Collaborative Ministries receive support from multiple churches. They collaborate among themselves to provide services that go beyond their individual core strengths.
Examples of collaboration
The New London Homeless Hospitality Center takes its residents by van to the New London Community Meal Center.
Community of Hope enrolls its residents in Work & Learn “Change Your Life” classes. These classes teach Biblical values, Career skills and Steps to a job or ministry.
Power of One and Work&Learn collaborate to reach lost souls.
Core Strengths
The core strengths of the Collaborative Ministries shown below are shelter, meals, evangelism, discipleship, employment, united prayer, prison ministry, transitional housing, addiction recovery, pregnancy services, mentoring in schools, free home repairs, street ministry, ministry in detox and rehab centers, evangelizing aboriginals, and unity among us.
Collaborative Ministries
New London Community Meal Center Volunteers serve 75,000 free meals a year. …3 min video …learn more here
New London Homeless Hospitality Center Provides shelter and removes causes of homelessness. …2 min video
Power of One Gathers the lost to hear an inspirational message, gives them an opportunity to accept the Lord, and follows up to meet with them. …3 min video
Work & Learn Teaches Biblical principles to “Advance as a Disciple of Jesus Christ” and Career Skills for ministry and employment. …2 min video
Work & Learn Graduation
Work &Learn guidelines with 1-to-1 support for 30 Actions-to-Change-Your Life are free online at worknlearn.us.
AriseCT United prayer and praise gathering for the advancement of God’s Kingdom in New London County, 2019
Kairos Prison Ministry brings the love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ to create Christian communities inside prisons. …2 min video
Community of Hope Offers transitional housing and counseling for women in recovery. …website
Care Net Resource Center of SE CT Shares the gospel and connects churches with women faced with the pregnancy decision. …2 min video
New Creation House Ministries Owns transitional housing for men coming out of prison, drug rehab or detox. …2 min video
Faith2Faith Ministries Spreads the Gospel through youth outreach in partnership with the Church. Supports mentoring in schools. …view website
Meet The Need Ministries CT Unites youth and adults to do free home repairs for those who cannot afford repairs on their own. …2 min video …learn more here
Malta, Inc. Goes to the streets in New London and Norwich on Fridays to feed and give necessities to the homeless. …2 min video
Transformed, Inc. Goes to addiction rehab and detox centers every week to present the Gospel for transformation and change. …2 min video
A.C.T.S. – Aboriginal Christian Training Services
Evangelizes the aboriginals in Australia, the most disadvantaged and neglected people on earth. Revival in every aboriginal community. …2 min video. Multi-racial network of 13,000 Prayer Partners plus 200+ Volunteer Evangelists …5 min video
Global Mission Center Leads short mission trips to every country. Plans to build theological training centers in developing countries. …how to contact
UnityCT brings together ministries, churches, volunteers, employers, believers and those who would be believers.
Short Videos of Ministries
UnityCT invited directors of these 12 collaborative ministries to meet May 23, 2019 at Seaport Community Church in Groton CT. They gave inspiring briefings to 17 pastors and 40 disciples from 24 churches. Several described the volunteers they need and how their collaboration with churches expand church membership.
Here are short videos of the 12 Ministry Briefings plus a 30-minute playlist of all of them. Below are the Directors who spoke.
- Care Net Resource Center of SE CT – Lisa A. Maloney
- New London Homeless Hospitality Center – Barbara Montrose
- Kairos Prison Ministry – Prof. David Cameron
- Malta, Inc. – Melissa and Ed Miles
- Meet The Need Ministries – Elder Terry O’Hanlon
- New Creation House Ministries, Inc. – Riccio Hope
- New London Community Meal Center – Paul Meijer
- Power of One – James Saporita
- Transformed, Inc. – Elder Reginald King
- UnityCT – Hans Sigvardsson
- Work&Learn, Inc. – Pastor Al Garcia
- A.C.T.S. – Aboriginal Christian Training Services – Rev. Fred Schaeffer
- Luis Palau Association – City Gospel Movements – Fred Conklin
Greatest Commandment and Great Commission
These Ministries and Churches partner to be able to go, serve, love, teach, baptize and make disciples.
Those they serve can progress from knowing a Christian, to trusting a Christian, to becoming curious, to being open to change, to seeking, to becoming a follower, to making a decision for Jesus, to becoming a disciple for a lifetime. [Everts. Schaupp, Gordon, Breaking the Huddle, p. 13-15, IVP]
Employers – Ministry Ideas for Business
Businesses can bring their special knowledge and expertise in the marketplace to work with ministries, churches and other employers for higher purpose.
The C12 Group is a national for-profit organization that has franchised 117 local Christian CEO Peer Advisory Groups in major markets. Member businesses are typically $10 million to $100 million in size. C12 has created a six-page ebook of “102 Ministry Ideas for your Business.”
Download and review this ebook how to advance the Kingdom and boost employee motivation. If you have difficulty downloading or printing it, ask us to mail you a copy.
Another good source, Christian Business Network is “A network of Christ-followers seeking to prosper in our professions, make trustworthy connections, serve people with excellence, and maximize our God-given potential.”
“I believe that one of the next great moves of God is going to be through the believers in the workplace.”– Billy Graham
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New ministries needed or being formed
- For any of the ministries above, give your ideas for the ministry’s
- need, purpose, goal, objectives, strategy, organization or plans.
- Do you know anyone who
- Might have an interest in serving the ministry
- Is doing something similar
- Needs to be helped by the ministry
- How would you like to be involved?
- Pray for the ministry
- Volunteer for the ministry
- Perhaps you have your own idea to start a ministry
- Churches do church plants; ministries can do ministry plants.