Woodland Lakes Christian Camp
Woodland Lakes is first and foremost a summer campground. Student summer camp has always been their reason for existence. The camp debuted in 1954 with a commitment to excellence in Christian camping. It has been a place for thousands of kids to spend many wonderful summers of playing, praying and strengthening their walk with Christ. Their mission is for each student to know and grow in Christ, build friendships, enjoy the outdoors, and become happy with whom God has made them to be.
WCPCC has also built a Missions cabin to provide housing to missionary families on furlough during the summer. The missionaries have free housing and are able to share their experiences first-hand with the summer campers. This enables the campers the opportunity to broaden their scope of world missions as they spend a portion of each day listening to the missionaries talk about their life/mission.
God has blessed WCPCC with the people and resources to make sure each camper has the occasion to be introduced to our Savior and the opportunity to grow in his or her relationship with Christ.
Many of our own students have the opportunity to attend WCPCC each year. We have also used the retreat facilities for Elder/Staff retreat and our Worship Ministry retreat. These are excellent facilities if your ABF or small groups would like to schedule a retreat.
Christian Evangelizing Fellowship
Christian Evangelizing Fellowship (CEF) exists to plant and encourage New Testament Churches. CEF started in 1956 as a fellowship of local Christian Churches in the Greater Cincinnati area to plant new congregations together as a fellowship. Since 1956, CEF has started or funded over thirty new churches. Funds to start new churches come from area Christian Church mission programs and interested individual fellowshipers.
On June 7, 1987, Center Pointe Christian Church was started by CEF in the Beckett Ridge Country Club. Larry Holmes, Minister. CEF has assisted three new congregations outside of Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky. They include: East Hartford, CT; Mississauga, Ontario Canada; and North Columbus, Ohio. All other plants have been in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area. For additional information, call Larry Holmes at 513-737-1175.
Education Missions
Formerly Cincinnati Bible College & Seminary
Cincinnati Christian University’s mission is to build Christian leaders, one person at a time, to serve the church and shape the world. CCU began on September 23, 1924 to meet a need – to prepare ministers and church workers for the Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. In 1924 the number one priority was training preachers. That goal remains the same. Preacher training remains a primary objective for both the college and seminary, now complemented by additional degree programs in education, psychology, and counseling.
Today’s headlines underscore the need to support CCU. How do we stem the onrush of violence, reverse the decline of western culture, the deterioration of our families, and the destruction of our youth? Capable preachers, leaders, teachers, fathers and mothers, will take the gospel into neighborhoods, schools, offices, restaurants and homes.
Where are the leaders of tomorrow? They are in the classrooms, dormitories, dining hall and worship center of CCU (and other Christian Colleges) preparing for ministry.
CCU alumni number in the thousands. Since 1924 members of the CBC&S family have been spanning the globe with the good news of the gospel. To borrow a phrase from the heyday of the British Empire, the sun never sets on CCU graduates. They are scattered throughout the world, still faithful to the churches and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ.
TCM International Institute
Training Christians for Ministry in Eastern and Central Europe
Paul & Cathy Kissling
TCM (Training Christians for Ministry) International Institute prepares men and women for Christian leadership and provides benevolent assistance in Eastern Europe.
The Institute is based at "Haus Edelweiss," approximately 25 kilometers southwest of Vienna, Austria, near the village of Heiligenkreuz. The Institute offers a structured program of study taught in English and several other translated languages. Over 600 students come from various denominational backgrounds and draw from over 20 different countries in the former Soviet Block. They serve churches, schools, agencies, organizations, and communities.
Center Pointe financially supports Paul and Kathy Kissling, who live and work at Haus Edelweiss. Paul is a professor of the Old Testament and recently finished the first volume of his commentary on Genesis. He is also learning Arabic and Russian to help teach classes for a Ministry to Muslims major.
TCM has a short-term worker program. Jobs vary from house-and-grounds projects to food preparation and various service projects. Short-term workers are always needed to help give students the education and ministry they need and deserve.
Contact info:
Paul and Kathy Kissling
fowarding agent: Joshua Kissling
105 Chestnut
Sattelbach 16
Wauseon, OH 43567
A-2532 Heiligenkeuz NO
cathy@tcmi.org
Team Expansion: Enlarge the Harvest
Team Expansion sends & sustains missionary teams to plant churches among unreached people groups worldwide. It supports International Services & their sending base at Emerald Hills in Louisville, Kentucky. Team Expansion raises up and trains new missionaries, and they provide long-term member care and strategic accountability for over 300 full-time workers in nearly 50 countries through the globe. For more information, visit www.emeraldhills.info
Team Expansion: Hope Inner City & State Avenue Church of Christ
State Avenue Church of Christ was planted by Cincinnati Christian University students in the 1960’s. It has been ministering to Lower Price Hill and the surrounding communities for many years without having any paid staff or full-time workers. In 2005, Hope Inner City joined with State Avenue Church of Christ in order to help with full-time workers, hoping to strengthen its ministries and outreach. Since 2005, the church has seen a steady growth in both attendance and volunteers. The church has seen enough growth to hold Sunday church services in a larger building in the same Lower Price Hill neighborhood in order to accomodate this growth. Currently Jade & Kim Kendall work with JP & Chloe Glenn as Team Expansion missionaries in Cincinnati to encourage the desire of native inner city residents to become State Avenue Church leaders and to follow up by discipling and training them to do their own ministries. For more info, visit www.hopeinnercity.org.
Northern Plains Evangelistic Association (NPEA)
The goal of the Northern Plains Evangelistic Association is to plant healthy, effective, reproducing churches in the region of North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Under the leadership of Mike Sojka, who preached at the CPCC Missions Fair in November 2009, NPEA utilizes prayer journeys to determine God's direction for church planting. They plant churches where there aren't many or any Restoration churches. Visit www.npea.info for more details."