We’ve known each other for years. Though most of us are part of other networks, we’ve often discussed what it would look like to partner together formally to promote the Great Commission. To be clear, we’ve worked together informally for quite some time. We’ve let one another know, for example, of great church planters and missionaries to support. However, we’ve concluded we could do more if we gave part of our church budgets to get behind excellent workers and projects.
The result of that conclusion is the ACME Fellowship of Churches. Our goal is more modest than what typically comes to mind when you hear the word “denomination.” We simply want to know each other better so we can pool funds to support gospel work.
In a sense, ACME is just institutionalizing what our churches have been doing for years—knowing, encouraging, and strengthening one another. This has built a foundation of trust that makes us eager to now share resources with each other to promote Great Commission ministry.
We think this can be done while we remain invested in other partnerships. However, we know the many demands placed on our budgets and calendars. Most of us are local church pastors ourselves! We know every congregation must decide how best to steward the resources God has provided—both time and money. Obviously, we think ACME is worth both.
ACME stands for the Association of Churches for Missions and Evangelism. It’s a straightforward, no-nonsense name. Our goal is to link like-minded churches together so that they can more easily enjoy fellowship and fund like-minded work.
Look over this website. Let us know what you think. As you do, consider praying for ACME. More than anything, we want to glorify our great God and Savior in this new enterprise. The best plans are nothing if God doesn’t bless our labors. After all, “neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth” (1 Cor. 3:7).
With gratitude to God who gives the growth,
