Campus Connections: A Focus on College Students Drives Iowa Church Planting
Although people tend to think that university students are hard to reach, Mark Vance disagrees. “The college campus is actually freakishly wildly open to the gospel.”
Although people tend to think that university students are hard to reach, Mark Vance disagrees. “The college campus is actually freakishly wildly open to the gospel.”
Because people said in this assessment that they wanted to grow in their relationships, the church turned its attention to forming a more connected community.
The valuable partnerships the community cornerstone church has with its community have made it a household name in the area.
Those in particular need of aid are assigned “Care Communities,” a group of six to eight volunteers that closely walk alongside a foster family for one year.
Redemption Hill Church’s deaf ministry is different in that it blends hearing people and those who are deaf.
Change can be uncomfortable, and some previous members struggled at first, but All Are Welcome signals a shift toward diversity and gospel-centered community.
A partnership was struck where Chandler First Assemblies could obtain food items from Kaleo to donate to East Side Elementary School, which serves pre-K to second grade students, before the kids left for spring break.
When people are living out their calling, they’re engaged in their church and in their community, and they want others to experience it, too.
And when a church like Palmetto Pointe maintains an active, positive presence in its community while simultaneously creating opportunities for transformation in church life that is visible from the stage each week, it’s no surprise word has hit the streets that something different is happening within those four walls, and people want a taste of it.
Faith Assembly of God reflects its vibrant multicultural community where people feel seen and loved.