Community Partner Higlight

Each month, we spotlight select community partners that have specific needs or activities. This initiative serves a dual purpose: it showcases the amazing ways these ministries are sharing the love of Jesus with those they serve, while also inviting members of Central to engage with and support ministries beyond our church. Together, let’s be the hands and feet of Jesus in our community.

Lifeline Children's Services

Lifeline Children’s Services of South Dakota equips the body of Christ to manifest the gospel to vulnerable children, women, and families. Lifeline helps the church live out God’s call in James 1:27 to “care for orphans and widows in their distress” in these areas: adoption, pregnancy ministry, global orphan care, and family preservation.

Visit Lifeline’s website

GET INVOLVED

Harbor Families, a ministry of Lifeline Children’s Services, would love to come chat with your LifeGroup, Adult Community, or Bible Study about ways you can come alongside them to provide tangible help for this important ministry. Interested? Email Teissa Green.
Donate to Lifeline

Sioux Falls Hope Coalition

The Sioux Falls Hope Coalition focuses on narrowing the achievement gap in our community through one simple strategy: Ensuring that every child gets a chance to attend preschool. Supported by business leaders, the United Way, and nonprofits, the coalition is seeking to place children currently on a waiting list for subsidized preschool into existing, high quality faith-based programs.

Visit SF Hope Coalition’s website

GET INVOLVED

Volunteer with Central’s DT Preschool by driving bus, helping in classrooms, with lunch, and on field trips. Email Jennie Smithback to get connected.
Donate to Sioux Falls Hope Coalition

All Community Partners

Central partners with organizations that are well-connected locally to make an impact on the communities and people that they are serving. This happens through community (domestic) and international partnerships. Here’s more information about our community partners.

COLLISION

Community Partner

Collision’s mission is to equip students to become faithful followers of Christ who share the gospel, multiply, and transform their schools and the world around them. With that, they are connecting and working with local churches to partner with Christ-following middle and high school students. They empower students through mentoring, training, and other resources to help equip them to share the hope of Christ in their schools and with their peers.

Learn more about Collision

In 2023 The Kingdom Fund and Elders approved a gift to help Collision expand its programs into previously under-reached areas here in Sioux Falls.

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Grace Team Jail Ministry

Community Partner

Grace Team Jail Ministry is a South Dakota based ministry through Converge Heartland, whose mission is to share the hope of the gospel with inmates and staff at the prisons and jails we serve. They are currently in seven facilities throughout the state of South Dakota.

Learn more about Grace

Central Church makes a monthly donation to help cover supplies and staffing costs.

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Hope Coalition

Community Partner

The Sioux Falls Hope Coalition focuses on narrowing the achievement gap in our community through one simple strategy: Ensuring that every child gets a chance to attend preschool. Supported by business leaders, the United Way, and nonprofits, the coalition is seeking to place children currently on a waiting list for subsidized preschool into existing, high quality faith-based programs.

Learn more about Hope Coalition

Central Church Downtown Preschool is partnering with the Sioux Falls Hope Coalition to provide educational opportunities for all children in the Pettigrew Heights community, regardless of their family’s financial situation.

Get involved:
Central Downtown Children’s Center has a variety of different options for volunteering. We need bus riders, classroom, lunch, and field trip helpers.

To find out more about CDCC opportunities, email [email protected]
Donate Here

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HOPE HARBOR

Community Partner

Hope Harbor offers family-style care for teens as they heal from a variety of issues that are unfortunately commonplace for youth today. These include past abuse, trauma, anger, substance use, mental health issues, exploitation, self-harm, suicidal ideation, anxiety, attachment issues, and more. They work with ordinary kids who are healing from extraordinary things; each one a child of God, loved by the Savior.

Learn more about Hope Harbor

The Kingdom Fund and Elders approved a gift using Central’s excess tithes and offerings to help Hope Harbor with innovative staff trainings and ongoing ministry costs in 2023.

Get involved:

Hope Harbor’s Parker facility is large and is always in need of all kinds of volunteers. To find out more, reach out to the Site Director Amanda Dent at [email protected].
Donate Here

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Lifelight

Lifelight’s vision is to “take the Church outside the walls” to reach the lost, bring the body together to accomplish the great commission, and challenge the body to get involved in ministry. This ministry involves many church denominations, working together in unity based on the truth of God’s Word and the essentials of the Gospel.

Learn More about Lifelight

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Lifeline Children’s Services

Community Partner

Lifeline Children’s Services of South Dakota equips the body of Christ to manifest the gospel to vulnerable children, women, and families. Lifeline helps the church live out God’s call in James 1:27 to “care for orphans and widows in their distress” in these areas: adoption, pregnancy ministry, global orphan care, and family preservation.

Learn more about Lifeline

Central Church makes a monthly donation to help cover supplies and staffing costs. We also provide volunteers for their Harbor Families ministry.

Get involved:

Lifeline has a variety of different options for involvement in the areas of adoption, respite care, and support care. To learn more contact Chuck Jespersen, Director.
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RENEWAL 58

Community Partner

Renewal 58 is a non-profit that focuses on buying distressed properties in Pettigrew Heights, refurbishing them, and renting them out at a rate that is affordable for lower income people. When residents join the program, they will be paired with a case worker and a mentor to help them work through challenges they face in order to improve their quality of life. Their model serves both the people in the homes and improves the neighborhood of Pettigrew Heights. As of now, Renewal 58 has 21 units across seven properties.

RESGEN

Community Partner

RESGEN exists to present the Good News of Christ to thousands of people and help them follow Him for a lifetime. Since 2010, RESGEN has impacted over three hundred thousand people at conferences, schools, festivals, and other events across the country. They also host several annual events in Sioux Falls, including the RESGEN Men’s Summit, Date Night Comedy, and a parenting event.

Learn more about RESGEN

The Elders voted in 2021 to give a one-time gift to RESGEN to help them with startup costs for their Podcast ministry. Men’s Summit and Date Night Comedy are hosted at Central Church.

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SHIFT Garage

Community Partner

SHIFT Garage exists to help those they serve to fully realize the plan Jesus Christ has for their lives. They do this through a combination of vehicle repair, vehicle donation, and maintenance classes.

Learn more about SHIFT Garage

In 2022 The Kingdom Fund and Elders approved a gift to allow Shift Garage to move to a more accessible location, expand their services, increase advertising, and hire a full-time mechanic.

Get involved:

SHIFT Garage is always looking for volunteer mechanics and Lobby Hosts. To find out more contact Joe Smith, Founder.
Donate Here

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The Banquet

Community Partner

The Banquet’s mission is to provide a welcoming place where people can gather, receive nourishment and experience love in action, and assist volunteers in providing food and fellowship to those served through the ministry of The Banquet. They are vigilant in identifying and fulfilling the needs of the hungry in our diverse community and in encouraging the health and wellness of their guests.

Learn more about The Banquet

At the start of each school year, Central partners with the Banquet to provide backpacks filled with supplies to low income families. A group from Central serves breakfast every first Wednesday. We also provide a monthly donation.

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The Community Outreach

Community Partner

Community Outreach’s mission is to partner in Christian ministry to share hope and provide tools for daily living. They do this through a mixture of rent assistance, case management, mentoring, and life skills training.

Learn more about The Community Outreach

Central uses Community Outreach to help us distribute our benevolence funds wisely. We also regularly use their Genesis Program to train people in our Central Renewal ministry on healthy budgeting and goal setting techniques.

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The Naomi Project

Community Partner

The Naomi Project’s vision is for a just and fair future for all workers in South Dakota. They have an emphasis on connecting with workers who are experiencing labor trafficking, building relationships of trust, and moving forward in reporting abuses to law enforcement while supporting impacted workers with direct services.

Learn more about The Naomi Project

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