Assemblies of GodUse the following links to find out more information about the ministries offered by the Northern California and Nevada District of the Assemblies of God.
Children’s Ministries
The Children’s Ministries Department exists to equip, empower, and encourage church leaders igniting a passion in thier hearts for ministry to children. We are focused on raising an awareness of the vital need to minister to children and helping leaders successfully reach kids for Christ and in turn those children will reach others for Christ. We exist to equip the saints to fulfill their calling, taking the message of Jesus everywhere to everyone!
Girl’s Ministries
Girls Ministries is about intentional outreach and Christian discipleship for girls. We provide resources to help churches and individuals teach girls biblical truths that will help them learn to make God-pleasing decisions.
Royal Rangers
Royal Rangers is a mentoring program for future men. We provide Christlike character formation and servant leadership development for boys and young men in a highly relational and fun environment. Our mission is to evangelize, equip, and empower the next generation of Christlike men and lifelong servant leaders.
Student Ministries
The Northern California and Nevada Assemblies of God Student Ministries is responsible for providing a healthy spiritual experience for the young people of our district. Our goal is to partner together with the hundreds of youth programs in churches throughout our district in order to see supernatural results in the lives of the young people of our district. We provide opportunities for ministry placement and development through our program Pathway Apprentice. Our purpose is to see a healthy youth ministry in every church in the Northern California and Nevada District of the Assemblies of God. We do this by mentoring, modeling, and mobilizing youth ministry in the Student Ministries Office and throughout our district.
Women’s Ministries
Together the women of Northern California and Nevada touch their world! They are ministering in their local church, reaching out to their community, working with the women in their local areas, and they are giving to needs around the world. Prayer was the first emphasis of Women’s Ministries and that has not changed!
Credentialed Women, Ministry Wives and Widows
The mission of Just Between Us, our ministry to credentialed women, ministry wives and widows, is to provide a place for the women of the Northern California/Nevada District of the Assemblies of God to establish safe relationships, decrease feelings of isolation and loneliness, and increase spiritual support in a loving atmosphere of unity.
Men’s Ministries
NCN Men’s Ministries is dedicated to providing service and resources to the many programs for men of all ages in local Assemblies of God churches throughout our district. Whether it is through Light For The Lost, our annual District Men’s Convention, Softball Tournaments, Bass and Baja Fishing events, or one of many other events and programs, our goal is to see men led into a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ and enabled to follow the principles of His Word in a more effective manner. If you have any questions about any of our programs or activities, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We would be more than happy to help in any way we can!
Senior Adult Ministries
We are very aware that seniors have paved the way for the church that exists today. They have given of their lives, finances, and energy to build our fellowship. We want to honor them and continue to minister to them in a very vibrant way and let them know that they are valued. As the scripture declares ...“Give honor to whom honor is due”. To honor our seniors, the Senior Adult Ministries department of the Northern California and Nevada District of the Assemblies of God reaches out to the seniors of our district through camps, seminars, conferences and personal contact with information that is relevant to today’s seniors. We focus on three very unique age brackets: 55-65, 65-75, and 75+.
Pastoral Care & Leadership Development
It is our desire to serve our District with distinctly practical tools and resources for the purpose and goal of helping all of our pastors achieve the highest level of “health” both personally and ministerially while serving in their unique setting.
Church Ministries Team
The Church Ministries Team is a resource for our Northern California/Nevada churches. Each one of the members of this team specialize in their designated area. The District Resource Center would like to support you and your ministry; one way we are doing this is to provide a way to connect you with these skilled and experienced individuals. If you have a questions in any of these areas please email them or the Church Ministries Office and we will do our best to assist you.
Intercultural Ministries
The Northern-California-Nevada District is blessed with over 90 ethnic churches. They include the Fijian, Filipino, Samoan, Slavic, and Tongan Fellowships (each with 9 or more churches) as well as churches from the following ethnic groups: Arabic, Chinese, East Indian, Hispanic, Iranian, Japanese, Korean, Native American, Portuguese, Romanian, and Vietnamese. The basic purpose of Intercultural Ministries is to build relationships and unity between the churches and peoples of our District. Jesus said that they would know we are Christians by our love one for another, but we cannot love someone we do not know. Intercultural Ministries seek to raise awareness of and appreciation for the distinct cultures in our District as we work together to reach all ethnicities with the Gospel of Christ.
Missions
Over one hundred long-term foreign missionaries from the Northern California and Nevada District Council of the Assemblies of God serve in countries around the world. Their ministries include everything from tent evangelism to bible school teaching to health care outreach to AIDS prevention to planting churches. Several other Assemblies of God constituents from our district serve in organizations such as Wycliffe Bible Translators and Youth With A Mission (YWAM). A total of sixteen nationally-appointed home missionaries are based in the Northern California and Nevada District. In addition, there are over 190 District-Affiliated Churches, commonly known as “home missions churches” within the district.