Ignite and Related Work

As much as our own church families matter to us, we are continually called by God to stretch beyond our own comfort to share the love of Christ with the world.

The Ignite Team:

• Encourages missional ministry
• Inspires and supports the work of congregational transformation and revitalization
• Promotes social, racial, and environmental justice
• Helps the presbytery partner with international, local, and regional missions.

They respond to invitations by congregations to fund and support mission initiatives and provide ongoing support to new worshipping communities, campus ministry, interfaith peacemaking, mission advocacy, and disaster response. They function as the tinder that can help the whole presbytery catch the Spirit’s fire and passion for missional life.

Here are some of their focuses as described by our presbytery manual:

• New ministries and partnerships
• Promotion of discipleship that bears the fruits of the Spirit
• Church Partnership Grants
• Covenantal Partnership Sub-Committee to encourage and support the following:
  • New Church Development/New Worshipping Communities
  • International Partnerships
  • Lumos Campus Ministry
  • Interfaith Peacemaker
  • Mission Advocate
  • Disaster Recovery Coordinator

Ignite has twelve elected members who serve two-year terms.