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“If you want to reach a city, you don’t need a bigger church—you need a broader network.”

Tim Keller

Cause & Neighborhood Networks

A For Columbus network is a relationally-driven group of diverse Christian leaders who share a common commitment to saturate Columbus with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in deed and word, co-creating impact in a particular neighborhood or within a defined cause. Browse existing networks in Central Ohio below or contact us about starting a new network, or integrating an existing network.

“When you embrace a network mindset, you stop working in isolation.”

-David Ehrlichman

CAUSE NETWORKS

We have a bold ambition — to see every pastor, executive director, and workplace leader reap the rewards of investing in one of our networks. These networks serve as the vibrant heartbeat, nurturing a genuine gospel movement. Together, we can make a powerful impact that transcends boundaries and propels the message of the gospel forward.

Learn how to join or create a network

Anti-Human Trafficking Network

Educating on issues pertaining to human trafficking, mobilizing those invested in fighting it, and working to restore the lives of those impacted by it.

Anti-Human Trafficking Network

Church Planters Network

Befriending, resourcing, and supporting gospel-centric church planters, and church plants, across the Columbus region.

Church Planters Network

Columbus Discipleship Network

We aim to provide inspiration, equipping, and community for a lifestyle of disciple-making. This network is for everyday disciple-makers, as well as leaders in marketplace, non-profit, and church settings. A great place to start is by attending one of our monthly lunch gatherings.

Columbus Discipleship Network

Creatives for Columbus Network

The Creatives for Columbus Network is for Creatives/Artists of all mediums offering authentic community, facilitated conversations pertinent to faith and practice, highlighting resources and connections, and exploring collaboration for Kingdom good around Greater Columbus.

Creatives for Columbus Network

Evangelism Network

Connecting, resourcing and encouraging believers to reach their neighborhoods and networks with the Good News of God's love in Jesus Christ.

Evangelism Network

For Columbus Kids & Students Network

For Columbus Kids exists to mobilize the body of Christ in central Ohio to partner with schools, serve in the myriad of youth ministries around Columbus and to pray over our students, teachers and staff.

For Columbus Kids & Students Network

For Family Network

To unite the Church in Columbus to champion family flourishing and preservation so every household in our City can experience abundant life in Christ.

For Family Network

Good Housing Network

A Network of Redemptive Leaders Facilitating the Development and Management of Good Housing for People in Central Ohio.

Good Housing Network

Hope Centers Network

Organizations collaborating to provide hope and resources to set individuals, families, and communities free from many forms of poverty through job training, food security, ESL, clothing, leadership development and pastoral care.

Hope Centers Network

Marketplace Ministry Leaders Network

To unite the Church in building businesses that bring praise to God because of their internal culture and outward impact across the Columbus region.

Marketplace Ministry Leaders Network

Men's Ministry Leaders Network

A network of leaders of men's ministries with varying emphases and practice that reach, connect, train and disciple men in the way of Jesus Christ, to be the husbands, fathers, friends and leaders that they were created and called to be.

Men's Ministry Leaders Network

New Americans Network

Reaching out to New Americans (immigrants & refugees) with authentic friendship as they transition to life in American culture, while offering strategic, practical, and critical support as they settle in Columbus.

New Americans Network

Pastor’s Discipleship Network

Gathering pastors to unpack the nature, process, and place of discipleship in the Church, and exploring resources to help form faithful disciples of Jesus Christ.

Pastor’s Discipleship Network

Pray for Columbus Network

Mobilizing unified, city-focused prayer across our region through citywide worship and prayer gatherings, a 24/7 prayer canopy, prayer guides, monthly Friday Prayer Breakfasts and Wednesday noon prayer.

Pray for Columbus Network

Soul Care Network

Facilitating whole and healthy lives as people walk and work with Jesus Christ, via coordinated collaboration between Christian counselors, addiction/trauma specialists, psychotherapists, chaplains, psychologists and spiritual directors.

Soul Care Network

Unified Next Door Network

Mobilizing Christians to engage in racial reconciliation as a foretaste of the Coming Kingdom, and facilitating neighborhood gatherings to build relationships while sharing the Good News in word and deed.

Unified Next Door Network

Worship Leaders Network

To connect worship leaders across the Columbus region for encouragement, ideas, and collaboration that inspires the Church of the City to develop a lifestyle of worship of the King of Kings.

Worship Leaders Network

Youth Ministry Leaders Network - Columbus City

Connecting those reaching and discipling teens in the city (Columbus City Schools) around prayer, resources, training, encouragement to impact youth more effectively via collaboration across the region.

Youth Ministry Leaders Network - Columbus City

Youth Ministry Leaders Network - NorthEast

Connecting those reaching and discipling teens in the city (NorthEast side) around prayer, resources, training, encouragement to impact youth more effectively via collaboration across the region.

Youth Ministry Leaders Network - NorthEast

Youth Ministry Leaders Network - SouthWest

Connecting those reaching and discipling teens in the city (SouthWest side) around prayer, resources, training, encouragement to impact youth more effectively via collaboration across the region.

Youth Ministry Leaders Network - SouthWest

Several networks are in need of people to lead. Please contact us if you are interested in helping to lead one of these networks.

Women in Leadership
Pregnancy Resource Centers
Recovery Ministries
Inside/Out (pre/post prison ministries)
Literacy
Healthcare Providers

NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORKS

We have a bold ambition — to see every pastor, executive director, and workplace leader reap the rewards of investing in one of our networks. These networks serve as the vibrant heartbeat, nurturing a genuine gospel movement. Together, we can make a powerful impact that transcends boundaries and propels the message of the gospel forward.

Learn how to join or create a network

Eastside TURN Network

Revitalizing the Far-Eastside community of Columbus by resourcing and empowering individuals and families to live healthy and fulfilling lives.

Eastside TURN Network

For Delaware Network

Our network is made up of a diverse group of kingdom-minded businesses, churches, nonprofits, and ministries. We invite you to join us as we come together to contend for the unity of the body and community transformation in Delaware, Ohio through the good new of Jesus expressed in word and deed.

For Delaware Network

For New Albany Network

For New Albany's vision is that all of the churches will be full of apprentices of Jesus, new church plants are being established, families are thriving according to Harvard's flourishing index, and students are being introduced to Christ every week.

For New Albany Network

King-Lincoln Bronzeville Network

Connecting those reaching and discipling teens in the city (SouthWest side) around prayer, resources, training, encouragement to impact youth more effectively via collaboration across the region.

King-Lincoln Bronzeville Network

Northland Network

The Northland Network exists to:

Connect: To cultivate relationships between the churches and Jesus-followers in Northland.
Contend: To unite Jesus’ Church in prayer for one another and for our region.
Collaborate: To do more together as we join God in what he is already doing in Northland.

Northland Network

OSU Campus Leader Network

A network for leaders of campus ministries and collegiate churches present on the OSU main campus. Leaders of campus ministries face some unique challenges. This is a place to know and be know by other leaders, to pray for one another, to share best practices, and explore potential for collaboration.

OSU Campus Leader Network

Short North Pastors Network

Working for the flourishing of the Short North through prayer, relationships, partnerships, resources and serving within the church, business and non-profit sectors.

Short North Pastors Network

South of Main Network

Investing in the near Eastside Columbus neighborhoods by addressing felt and perceived needs, building healthy neighborhood networks, offering needed services, engaging in relational evangelism, and community-building gatherings.

South of Main Network

Westside Network

The Westside Network exists to bring the Kingdom of God to the Westside by uniting the Church, comprised of local communities of faith, parachurch ministries, and business leaders, together in an outward focused, Christ-centered, prayer-led, Spirit-driven way. We meet monthly for fellowship and planning towards the objectives we've identified as a community.

Westside Network

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