NEW COVENANT MISSIONS INC
TAKING THE GOSPEL WHERE IT HAS NEVER BEEN!
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Currently 99.7% of mission activity and funding from the US is focused on areas where there is already an established church. Our focus is to plant churches and work in the .3%
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Indigenous Church Planter Sponsorships
The fulfillment of the Great Commission depends on church planting. Jesus told us to disciple, baptize, and teach (Matthew 28:19-20). Those three things are done in the context of the local church.
Cultural and language barriers are much less of an obstacle for indigenous Church Planters. The cost to support an Indigenous African Church Planter is far less than sending a foreign missionary.
When you sponsor a Church Planter, you join a family to plant multiple churches, develop leaders, make disciples, and reach the unreached of Africa! This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity that will build your faith as you read their incredible stories and pray for their families and ministries.
We work in partnership with various denominations throughout Africa to ensure that each Church Planter has received effective training prior to being sent into the field.
Currently 99.7% of mission activity and funding from the US is focused on areas where there is already an established church. Our focus is the opposite:
to reach the unreached, to transform COMMUNITIES for Christ, to see the Great Commission taken literally,
this is who we are
Indigenous Student Missions
We partner with local Ethiopian University Fellowship programs to empower the students in difficult regions of Ethiopia to share the Gospel with the fellow students and neighboring communities.
Community Development
As we plant churches we also research the various needs of the community and implement projects such as latrines, fresh water, orphanage support, school support, medical missions, community health trainings, and more to show the practical love of Jesus through the local church.
Where we work
Awards
Bronze for Non-Broadcast Productions in General-Not-for-profit 2017
34th Annual Telly Awards
External reviews
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of participants engaged in programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Christians, Muslims, Tribal and indigenous religious groups
Related Program
Indigenous Church Planter Sponsorships
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These are our Indigenous Church Planting staff members that are supported by donations
Number of new programs/program sites
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People of African descent, Christians, Muslims, Tribal and indigenous religious groups
Related Program
Indigenous Church Planter Sponsorships
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Worked launched among Unreached People groups in 4 new nations
Number of organizational partners
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of testimonies offered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Indigenous Church Planter Sponsorships
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Individual reports on a monthly and quarterly basis from Indigenous Church Planters
Number of groups/individuals benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Amount of people that heard about the Gospel from our teams.
Number of new grants received
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of reports written/published
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Quarterly church planting reports, bi-annual ministry report, annual ministry report.
Number of donors retained
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People of African descent, Orthodox Christians, Muslims, Tribal and indigenous religious groups, Evangelicals
Related Program
Indigenous Church Planter Sponsorships
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our heart is to see at least one indigenously self sustained church planted in every village of Africa and to practically demonstrate the love of Christ through various community projects such as fresh water wells, public latrines, medical missions, and community health trainings.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our strategy is to put prayer and worship as a priority in our lives. If our leadership is not directed by the Holy Spirit we may be able to achieve worldly goals but the eternal spiritual goals will be left untouched. Once per month we set aside a full day to pray and fast for our work in Africa.
In partnership with local African churches, New Covenant Missions recruits, trains, sends and equips Indigenous church planters to be strategically sent to plant churches among unreached people groups in Africa. Currently we have local U.S. churches, businesses, foundations and individuals sponsoring over 307 African Church Planter families spread across 28 nations.
Through this sponsorship program, we provide the Church Planter families with the basic costs of living and then we continue fundraising in order to equip them with various tools such as seed money to launch small shops, mountain bikes or motorbikes, portable solar powered Jesus Film kits, solar powered audio bibles, discipleship training, Muslim evangelism training, community health evangelism training, community development projects (public latrines, fresh water, medical services), and whatever else it takes to empower the church to grow!
Our goal is to plant locally sustained churches. Typically the church planters go into an unreached area and work for three years to make disciples and train up leaders. Once a local church is established, the leadership raises money to sustain the church. Once the church is sustainable, the church planter begins to plant another church in a different area. Currently none of the churches planted by our church planters require outside support.
As long as the Church Planter family is willing to continue moving and planting churches we continue to support them in their calling. The relationship built between the Church Planter family and their American sponsor truly is the most priceless part of the strategy as it ministers to both families. Sponsors receive quarterly personal reports and are given opportunities to visit, pray for, and equip their Church Planters.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We currently have registered regional offices in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Senegal overseeing our work in 28 nations total of which most also have legally registered offices. We have full time indigenous staff members in every nation that we work in. We have formal partnership agreements with some of the largest denominations in Africa as well as the Evangelical Students Union of Ethiopia.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We currently support over 514 indigenous African workers and their families. Over 1.5 million have heard the gospel and over 128,389 people have accepted Jesus since we launched the church planting efforts in 2003. Most of this fruit has happened since 2013.
In the last 4 years we brought fresh water to over 42,000 people, we brought free medical care to over 23,000 people during our medical missions, we equipped 125 Church Planters with portable solar powered Jesus Film kits, we distributed hundreds of quality Bibles and thousands of Gospel literature booklets, we broke ground to plant churches in four villages that were "hostile" to the Gospel. Additionally, we planted the first ever known churches among 30 people groups and saw the first ever known believers come from some of these groups.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
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, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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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 look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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NEW COVENANT MISSIONS INC
Board of directorsas of 09/21/2023
Michael Stemm
Michael Smith
Erik Laursen
Diana Kimani
Jeff Davis
David Henderson
Board leadership practices
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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 ? Yes -
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? Yes
Organizational demographics
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