#GivingTuesday is December 3
NCDC is fundraising November 1 - December 3, 2024
for the NCDC Emergency Fund
Goal: $5,000

 
 

Your New Church Development Commission walks the highways and byways of the greater Atlanta area, asking the question, “what is God doing here and are we called to be a part of it?” If the answer is yes, we get things started; we catalyze.

We also walk alongside an average of 50-60 individuals each year as they discern and/or navigate what it means to start and build a new worshiping community. Most of these leaders are multivocational, meaning they have multiple jobs as their worshiping community is newly forming, low income, and/or otherwise unable to financially support leadership. At times, leaders experience hardship and need assistance. This year alone, we have had fire destroy a leader’s home, Hurricane damage prove too costly to bear, medical challenges financially devastate , children of leaders need unaffordable basics, cars that are essential to ministry break down, etc. Financial challenges for volunteer or underpaid church leaders are legion.

In 2020, the generous people of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta provided over $9,000 in assistance to help 11 new worshiping communities purchase dependable wifi and basic communications equipment as they shifted to online platforms. You also provided $12,000 to more than 16 individual PGA new worshiping community leaders and their families in need of support in a time of job loss, medical need, and other COVID related challenges.

This year, through the work of the NCDC, you have provided over $8,875 in assistance to new worshiping community leaders and their families. One experienced loss in their family. Yet another leader faced emergency surgery and no ability to work for the three month recovery afterwards. The list goes on; yet, we are almost out of funds to provide future partial help in dire circumstances.

During the month leading up to Giving Tuesday, we are raising funds for NCDC’s Emergency Fund, which assists in times of need. In this Thanksgiving season, we give thanks for all that new worshiping community leaders contribute to the life of this Presbytery and to so many people. In this Thanksgiving season, we also thank you for being there in times of need. Your support is breathtaking and literally life-giving.

Ways to Give

  • Give online by clicking the Donate button below. Where it says “My donation is for,” select NCDC Emergency Fund.

  • Write a check. Please make it payable to the New Church Development Commission, include “Emergency Fund” in the notes, and mail to:

New Church Development Commission
1024 Ponce de Leon Ave NE
Atlanta, GA 30306

  • Set up a matching or monthly donation to this cause by contacting Executive Director Lindsay Armstrong.

What is the impact of new worshiping communities at the local, regional, and national level?

1001 New Worshiping Communities recently spent time talking to leaders in the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta and the New Church Development Commission learning how the 38 new worshiping communities that we serve are "expanding the we" of the presbytery and beyond…

Looking for additional ways you can help?

  • The ministry you or someone you know might be called to may not yet exist. Start a conversation! We’re here to explore with you.

  • Share stories/videos of why NCDC is important to you/your community, church, and your Presbytery.

  • Include a link to the NCDC website - https://www.ncdcatlanta.org - and/or tag @NCDCAtlanta in posts.

  • Send a video and/or written story to ncdc@atlpcusa.org to let us know what NCDC means to you, and it may be featured on the NCDC website and/or social media.

  • Let us know of foundations or grant-giving organizations who might support NCDC.

Connect/Get Involved on Giving Tuesday and Beyond

  • Connect with NCDC online @NCDCatlanta (see social buttons above).

  • Sign up for NCDC Newsletters.

  • Invite NCDC’s Executive Director to preach or consult with your church by contacting Executive Director Lindsay Armstrong.

  • Invite an NCDC representative to speak to your congregation, session, committee, or small group by emailing ncdc@atlpcusa.org.

  • Contribute to NCDC financially by clicking Donate or sending a check to the address above. (The budget for our staff and work is 1/3 funded by the Presbytery, and the rest comes from you!)

  • Set up a matching or monthly donation by contacting Executive Director Lindsay Armstrong.

Thank you for contributing with energy, support, hospitality, prayer, and monetary gifts.

Thank you for sharing the story of what God is doing through and with us all working together.