As members of the EDC,
we are members of
Mennonite Church USA and
Mennonite World Conference.
As members of the EDC, mostly
in enastern Pennsylvania:
We care for urban ministry.
 Crossroads Community Center
www.crossroadscc.mennonite.net
We connect through a variety of local,
regional, national and international. These
include:
 Kingdom Builders (Philadelphia region)
[email protected]
 Philadelphia Urban Ministry Partnership
(PUMP) [email protected]
EDC conference assemblies – All members,
not just delegates, of EDC churches are
invited to attend conference sessions. In
addition, pastors and church leaders are
encouraged to participate in regional pastor
cluster gatherings.
We care for people around the world.
 Care and Share Thrift shops
 Ten Thousand Villages Store,
Souderton, Pa
Biennial Mennonite Church USA Conventions
and Delegate Assemblies – Each EDC
congregation is invited to appoint delegates
to the national convention. EDC is also invited
to appoint conference delegates to the
assembly.
We care for those in prison and needing
social services.
 Liberty Ministries,
www.libertyministries.us
 Montgomery County Mediation Center,
www.montcomediation.com
Mennonite World Conference – MC USA
member conferences and congregations are
encouraged to send delegates as they can.
We care for the developmentally
disabled.
 Indian Creek Foundation,
www.indiancreekfoundation.org
 Peaceful Living, www.peacefulliving.org
We strongly believe that planting
churches is a key way of growing
God's kingdom on earth.
We care for people of all ages.
 Camp Men-O-Lan www.menolan.org
 Frederick Mennonite Community
www.frederick-mennonite.org
Our current church plants include:
Christ Fellowship (Allentown, PA)
Circle of Friends (Hamburg, PA),
(A house church)
Iglesia Menonita Ebenezer (Souderton, PA)
United Christian Church International
(Souderton, PA)
.
To get in touch with the EDC:
215/888-723-5513 or 717-355-0550
Email - [email protected]
www.easterndistrict.org
Souderton and New Holland, PA offices
Eastern
District
Conference
Connecting
Great Commission
Congregations
Our purpose is:
to nurture and build accountability
among member congregations as we
live by the Great Commandment,
and carry out the Great Commission.
We do this by:
 developing missional congregations
 partnering with churches to plant
new congregations
 providing resources to develop
healthy congregations
 nurturing fellowship between
member congregations
 managing ministerial credentials of
member congregations.
We are an association of
congregations who work together
to do what we cannot do alone,
more effectively participating in
God’s Kingdom work in our
communities and around the world.
A Member of Mennonite Church USA
Benefits and Services Available to
Member Congregations
Congregations participate by:
 serving on EDC committees
 attending EDC conference delegate
 sessions where worship, dialogue,
decisions and voting occurs
 including the EDC in their budget
Access services of EDC committees and staff
 Conference Minster
 Conference Youth Minister
 Congregational Life Committee
 Gifts Discernment Committee
 Ministerial Leadership Committee
 Missions Committee
 Peace and Justice Committee
. Ministerial Leadership Committee
The
work involves:
1. Managing minister credential files;
interview, license and ordain
2. Providing educational opportunities.
3. Encouraging ministers to develop
common understandings as
Mennonite pastors.
4. Holding all ministers accountable
for healthy ethical behavior and
discipline any sexual misconduct or
other violations.
5. Providing access to three free
sessions of professional counseling
annually for all active ministers,
spouses and dependent children.
The leadership of the EDC:
Consists of the chairs of the five
committees, the conference minister the
moderator and moderator elect,
secretary, treasurer and one at-large
member.
 Provides counsel and direction for
congregations in the pastor search
process.
 Encourages Pastors to meet in
monthly 2 hour cluster meetings.
 Hosts quarterly conference-wide
pastors’ luncheons which often
includes a resource person
 In cooperation with the Franconia
Mennonite Conference (FMC),
hosts an Annual Pastors’ and
Spouse Appreciation Breakfast
and offers an annual Pastors’ and
Spouse weekend retreat
 Provides additional counsel for
particularly difficult congregational situations. Please contact
the Conference minister and
Conference Youth minister.
 The Conference Minister, Warren
Tyson and the Youth Minister,
Scott Benner, are available for
consultation with pastors, church
leadership, and EDC members.
 Is committed to planting new
congregations. Congregations or
persons who sense this call should
contact the Missions Committee.
Participating Congregations
and individual members also:
Receive The Message, the EDC
newsletter, currently issued quarterly and
sent by email to congregational contact
persons for additional copying and
circulation among congregational
members.
Receive a discount when renting vehicles
through the EDC contract (#17C7823)with
Enterprise rentals, www.enterprise.com.
Gain a better understanding of the
demographic dynamics of your
community or any community in the U.S.
through access to Link2Lead. When
registering, click on Northeast Mennonite
Conferences. Each church is allowed up
to 20 registrants at www.link2lead.com.
Gain access to Mennonite Church USA, of
which we are a member conference,
www.mennoniteusa.org. There are
numerous congregational and leadership
resources in both English and Spanish
languages. Spanish-speaking
congregations are invited to join the
Iglesia Menonita Hispania (MC USA).
Encourage and enhance the call of the
EDC by nominating persons to serve on
the conference committees, use
members gifts for God’s kingdom work,
and giving funds to support ECC vision
and ministry.