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

Announcing:

The Great Commission Church Planting Conference at Ohio Christian University

October 13-14, 2025

WITH

Jim Dorsey, Mark Neal, and Dwight Mason

Monday 1:00-4:00 pm

Monday Celebration 7:00 pm

Tuesday 9:15 am (OCU Chapel) to 3:00 pm

This conference is designed for pastors, church planters, church extension presidents and all who just want to know how to pray for this vital ministry in our denomination.

PRAISE POINTS

•  We are praising God for a marvelous Church Extension offering and gifts over the last Council Year.  We received $93,233 for the 2024-2025 Council Year.  This was almost $20,000 overbudget that we can invest in church planting.  THANK YOU!
• 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

• The new churches being established this fall.
• The Great Commission Church Planting Conference at OCU
• 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