Catalyst has been established to help develop leaders and ministry networks to reach the 13 million people of Pennsylvania and Delaware.
You can join now by calling or emailing the leader of the group you may be interested in. For more information feel free to contact Bryan Koch (bryankoch@gtaog.org) or Tom Rees (tom@penndel.org).
North Central West Catalyst Group
Chris Clark (724-867-6771)
The NCW group consists of our NCW ministers – incorporated into our fellowship meetings. Our lunch time after meetings is directed to catalyst fellowship.
All churches in North Central West Section are invited. North Central West meets during the week. (Meets 7 times per year)
Requirements: Ministry level or call to ministry people
Leadership Development
Steve DeFrain (484-686-4843)
Our focus is 4 R’s – Relationship; Resources; Restoration and Reproduction. “What you make happen for others in the world, God makes happen for you.” We believe that we are much better today because we have connected ourselves to each other.”
Meet at various locations 3rd Thursday of each month 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Notification: E-mail
Excelerate Calatyst
Bryan Koch(484-256-3899)
Relationship, Resource, Restoration and Reproduction; our focus is centered on starting new churches and raising up and nurturing church planters.
Meet at Glad Tidings Church as scheduled (approximately once a quarter).
Leadership Development and Mentoring
Gary Bellis (717-567-3333) E-mail: bellisg@pa.net
The focus is on leadership development, with the goals being personal/church health, reproduction, multiplication and Kingdom expansion.
Meets every six weeks, on Tuesdays, at different locations between Harrisburg and Chambersburg (E-mail for information).
10:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m. (lunch is included)
Requirements: Senior Pastors
Church Leadership Mentoring
Gerry Stoltzfoos (717-398-9033) gerry@freedomvalley.org
Helping people to accomplish their calling to ministry, and mentoring them in leadership.
Meets: Quarterly at Freedom Valley church, Sunday at 6pm to train leaders by teams. Contact Gerry@freedomvalley.org for specific dates.
Reach Northeast
Jeff Leake (412-487-7220) – Anna Aiken (Admin)
We are a group of pastors committed to reaching our city together. We meet monthly for lunch. Sometimes a guest speaker covers a relevant topic and there is great discussion. Once or twice a year we hold a conference or training event for the pastor and their entire leadership team. We also aggressively assist churches in planting and in multiplying new churches and campuses.
Meets: Local Restaurant
Last Wednesday of the month
Small Church, Big Dreams Network
Sam Masteller
E-mail: sam@freedomlife.tv
Depending on which study you read, 90- 98% o all churches are less than 1,000 people. While the majority of churches are small, most are led by leaders that have big dreams. This network is about helping leaders of small churches realize their big dreams.
Meets Monthly- 4th Monday of each month
Location- TBD
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