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Upcoming Events

4 Chair Discipling

Harvest EFCA Story City 524 River Hills Drive, Story City, IA

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An important question facing those us leading a local through a new year of ministry is, “How do we know if we are making disciples?”  Many local churches hope they’re making disciples by faithfully preaching the scriptures and offering some growth oriented programming like small groups.  How do we know…

Workshop for Women in Ministry

Citylight Omaha 4383 Nicholas St. Omaha, NE 68131

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The Workshops on Biblical Exposition is a 3-day training event aimed to encourage and equip you in the skills needed to read, understand, and proclaim the Word of God. The Workshop includes times set aside for 1) Principles of Exposition (instructional sessions on how to better handle biblical texts), 2) Small Group Practice (when you will share and receive […]

2020 District Conference – Transformation & Transition

Valley Church 4343 Fuller Road, West Des Moines, IA, 50265

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The word transformation has multiple shades of meaning: to change, alter, metamorphose, convert, transfigure and to transmute. As a movement, it is our mission to “Glorify God by multiplying transformational churches among all people”. This occurs…

Entrusted: The Gospel Coalition’s Women’s Training Network

Parkview Church 15 FOSTER RD, IOWA CITY, IOWA, USA

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2 Timothy reminds us that we have been entrusted with a message to proclaim and a gift to steward. We hope you can join us for this Women’s Training Network event to hear from 2 Timothy and be further equipped to pass on what has been entrusted to us. Saturday lunch is included in your registration […]

Welcome to the Central District

To put it simply, we are your resource to reach the “Samaria” that often a local church can’t effectively reach. The church is charged to be on mission to reach “Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the world”. A local church is well placed to reach it’s city and it’s county. It may […]

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District Superintendent Transition Team Announcement

As you know, the Central District EFCA Transition Team was tasked with finding a suitable candidate for District Superintendent to replace Dr. Calvin Swan at the 2020 District Conference.  We are pleased to announce the selection of Rev. Mike Shields to be placed in nomination for District Superintendent! Mike brings 27 years of ministry in […]

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Central District Staff

District Superintendent

Dr. Cal Swan

District Superintendent
Director of Church Health

Rev. Larry Austin

Director of Church Health
Regional Church Health Coach

Rev. Jerry Carlin

Regional Church Health Coach
Regional Church Health Coach

Rev. Randy Scheil

Regional Church Health Coach
Interim Church Planting Missionary MO/AR

Rev. Todd Brooks

Interim Church Planting Missionary MO/AR
Assistant Church Planter for Eastern Iowa

Dan Doebel

Assistant Church Planter for Eastern Iowa
Church Planting Volunteer

John Ritland

Church Planting Volunteer
Director of Multi-Cultural Ministry

Rev. Brad Wos

Director of Multi-Cultural Ministry
District Administrative Assistant

Rhonda Nichols

District Administrative Assistant
Communications Director

Art Smith

Communications Director
Solid Rock Builders

Gary Shaw

Solid Rock Builders

Church Planting by the Numbers

Church Planting Staff

Active Church Plants

Multi-Cultural Churches

Full Member Churches

Healthy Churches

Healthy Churches

Church Planting

Church Planting

Multi-Cultural Ministry

Multi-Cultural Ministry