Use these pages to become acquainted with the many ways CGE is at work to serve you, your local church and your regional conference.

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Yes, and I am just getting to know the Covenant

Thanks for your interest! Many outstanding church planters have found a real home in the Covenant.
Our church planters typically have a Master of Divinity degree with a minimum of 3-5 years of fulltime ministry experience. An appreciation for ecclesiastical groups that highly value collegiality and connection is another valuable background because it is so important to our ethos. If you are early in the nudge to explore church planting, do the following:

1. Do a simple self-assessment. Does it feel basically “in the ball park”?
2. Read in the field.
3. Visit on-site with a new church.
4. Have coffee with a Covenant church planter.
5. Fully explore the Covenant

If everything still points to serious exploration, set up an appointment with your conference director of church planting (PDF). They'll visit with you in more depth.

If it makes sense both to you and that conference director, then being invited to an assessment center would be next.

If you are recommended for church planting by the assessment center, you then become eligible to be called to a church planting project.

All church planters new to the Covenant are required to become credentialed by the Covenant. This entails, in part, Covenant External Orientation, a combination of seven seminars and additional life experiences, accomplished over 3-5 years, to help you feel at home.