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Congregational Development & Redevelopment

We have 3 areas of focus:

  • New Church Starts and Redevelopment
  • Healthy Churches and Discipleship
  • Vital Congregations Change Communities
     

Programs:

  • Conference Academy (Hispanic/Latino) for Faith Community Development
  • Institute for Congregational Development
  • Turnaround Church Coaching
     

Training Events

  • Church Planters' Bootcamp
  • Revitalization Workshops
  • Lay Missioners Training
  • Natural Church Development (NCD) 
     

Mission Field Demographics

The Office of Congregational Development and Redevelopment offers mission field demographic data through MissionInsite. MissionInsite is a powerful tool that provides church leaders with essential demographic, economic, and religious data about their communities. This up-to-date data is accessible to all members of the Northern Illinois Conference.

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Contact:

Rev. Christian Coon

Director of Congregational Development

872-810-0862

ccoon@umcnic.org

News & Announcements

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Health insurance rates and default plan set for 2025

A new “default” plan and clergy flat rate (the portion of the premium paid by each church) are part of NIC clergy medical insurance for 2025. Last summer, the Northern Illin…

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In Sympathy: Francine Taylor-Thirus

Rev.  Francine Taylor-Thirus, a retired member of the Northern Illinois Conference, passed away on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Bishop Dan Schwerin Asks for Protection and Support of Clergy in Cross-Racial/Cross-Cultural Appointments

As the news media report an increase of white Christian nationalist rhetoric, we are seeing that inhospitality toward pe…

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Northern Illinois Conference and Naperville Korean Breakaway Group Agree to Settlement

The Northern Illinois Conference of The United Methodist Church in August signed a settlement with a breakaway faction of the former Naperv…

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