{"id":821,"date":"2026-07-10T08:14:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T15:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/?page_id=821"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:21:16","slug":"new-church-movement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/new-church-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"New Church Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n

Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ula Aiono<\/strong><\/a>
First Samoan Congregational Christian Church of Reno\/Spark<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carolyn Anderson<\/strong><\/a>
Gathering Desire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leon Bacchues<\/strong><\/a>
Tapestry Ministries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tala Faaleava<\/strong><\/a>
Puna O Le Ola of Stockton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tami Groves<\/strong><\/a>, Chair
First Congregational Church of San Francisco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ulysses Vee<\/strong><\/a>
Oakland First Congregational Christian Church of America Samoa in Newark<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mako and Sandy Samaile<\/strong><\/a>
Frist Samoan Congregational Christian Church of Alameda\/Oakland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bobby Marchessalut<\/strong><\/a>
Misso Dei Community, Watsonville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kyung Min Daniel Lee<\/a><\/strong>, Minister
Associate Regional Minister of the New Church Movement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\n

The New Church Ministries helps the founding of new churches in the region. The process is extensive as it is exhaustive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read about the process of becoming a congregation under care of the region here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download the application to become a congregation under care here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White Sunday at First Samoan Congregational Christian Church (UCC) of Alameda\/Oakland (in process of coming under care for a dual standing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"picture\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"picture\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Picture\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

CHURCHES IN FORMATION IN CCNC-N<\/strong>
These churches have entered into a covenantal relationship with this Region and are working together with the New Church Movement committee as they develop into chartered congregations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Bethel Christian Church<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Revival Church in Sacramento<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. CHAM Deliverance Ministry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The Table<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Walking Faith Korean-American CC<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Sinapi Seed Fellowship<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. New Spring Christian Church<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Tapestry Ministries<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. First Samoan Congregational Christian Church of Alameda\/Oakland<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. First Samoan Congregational Chrstian Church<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Iglesia del Puebo<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. First Samoan Congregational Christian Church<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Ubuntu<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Arden New Life<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    There are several other churches in visioning stages or in consideration of affiliating with the Disciples of Christ in this Region. We will add them to this list as they become ‘official.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Interested in finding out more about the New Church Movement in our denomination? Check out the Disciples of Christ New Church Ministry page at: www.newchurchministry.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    DISCIPLES OF CHRIST NEW CHURCH MINISTRY NEWS:<\/strong> It\u2019s now official. New Church Ministry<\/a>, a ministry of Church Extension<\/a>, recently revealed that 500 new Disciples churches have been started around the country since 2001. This is half way to our goal of beginning 1,000 new churches by the year 2020! Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Committee Ula AionoFirst Samoan Congregational Christian Church of Reno\/Spark Carolyn AndersonGathering Desire Leon BacchuesTapestry Ministries Tala FaaleavaPuna O Le Ola of Stockton Tami Groves, ChairFirst Congregational Church of San Francisco […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-821","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":930,"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/821\/revisions\/930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}