At the July 2009 General Assembly Resolution 0922, “Theological Foundations and Policies and Criteria for the Ordering of Ministry,” was passed.
A school administrator from the Holy Land was amazed at the zeal that Disciples youth showed for the message of Jesus Christ at the 2009 General Assembly.
Greenhill Productions has DVD and CD copies of many General Assembly activities.
Disciples danced, sprinted and pedaled their way through a series of fun-filled competitions as part of the 2009 Spirit Games, held at General Assembly to raise awareness and funds for New Church Ministry projects in the U.S. and Canada.
The General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) held in Indianapolis, IN from July 29th through August 2nd enjoyed unseasonable weather, great speakers and meaningful worship experiences, including Saturday night, August 1st , when the 13th Check was received.
In a time of increased violence in combat zones, it is as important as ever for the spiritual community to rally around service members and their families, said those leading the "Before and After the Reunion: Pastoral Care to Troops and Their Families" resource group on Friday, July 31.
Suddenly. It was in that one word that Frank Thomas, pastor of Mississippi Blvd. Christian Church in Memphis, Tenn., expressed his hope that Disciples seek a 21st century revival.
Candles were not allowed at the “Candlelight Prayer Vigil and Rally for Health Care,” on Saturday night, Aug. 1, but the goal of making affordable and accessible health care for all remained the same.
The first winner of the Fred Craddock Award for Excellence in Preaching created a virtual ‘valley of dry bones’ with the hymnals of Greenfield Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) illustrating the Dry Bones passage.
Youth were given a unique opportunity to learn from denominational leaders at the 2009 General Assembly. Thirty youth participated in the “Shadow a Disciples Leader” program that paired young people and leaders with similar interests.
“We are in grave danger of losing track of who we (Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) are!” the General Secretary of the National Council of Churches in Christ in the USA, told members of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society and the Council on Christian Unity during the 2009 Disciples’ General Assembly.
The Bible commands Christians to take care of the land upon which they live, evangelical environmentalist and author J. Matthew Sleeth told Disciples attending the General Assembly on July 31.
Volunteers, supporters and friends of Disciples Home Missions gathered for dinner Saturday evening, August 1, at the General Assembly of the Christian Church.
Newcomer’s is one of a growing number of voices inquiring about these age-old issues from a new perspective—speaking about a shift in our culture, insisting that the religious right holds no monopoly on faith.
Breakfast can be more than just pancakes and sausage. That’s what a dedicated group of Disciples men proved at the 2009 General Assembly.
Church board membership is a ministry that should guide the higher calling of a church and not be a ministry to decide the color of the front door, Don D. Brewer, director of the Disciples Care Network told 50 attendees at a resource group session on Friday, July 31 during the 2009 General Assembly.
Disciples at General Assembly learned the ancient Christian art of making labyrinths with present day tools and materials.
More than 6,000 Disciples were encouraged to embrace God’s plan of creation, where the world is one of abundance, not scarcity, and where there is more than enough for all. These were part of the comments made by General Minister and President Sharon Watkins Friday evening during her sermon at the 2009 General Assembly.
Jose F. Morales, associate pastor of Iglesia del Pueblo Christian Church (Hope Center) in Hammond, Ind., urged the assembly to reclaim the blessing of the Holy Spirit.
Aloma Dew, a Kentucky Disciple and an organizer for the Sierra Club, led “The Table: A look at our relationship to food” as part of the learning track “It Isn’t Easy Being Green.”
Participants in the Friday, July 31, General Assembly Learning Track “Are We Just Neighbors?” freely opened their minds and hearts to “Feeling the Wounds of the World.”
“Amazing Grace” is behind Disciples members’ relationship with God, according to Disciples Moderator and historian, Dr. Newell Williams.
Rachel Scott drew a picture of her hands on the back of her dresser. In those hands she wrote, “These hands belong to Rachel Joy Scott and will someday touch millions of people’s hearts.” On April 20, 1999 Rachel was killed at Columbine High School and since then her story has been heard by thousands of youth across the country.
“We are spiritually united in spite of the long distance that separates us physically,” the General Secretary and Legal Representative of the Community of Disciples of Christ of the Congo told those attending the Friday morning business session of the 2009 General Assembly.
Repentance centered and transformed the second worship service of the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Indianapolis, Ind. on Thursday evening, July 30.
Generations combined in this Wholeness Café to discuss the role of young people in the church.
The Common Board for Global Ministries today commissioned seven persons to serve in mission stations across Latin America, East Asia and Southern Africa.
Representatives of the National Convcation during the 2009 General Assembly voted to uphold an economic boycott in South Carolina and move the group's 2010 meeting from Charleston.
Disciples leaders from more than a dozen countries were warmly received at the 2009 General Assembly by staff members from the Division of Overseas Ministries/Global Ministries during a daylong workshop and dinner Pre-Assembly Event on Tuesday, July 28 in Indianapolis.
Congregations’ contributions to Disciples Mission Fund “are the financial way of reaching wholeness in the Church,” Sharon Watkins, Disciples general minister and president told major contributors at a thank you luncheon during the 2009 General Assembly.
Attending General Assembly is a priority for many, but worrying about child care could hinder some Disciples from attending.
Doug Kriz, senior minister at Speedway Christian Church, didn’t let the two huge auto races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway less than one-half mile away, stop his Sunday services.
The human community is impossible without a sense of justice and knowing what is right and wrong, Rev. Dr. Richard H. Lowery told the opening of the Thursday morning session of the 2009 Disciples General Assembly.
Two Disciples pastors from America’s heartland rode their bicycles 380 miles from Missouri to the General Assembly in Indianapolis in support of the work of Reconciliation Ministry.
A new half-hour documentary on the life and 40-year ministry of the Rev. Feliberto Pereira will premiere on Saturday at a workshop hosted by Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries.
More than 6,000 people packed into three cavernous exhibit halls at the Indianapolis Convention Center for an evening worship service July 29 as part of a rousing start to the 2009 General Assembly. They were not disappointed.
People were turned away at the door of the sold-out Youth and Friends Pizza Party Luncheon on Wednesday, July 29. A live DJ played throwback music from the 90’s that youth and adults alike sang along to as they waited in line for their lunch.
The director of the Leaderships Academy, United Congregational Church of Southern Africa called for the church to be a leaf for the healing of the nations.
A variety of messages are welcoming some 6,000 Disciples this week to the 2009 General Assembly in Indianapolis, also known as the “Crossroads of America.” They will see signage highlighting the Assembly and its theme, “for the Healing of the Nations” (Rev. 22.2) in several key places.
Indiana Disciples continued to nurture a growing relationship with their brethren in Africa by hosting Disciples leaders from the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past month.
Helping others can change their lives and your life says Katie Hundley. She is one of about 200 Disciples youth attending the Assembly who are participating in a variety of service projects.
It may be thousands of miles to Indianapolis but for seven youth from Poland spending their summer holiday at the 2009 General Assembly they’ve found a new closeness with their fellow Disciples.
Hundreds of Disciples have helped to share Christ’s love over the past three days as they have pitched in to clean up city parks, plant community gardens, paint classrooms at neighborhood centers, and lend a helping hand at a number of other community projects.
Iglesia Hermandad Cristiana, Meadlawn Christian Church and Casa del Alfarero (Disciples of Christ), along with the Central Pastoral Office for Hispanic and Bilingual Ministries and the Midwest Hispanic and Bilingual Convention will receive and welcome delegates to the General Assembly July 29 to August 2, 2009, at the joint worship service on Sunday morning, August 2 at 10:00 a.m.
Disciples will get an opportunity to hear Moderator and noted Disciples historian D. Newell Williams share historical reflections on three occasions at this year's General Assembly.
A traveling communion table will make a stop at the upcoming General Assembly in Indianapolis. The communion table, which was built by an Indiana Disciples pastor, will be in the chapel during the Assembly, which takes place July 29 - Aug. 2.
Disciples and others will do their part to help combat hunger in Indianapolis during next week's General Assembly.
Seven youth from the Evangelical-Reformed Church in Poland will visit the United States this month and next in celebration of a new three-way partnership in mission.
If you would like to have a better understanding about how your General Assembly works, you're encouraged to participate in one of several pre-Assembly webinars.
You can hear Rev. Dr. Sharon E. Watkins' words of wisdom and encouragement at the 2009 General Assembly, which starts on Wednesday, July 29.
Disciples are stating their opinions through online discussion on more than a dozen resolutions that will come before representatives at this month's General Assembly.
Congregational leaders and pastors are invited to a "Ministry in Hard Times Workshop" that will take place just before the start of the 2009 General Assembly.
Two Indiana churches are among the first in the Indiana Region to announce carpooling plans to help bring members to the 2009 General Assembly in Indianapolis.
The Disciples Justice Action Network (DJAN) is offering several events and learning opportunities around the topics of health care, war and peace, prophetic witness, and resolutions to community controversy during the upcoming General Assembly.
A pre-event planned by the Division of Overseas Ministries/Global Ministries has been changed to a meeting of the DOM/Global Ministries family.
Workshops, book sharing and presentations by a best-selling author will highlight the Elders Conference Pre-Assembly Event planned for later this month.
Employing models of discourse proven to help large groups hear each all voices, more than 6,000 Disciples gathered in Indianapolis July 29 to Aug. 2, for the General Assembly will share in a meaningful conversation of the whole as the church looks to its future.
In another effort to live out the theme of a "Green" Assembly, the Chapel Committee for the Assembly is asking Disciples to bring one or two of their Sunday church bulletins to Indianapolis.
Disciples who attend the 2009 General Assembly will have an opportunity to help out at one of the Resource Groups or Learning Tracks.
Week of Compassion, the relief and development fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada, will mark more than six decades of ministry at the 2009 General Assembly in Indianapolis.
Organizers of the upcoming General Assembly are taking steps to minimize the negative impact on the environment during the Assembly and request your help.
Two Disciples who have served women's organizations for much of their careers will be the featured speakers during the Daughters of Clara Breakfast at the 2009 General Assembly in Indianapolis.
Disciples Care Network invites Disciples attending the 2009 General Assembly to its dinner on Aug. 1 where the speaker will be Fred Craddock, a Disciples pastor who has been identified by Newsweek Magazine as one of America's greatest preachers.
In a national television performance on May 10th, Grammy-winning producer, composer and recording artist Donald Lawrence was surrounded by some of the biggest names in today’s gospel music.
Wanna-be athletes and sports enthusiasts from around the country are gearing up for this spirited competition that will raise awareness for the New Church Movement, while raising funds to support New Church Ministry projects nationwide.
What questions do you believe Disciples need to engage as we serve in today's mission context?The questions you share with us may be used as part of the Wholeness Café. You can have input into those questions by responding by May 10 a survey that will help focus our conversation.
Efforts are underway to make the Disciples 2009 General Assembly in Indianapolis a more environmentally-friendly event. A space has been reserved in the Exhibit Hall to display Disciples congregations' green practices that minimize negative impacts on the environment.
Help promote the upcoming General Assembly where thousands of Disciples will gather in Indianapolis by participating in General Assembly Promotion Sunday on May 10. On that day, Disciples congregations are encouraged to post displays and talk about the significance of the Assembly and its theme "...for the Healing of the Nations" (Rev. 22:2).
The Council on Christian Unity and the Disciples of Christ Historical Society are co-sponsoring a special dinner during the 2009 General Assembly.
The 2009 General Board gave its stamp of approval to a number of changes that signal new ways of handling many church-wide matters.
Disciples attending this summer's General Assembly will have an opportunity to contribute to a great cause - the cause of life. There will be a blood drive during the 2009 Indianapolis General Assembly, which runs July 29 - Aug. 2 at the Indiana Convention Center. Blood donors also will get their cholesterol checked and blood type identified.
Clergy in the first few years of ministry are encouraged to attend a special retreat that focuses on health and wellness. The Pension Fund and Disciples Home Missions are sponsoring "Called to Lead: A Clergy Wellness Retreat for New Pastors."
Disciples Home Missions of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is preparing a full slate of activities to offer Disciples who will attend the 2009 General Assembly in Indianapolis.
Disciples will play their part in helping to green the environment by planting trees at an Indianapolis church later this month. Staff from Disciples Center will join other volunteers to plant 10 trees at Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) on April 21. General Minister and President Sharon Watkins and numerous regional ministers from around the country also will participate in the planting.
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A playwright and actor by trade and peacemaker by choice, Ingrid De Sanctis has seen the arts bring calmness to disputes where traditional diplomacy could not. She will share her theatrical expertise at the 2009 General Assembly in Indianapolis, where she'll work with Disciples during the Global Ministries/Disciples Peace Fellowship Pre-event and the learning track titled "Are We 'Just' Neighbors?"
Church elders will want to take advantage of the Elders Conference pre-assembly event that takes place 8:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, July 29 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
The AIDS Ministry Network of Disciples Home Missions seeks volunteers to serve during the 2009 General Assembly in Indianapolis.
Musical artist, actor and Disciples minister Bill Thomas has had his share of big moments, whether it was acting on stage or in front of the television camera, but none have been bigger to him than those special times he has enjoyed at the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
If you missed the opportunity to take advantage of early registration discounts for General Assembly, here's good news. The discount has been extended to March 31, allowing you to save $25 off the price of an adult registration, and between $20 to $25 in discounts for children, youth and young adults.
A special opportunity to highlight the upcoming 2009 General Assembly in your congregation or region is just weeks away.
Disciples who enjoy sewing and art are needed to create stoles for the General Assembly. The stoles will adorn the 300 people who will lead the 2009 General Assembly in worship. This labor of love will add both color and honor to the worship leaders.
Disciples high school students can watch the "behind-the-scenes" work of ministry by participating in the "Shadow a Disciples Leader" program coordinated by Higher Education & Leadership Ministries.
Did you somehow miss the early registration deadline for the '09 General Assembly, but still wish you could take advantage of special savings? If so, you'll be glad to know that early bird registration has been extended to March 31.
Disciples congregations are being urged to support efforts to help "green" the 2009 General Assembly and offset travel mileage to Indianapolis.
January 28 is the deadline for submission of business items to be considered by the 2009 General Assembly.
Well-known recording artist, Andra Moran, will serve as youth choir director for the 2009 General Assembly.
From preparing the meals that will be distributed to the poor by 50 non-profit agencies to planting shrubbery and mowing lawns, the 2009 Indianapolis General Assembly will offer ample opportunities for Disciples who want to share their witness through mission.
Disciples may have new ways of expressing their views on important moral, ethical or religious issues at General Assembly meetings as part of a report discussed at the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Administrative Committee.
Join the growing list of social networking sites that are bringing Disciples together to pray for the upcoming General Assembly, discover ways to "green" the Assembly and learn news and updates about the 2009 event.
Now is the time to register for the 2009 General Assembly, which is less than one year away. Those who sign up now can take advantage of early registration discounts and select from a number of quality, affordable hotel options, all within easy walking distance of Assembly activities at the Indiana Convention Center.
Communication Ministries will launch a new design for the primary web site of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) on Sept. 2. Disciples.org has been redesigned to utilize new technologies for managing content and will provide new services such as RSS feeds and online giving to the Disciples Mission Fund.
The newly-formed Mission Alignment Coordinating Council (MACC) is holding its first series of meetings this week in Indianapolis.