee, Florida

2025 New Churches and Church Plants

1. River of Blessing - Columbus, OH
2. Sharptown CCCU - Sharptown, NJ
3. Pleasantville Hispanic - Pleasantville, NJ
4. Jesus Is the Answer - Tucson, AZ
5. Shekinah Place - Cunupia Venezuela
6. Shekinah Place - Cunupia II Venezuela
7. Heritage Church Satellite - New Holland, OH
8. Heritage Church Hispanic Church - Washington Courthouse, OH
9. Muncie 23 rd St. Hispanic Church - Muncie, IN
10. Brazil
11. Puerto Rico
12. Dominican Republic
13. Congo, Africa
14. Byesville, OH
15. New Life Church - Mansfield, OH 

Church Extension Partners are essential to planting new churches in the CCCU.  They provide monthly, quarterly, or annual contributions to support new church plants.  Consistent contributions enable the Church Extension Department to commit on a larger scale to ongoing support of new churches.  To become a Church Extension Partner, contact the Church Extension Department at 740-474-8856, or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  

Welcome to the Church Extension Department of The Churches of Christ in Christian Union!

The Great Commission is a call to church planting all over the world.

If you want to plant something for a season. . . plant flowers

If you want to plant something for a lifetime . . . plant trees

If you want to plant something for eternity. . . plant a church

PRAISE POINTS

• The new Hispanic Church at Heritage Church in Washington Court House is now functioning under the leadership of Pastor Jorge Pacheco.
• The West Central District reports anew church being planted in Mansfield, Ohio at the New Life Church.  This is a unique church as it is a collaboration with the Church of the Nazarene, Galion 3CU, and Lifeline3CU.  At a recent dedication of this new church 144 gathered with the official opening of this new church on September14, 2025.
• The West Central District also reports that a new Hispanic church is starting in Muncie, Indiana
• The South Central District received 3 new Hispanic Churches at the SCD Council this year.
• We continue to work with over 27churches that have been established since 2020.
• We rejoice at many churches reporting baptisms, new members, and community impact projects.
• We rejoice in a new effort that is starting called, Churches Helping Churches
• The Caribbean District is praising God for 8 new churches!  Two churches in Venezuela, one in Brazil, two in Trinidad, one in the Dominican Republic, one in Puerto Rico and one in the Congo in Africa. Let us praise God for this amazing work in the Caribbean. You can see a livestream from a recent service in Puerto Rico by clicking here.

• PRAYER POINTS

• Those who are considering planting anew church in the future
• The new Hispanic Churches in Washington CH, Muncie, IN, Portsmouth, OH, Tucson, AZ, and Byesville, OH
• The Elim Church as they continue to pursue a building.
• Heath & Angela Bennett as they move to Bell, Florida to pastor.
• The new churches established in the Caribbean District and all over the denomination.
• God to encourage and strengthen our new church pastors

GOD IS MAKING US A GREAT COMMISSION MOVEMENT