Our Church’s Wider
Mission is who we are:
- It is how we are
Church-the United
Church of Christ, a
unique expression of
God’s Mission in the
world.
- It is what we do
together as a family
of faith.
- It is each local
church contributing
to support God’s
mission in Illinois,
nationally and
globally.
- It is our
witness to the Still
Speaking God who in
Jesus Christ called
us to minister and
witness as one.
- It is made
possible by local
church giving.
Here are the ways
that Giving to Our
Church’s Wider Mission
results in the
Conference and
Associations helping you
serve Christ and do
God’s MISSION in the
world:
- Helping to
broaden your world
and that of your
local church with
the ministry and
MISSION of our
denomination and
International
partners.
- Helping
congregations find
new pastoral
leadership.
- Doing new church
development and
renewal of existing
congregations.
- Mediating and
aiding in resolving
church conflict.
- Providing audio
visual resources to
local churches.
- Serving as
pastors to pastors.
- And much more!
Your giving to Our
Church’s Wider Mission
also helps provide:
- camping
- support to
seminarians
- work for justice
- ecumenical
partnerships
- campus ministry
- support for
missionaries
- partnering in
international
projects around the
world such as the
Angola Partnership
- Aids and HIV
education in Africa
Your faith
commitment makes a
difference for God’s
Mission!
Share the message
with others in your
church. Give to Our
Church’s Wider Mission!
Give generously to
your church and ask your
pastor or Stewardship
Ministry about other
ways (such as Mission
Friends) that you can
support the Ministry of
Our Church’s Wider
Mission.
Be sure that your
church fills out and
sends to Conference the
Our Church’s Wider
Mission goal sheet
stating the dollar
amount the congregation
is committed to giving
in 2025.