WHAT WE DO
Our strategic priorities
A single strategy that is accelerating evangelism across New England. When the Church works in unity, makes disciples, and does justice, we can share Jesus in impactful ways — and lives and all of New England can be transformed.
PRIORITY ONE
Foster Unity
John 17:21
Churches working as one body — the Church's "superpower," and a visible testimony to the world.
HOW WE DO IT
We convene pastors and ministries, catalyze collaboration, cross-pollinate what God is doing across traditions, and build the capacity of regional networks — so leaders can function as the Church in a region, not just churches in a region. We provide training, coaching, mentoring, consulting, and the space to collaborate and learn from peers and subject matter experts. Our current target is to build and support twenty regional networks across New England.
NETWORKS VNE SUPPORTS INCLUDE:
Senior and lead pastors · Denomination leaders · Disability ministry leaders · Discipleship pastors · Early career pastors · Executive pastors · Lay leaders · Mission pastors · Regional Pastor Networks · Women in Leadership
OUR PARTNER NETWORKS INCLUDE:
LEADERS DIRECTLY SERVED
The Black Ministerial Alliance Ten Point of Greater Boston · The New England Fellowship of Hispanic Pastors · The Congolese and Angolan pastors of Greater Portland
PRIORITY TWO
Make Disciples
Matthew 28:19
Helping people to grow to be like Jesus — our primary mission and Jesus's growth strategy for His Church.
SOME OF WHAT WE EQUIP LEADERS TO DO
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Cultivate pathways that invite people into disciple making.
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Move people from being consumers to being disciples.
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Equip leaders with effective tools and a common language.
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Build a culture of disciple making — not just programs or strategies.
HOW WE DO IT
Webinars · Workshops · Leader Labs · Immersions · Short- and Long-term Cohorts · Coaching Huddles · Consulting
LEADERS EQUIPPED
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PRIORITY THREE
Do Justice
Matthew 5:16
Disadvantaging ourselves to fix what's broken or missing in our communities.
SOME WAYS WE DO THIS
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THRIVE Conferences - helping the Church in regions collaborate and mobilize to fix what's broken and missing.
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NH Traffick Free Coalition - working with leaders of anti-trafficking ministries to collaborate, raise awareness, educate, and equip.
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Prison Ministry - coming alongside the incarcerated and their families, sharing the hope of Jesus Christ.
SAMPLE ISSUES THRIVE HAS ADDRESSED
Addiction · Anxiety in the next generation · Deaf inclusiveness · Disability · Elder care · Foster care · Global starvation · Human trafficking · Immigration and refugees · Local food insecurity · Mental health · Peacemaking · Polarization · Racial healing · Sexual exploitation · Trauma · Work and faith
LEADERS SERVED
... so that together we can Share Jesus — and lives and New England will be transformed.
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