Our Communities

New Faith Communities exists to co-create new places for new people to be gathered into communion with Jesus Christ. Welcome to Our Communities, where you can visit our planters websites and learn more about the 4 Methods of Planting and Renewing.

Classic Church Plants

Strategically planted churches led by an equipped church planter and team in areas of rapid growth or in UMC deserts.

• Storied Church
  Rev. Jason Gaskin
• Hope Recovery Church
  Pastor Meg McBride Stuart
• The Mills Church
  Rev. Renee Edwards
• Mosaic UMC
  Pastor Kelley Finch
• Genesis UMC
  Rev. Seyun Hwang
• Angier UMC
  Rev. Saul Gastelum

Anchored Church Plants

Healthy churches extend outreach and engagement by helping co-create new faith communities in new places for new people.

• SALT (St Pauls at Carolina Beach)
  Rev. Gayle Tabor

Mission Congregations

Missional efforts to establish congregations designed to engage under-represented and at-risk communities.

• La Semilla UMC
  Rev. Rosanna Panizo-Valladares
• The Church at Spring Forest
  Rev. Elaine Heath

M3 Communities

Taking the church to the streets – these innovative communities are designed to engage people disconnected from Christian community.

• The Well (Mental and Spiritual Care)
  Rev. Amanda Rigby

Duke Endowment

The Duke Endowment grant provides vital resouces to help the United Methodist Conference address the challenges posed by disaffiliations and is being used to support the creation of new United Methodist faith communities and the strengthening of existing congregations.

• UM Collective
  Rev. Keith Sexton
• Moyock UMC
  Rev. Mary Frances McClure
• Wares Chapel
  Rev. Cassidy Salter
• Grace UMC, Elizabethtown
  Rev. Mark Gustafson
• Pine Valley UMC
  Rev. Layne Harpine
• Trinity Lighthouse UMC, Fayetteville
  Rev. Mark Lykins
• Elizabeth UMC, Smithfield
  Rev. Ramon Wycoff
• Lighthouse Congregations
  Rev. Laura Wittman