Welcome
WELCOME to the Northeast Area of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Southwest! Our Area includes 62 congregations located in the Piney Woods of East Texas. We are a diverse community, including Hispanic congregations and congregations that are members of the Texas Christian Missionary Fellowship.
The Northeast Area is one of eight Areas in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Southwest. We cooperate with the North Texas and Trinity-Brazos Areas in our summer camp and conference program. In addition, we are blessed to have Jarvis Christian College (www.jarvis.edu) and Disciple Homes (www.disciplehomes.org) as ministry partners.
If you would like to find a congregation to worship with in our Area, or have an interest in volunteering to serve the Northeast Area, please contact us at neadoc@ccsw.org, or cloughridge@ccsw.org.
Responding to Texas Wildfires
As wildfires continue to rage across Texas, Week of Compassion has been in touch with the Christian Church in the Southwest and is continuing to monitor how the wildfires are impacting communities in its path.
We have communicated with the Southwest Regional Office, the Northeast and Blue Bonnet Area Offices, and with our ecumenical partners at Church World Service, and can report the following:
- We stand ready to respond to any needs emerging from our congregations, whether those needs are evacuations, damage or destruction to houses, or other emerging issues affecting our congregations and their members. Please be in touch with your Regional or Area Office to report needs, as Week of Compassion is coordinating our response through those offices.
- Our partners at Church World Service are currently on the ground assessing the impact of the wildfires in order to determine how best to coordinate a larger scale ecumenical response. As soon as details emerge, Week of Compassion will work with Church World Service to respond.
- If you would like to reach out to those affected by the wildfires, you may do so online by partnering with Week of Compassion.
Please keep all of those affected, in harm's way, and all of those first responders on the front lines, in your prayers. Thank you for care and concern as you respond with us. We are beyond grateful for your Courageous Compassion.
Thanks be to God for you all.
