Our Mission

CEM exists to strengthen current churches and to facilitate new church planting.

SUPPORT THE MISSION

church plants

CEM facilitates new church plants by hiring pastors who desire to start a church in Iowa. From training to project management, CEM helps planters prepare for a successful launch for the new church.

church health

CEM invests in church health by offering a 4-6 week in-person process that helps church leaders develop and implement a renewed church vision. All CEM hosted conferences and podcasts are purposed for church health.

MINISTRY leader CARE

CEM connects ministry leaders with development opportunities, especially geared for those in small-to-mid-size churches with few staff members. Care is provided through a network of pastoral leaders, resources, and partnered organizations.

FOR DETAILED INFORMATION

Email, call, or message Dave Fremstad, CEM Executive Director

(712) 309-1118

facebook.com/cemchurches

(or click on box)

Direction Church

In a normal year, planting a church is challenging. Experiencing a pandemic while planting is beyond compare. However, Direction Church pastors, Jared Nassiff and Patrick Willis, were able to pivot and launch online services in June 2020. Rather than opening in late 2020, they are setting their sights on an in-person launch in Spring 2021.

Find out more by clicking below:

Thank you to everyone for a successful Harvest Offering

in 2020/2021!

Together we raised $52,532.29!

This amount allows CEM to cover nearly one-year's salary

for a church planter this year.

Awesome job, donors!

GUEST SPEAKER - DALE SELLERS

Executive Director, 95Network.org

In October 2021, for our 3rd Annual Catalyst Conference, we are excited to say that Dale Sellers will be our guest speaker. Dale is the Executive Director at 95Network (see 95Network.org) and the author of Stalled: Hope and Help for Pastors Who Thought They'd Be There By Now. He has been in ministry for 40 years and is dedicated to helping small and mid-size churches get healthy.

Dale has served in nearly every role of church leadership (except Worship Pastor), and has had a wide variety of coaching and consulting experience. He and his wife Gina have been married 40 years and live in Greenville, SC (author bio from 95Network.org website).