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CONVICTIONS & NCC MANIFESTO
THE CHURCH
BELONGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MARKETPLACE.
THE CHURCH
OUGHT TO BE THE
MOST CREATIVE
PLACE ON THE PLANET.
GOD WILL BLESS
OUR CHURCH IN PROPORTION TO HOW WE
GIVE TO MISSIONS
AND CARE FOR
THE POOR IN OUR CITY.
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WE ARE...
MORE AFRAID OF MISSING OPPORTUNITIES THAN MAKING MISTAKES. WE ARE A LAB WHERE EVERYTHING IS AN EXPERIMENT. IF THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAD DEPARTMENTS, WE’D BE R&D. THERE ARE WAYS OF DOING CHURCH THAT NO ONE HAS THOUGHT OF YET. WE ARE ORTHODOX IN BELIEF, BUT UNORTHODOX IN PRACTICE.
WE WANT...
TO BE MORE KNOWN FOR WHAT WE’RE FOR THAN WHAT WE’RE AGAINST. WE CELEBRATE EACH PERSON AS INVALUABLE AND IRREPLACEABLE IN THE EYES OF GOD BECAUSE NO ONE CAN WORSHIP GOD LIKE YOU OR FOR YOU. LIKE JESUS, WE LOVE PEOPLE WHEN THEY LEAST EXPECT IT AND LEAST DESERVE IT.
WE BELIEVE...
THAT IF YOU WANT TO REACH PEOPLE NO ONE IS REACHING, YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS NO ONE IS DOING. A CHURCH THAT STAYS WITHIN ITS FOUR WALLS ISN’T A CHURCH AT ALL. WE DON’T GO TO CHURCH BECAUSE WE ARE THE CHURCH. THE CHURCH IS NOT A NOUN, IT’S A VERB. AN ACTION VERB.
WE PRAY...
LIKE IT DEPENDS ON GOD, AND WORK LIKE IT DEPENDS ON US. WE WANT TO BE GREAT AT THE GREAT COMMANDMENT, THE GREAT COMMISSION; WE STRIVE TO MAKE THE NAME OF JESUS FAMOUS IN OUR GENERATION.
WE HOPE...
TO BECOME A PART OF THE PERSONAL DREAM GOD HAS GIVEN YOU, AND WE INVITE YOU TO BECOME A PART OF THE CORPORATE DREAM GOD HAS GIVEN US. NCC IS A DREAM FACTORY WHERE PEOPLE GET A VISION FROM GOD AND GO FOR IT.
DREAM BIG. PRAY HARD. THINK LONG. 2015 NCC AMR | 3
HISTORY JANUARY 14, 1996 Core group of 19 gather for inaugural service with Pastor Mark and Lora
SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 Hosts Convoy of Hope at RFK stadium
SEPTEMBER 1, 1996 Gives first $50 check to missions
AUGUST 19, 2001 AUGUST 21, 2001 Washington Post features NCC on front page, Sunday edition
Releases the God Anthology album
NOVEMBER 17, 1996 First service in the movie theaters at Union Station
First short-term mission team to Jamaica
MARCH 15, 2006 Ebenezers Coffeehouse opens on National Coffee Day
JUNE 13, 2005 First Alpha Course
SEPTEMBER 21, 2003 Launches first multi-site in the movie theaters at Ballston Common Mall
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NOVEMBER 22, 2011
JUNE 20, 2012 Acquires 2826 Q St SE as site of future Dream Center in SE DC
NOVEMBER 12, 2014 Purchases the Blue Castle at 770 M Street, SE
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EVERY
NUMBER
HAS A
NAME
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112 BAPTISMS IN 2014
EVERY
NAME
HAS A
STORY
NCC gave me a strong community to find my faith once again. It was this church that gave me the opportunity to publicly announce my renewed faith with a baptism. Life changing. – Zach Gray
While from the outside my life looks about the same as last year- same job, same apartment, same friends & acquaintances, my attitude, and specifically my trust in God is so much stronger. – Sarah Feagan
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GROWTH 2014
3,112 2012
2,156
4,393 attended our Easter services
2010
1,650 2008
1,252 2006
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58% of NCCers were invited by a friend
34%
of NCCers have been attending < 1 year
69%
of NCCers have been attending < 3 years
GROUPS
326 group leaders
56% 245 209 of NCCers are in a small group
people through the Alpha Course
people through Freshmen of the City
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CROSSWALK KIDS
232 313 average CWK per week in 2013
70
volunteers to pull off CWK across seven locations
21
BALLSTON
BARRACKS ROW
56 90 KINGSTOWNE
72
LINCOLN
average CWK per week in 2014
GAINESVILLE
19
GEORGETOWN
23
POTOMAC YARD
14 39
average CWK per location
Blessing Bags donated to our homeless community
21
verses memorized
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50+
students involved in Uprising gatherings
UPRISING
104
NCCers are part of NCC Worship
21
new songs written
$8,100 contributed to DC Dream Center from album sales
This is Amazing Grace
was the most played song across locations
NCC WORSHIP
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1,250 90
NCCers have been on mission teams over the past 5 years
250 19 NCCers on
mission teams
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75
at-risk youth are being mentored through the Southeast White House
1000+ 150 NCCers served in
Second Saturday Serve projects
DC Dream Center Our vision is to AWAKEN dreams and DEVELOP radical dreamers at the DC|DC. We expect to start construction in Spring/ Summer 2015.
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THEATERCHURCH.COM 144 273,502 People from
countries visited our site.
sermon plays
“I Like Home” “The Wine Maker”
most played video
most played sermon
47,185,828 page views on theaterchurch.com 2015 NCC AMR | 15
EXPRESSIONS LOCATIONS WASHINGTON D.C.
ONE CHURCH. MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
VIRGINIA
Lincoln Theatre Georgetown Barracks Row
Gainesville Kingstowne Potomac Yard Ballston
EBENEZERS
$123,000
given to missions in 2014
159,316 customers
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$912,000
given to missions since opening in 2006
168,523 cups of coffee
461
avg cups of coffee per day
770 M STREET
PRACHTWERK Our cafĂŠ in Berlin, Germany opened on February 14th, 2014
29,500
3,500
1,200
100
customers
pieces of cheesecake
cappuccinos
concerts hosted
NCC purchased the Blue Castle, 770 M Street, SE, on November 12, 2014. Built in 1891 by the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, the Blue Castle sits on 1.64 acres with 100,000 square feet of space under ceiling. NCC is in the preliminary phase of designing a future campus on top of the castle. 2015 NCC AMR | 17
ANNUAL GIVING $12,819,000 2014
2004
2002
$589,000
2006
$1,410,000
$1,773,000
2008
$2,473,000
$10,658,000
$13,023,000
MISSIONS INVESTMENTS 2002
$75,000
2004
$205,000
2006
$292,000
2008
$434,000
— as of 12.31.2014 — Assets
$54,992,000
Liabilities
$26,368,000
Equity
$28,624,000
2012
2010
$1,663,000
BALANCE SHEET
2014
2010
$596,000
2012
$999,000
2014 EXPENSES Missions
$1,663,000
Ministries
$1,130,000
Personnel
$3,130,000
Operations
$1,216,000
TOTAL EXPENSES
$7,139,000
*Totals are estimates as of year-end 2014 *NCC has an independent audit conducted every Spring *Audited statements are available for review by NCC shareholders upon request
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NOTE FROM PASTOR MARK Every number has a name, every name has a story, and every story matters to God. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m continually overwhelmed by the story that God is writing in and through NCC. If we stay humble and stay hungry, there is nothing God cannot do in us or through us! 2014 was a year that brought new faces, unexpected blessings, and fresh vision. We are going to keep dreaming big, praying hard, and thinking long. Thank you for a being an NCC shareholder and storyteller. The best is yet to come!
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