Vision New England

Connecting New England to Accelerate Evangelism

aka Vision New England   |   Stratham, NH   |  http://www.visionnewengland.org

Mission

Vision New England is a "connecting ministry" that uses targeted events and technology, to connect leaders and believers, to build relationships, share, learn and collaborate, accelerating their work of making disciples, who do justice, and share Jesus.

Ruling year info

1932

President

Charles Galda

Main address

PO Box 657

Stratham, NH 03885 USA

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EIN

04-2121335

NTEE code info

Christian (X20)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

New England is considered the least churched region in America. The five least religious states according to Pew Research Center's index (2016) are all in New England. Gallup's study of church attendance (2004-2006) revealed that of the states with the lowest attendance, five of six were here. New England is often thought of as post-Christian.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

THRIVE

THRIVE is a collaboration of evangelical churches that we are called by God to love Him and love our neighbor.

​As individuals, we are your neighbors, co-workers and coffee-shop acquaintances who share your struggles with life's challenges and who strive to think less about ourselves and more about serving the needs of others - as Christ called us to do.

We believe that by working together our churches can accomplish far more than we can on our own.

AT A THRIVE CONFERENCE YOU WILL ...

- Gather and worship with Christians from churches across your area.
- Be inspired by keynote speakers with a shared vision of what God could do in our churches and in our communities.
- Hear from experts, leaders, and practitioners in specific areas of ministry and community service that you are passionate about.
- Meet together to brainstorm new and effective ways to grow, bless our communities, and reflect the love and message of Christ in our churches and across this region.

Population(s) Served
Christians

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of Facebook followers

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Leaders Engaged

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Evangelicals

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Increasing

Roundtables

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Evangelicals

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Small Groups of Leaders based on affinity.

Digital Engagement

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Evangelicals

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

People who engage with our digital content (Social Media, Website, and Newsletters).

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Vision New England is an association network of more than 1000 ministries who want to see New England transformed with the love of Jesus and believe God will do that when we connect, build relationships and work together to accelerate making disciples who do justice, earning the space to share Jesus.

Vision New England is a "connecting ministry" that uses targeted events and technology, to connect leaders and believers, to build relationships, share, learn and collaborate, accelerating their work of making disciples, who do justice, and share Jesus.

Vision New England does not solely rely on its staff to meet or even set it's goals. We are an association network of more than 1000 ministries, with over 80 Association Directors (ADs). The ADs, along with the Board of Directors (15 members), and the Advisor Board (11 members) helped craft the vision and direction of the organization. These leaders are essential to all our programs.

Most recently, Covid-19 materially intruded on our plans while providing new opportunities to advance our mission. Events were cancelled or moved on line with reduced agendas. This was, of course, a major disappointment, “but God” created new ways to connect, build relationships and trust, that were not available to us before Covid.

We were able to:

- Launch monthly virtual Roundtables groups, connecting leaders and augmenting our in-person Forums for deeper relationships and faster outcomes.
- Create digital communities for each Forum audience where they can easily connect real-time or delayed, post comments and questions, share resources to support each other, etc.
- Share hundreds of documents, connections, resources, webinars, videos, etc., to support churches and other ministries with critical information.
- Share the same kinds of information between networks like VNE and the Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston (BMA), with whom we worked together to provide resources across networks.
- Create a partnership with the BMA to raise funds from more resourced churches to share with BMA churches who were more impacted by Covid infections, deaths and joblessness, while breaking down racial barriers and creating trust and relationship.

In the near future we plan to:

- Appoint a Racial Healing Working Group to create the space for candid dialog, that expresses the hearts and voices of these leaders, to inform and direct the work of VNE related to race.
- Create a new Podcast that includes a heavy focus on race and justice.
- Continue to build new partnerships with churches and ministry leaders across New England.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Vision New England

Board of directors
as of 03/18/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Sergio Perez

Harvest Ministries

Michael Bailey

The First Cathedral

Marinda Bennett

Bruce Boria

Bethany Church

Chris Goeppner

Riverbank Church

Ian Hutchinson

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Victoria Kowarick

Walnut Hill Community Church

Marian Noronha

Turbocam International

David Payne

Lifesong Church

Sergio Perez

Harvest Ministries of New England

Ed Pichette

Graceway Community Church

Annette Wright

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Terry Shanahan

Conservative Congregational Churches Conference

Charles Galda

Vision New England

Brittany Feldott

Cape Cod Church

Jua Robinson

Boston Collaborative

Steven White

First Baptist Church of Salem

Larry Ward

Abundant Life Church

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 3/18/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Decline to state
Sexual orientation
Decline to state
Disability status
Decline to state

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 10/15/2020

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.