About CDN
CDN is a Network of Networks
We are a network of networks.
Our network is a diverse and growing community that is on-mission to see new churches started and Christian households strengthened. As we partner together, we encourage you to remain rooted in your denominational network. The churches that you plant reside in your network and under your spiritual authority. Our broad network offers training, mentorship, prayer and encouragement for church planters and congregations (especially new congregations) in planting strong and healthy churches.
Let’s plant churches, together.
We are...
Bible Christians
The Lausanne Covenant (view here) and The Apostles Creed (below).
The Apostles Creed
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
We Value
We work from a vibrant relationship with God. Prayer and worship is the fuel for fruitfulness in our ministry. Our training and mentorship sessions always function in a prayer saturated, God-filled environment.
An innovation of our work is rapid deployment. We teach immediate obedience to Christ and quickly deploy workers in the harvest field. We begin the work as soon as God calls and trust Him to provide all that is needed as He builds His church. The resources are in the harvest.
We are a network of networks. Our strength is built on relational connections in the context of community. We link arms with everyone who is engaged in the work of planting Christian churches. People from different denominations and backgrounds are welcome to share in our resources, training and mentorship.
Every community, church planter, and church plant is different and unique. With that in mind, we expect an unpredictable pathway during your church planting journey. The unpredictable pathway is guided by predictable steps throughout our five strategies.
5 Biblical Strategies
4 Environments
Simple
All of our churches start simple.
Some grow large. Some remain small. We changed the scoreboard away from size as the primary descriptor of our church plants. Instead, we elevate three milestones for church planting: Milestone 1: Calling | Milestone 2: Gathering | Milestone 3: Reproduction.
We refuse to put a qualifier in front of the word church. So, we do not plant micro-churches, mini-churches, or mega-churches. We plant churches, period. With that in mind, we deploy church planters with a simple structure and strategy and allow God to direct the church planter (and invite Jesus to build) the church that is needed in the community.