MEMBERSHIP

APCE Membership

Any person, church, presbytery, synod, classis, resource center, or seminary involved in the educational ministry of the church may be a member of APCE.

Membership and participation in APCE is open to all serving in the Christian education and faith formation ministries of the church, regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic status, professionals and volunteers, ordained and laity, ability, culture or education.

The payment of dues shall constitute membership in APCE. Membership is for twelve months and begins when payment is received and renews annually on that date.  There is an option of subscribing for automatic renewal of membership, so you can set it and forget it. With this option, you are guaranteed to have APCE membership as long as your credit card is current.

Individual

Membership

Join/Renew

When you become an individual member of the Association of Partners in Christian Education, you receive . . .

  • Discounted Registration to the in-person Annual Event
  • The APCE website with rich resources
  • Members’ Only area of the website
  • Email communications – APCE Advocate and APCE Alert – with a wide variety of resources for educational ministry/faith formation
  • Connection to Denominational Structures – APCE is an organization of five Reformed denominations – Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Christian Reformed Church in North America, Reformed Church in America, Presbyterian Church in Canada, and the Moravian Church
  • Active Advocacy promoting the status, standards of training and educational opportunities for educators
  • Opportunity to serve the wider APCE community through serving on Leadership Council
  • Access to scholarships to help attend the Annual Event.

 

Membership Costs

 

Annual Membership Fees: (membership is rolling, and begins on the day payment is
received and renews on that date each year) Click button below for descriptions of categories.

Employed Full Time: $125
Employed Part Time: $ 80
First Time: $ 50
65+/Retired: $ 50
Student: $ 50
Volunteer: $ 50
Lifetime: $ 0 (honorary designation*)

*Requires a specific code

Membership Costs Details

Organizational

Membership

Join/Renew

When you become an organizational member of the Association of Partners in Christian Education, you receive…..
 

  • The APCE website with its rich resources
  • Members’ Only area of the website
  • Discount on Annual Event Registration Fees for the individuals named
  • Email Communications – APCE Advocate and APCE Alert – with a wide variety of resources for educational ministry/faith formation
  • Connection to Denominational Structures – APCE is an organization of five Reformed denominations – Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Christian Reformed Church in North America, Reformed Church in America, Presbyterian Church in Canada, and the Moravian Church
  • Active Advocacy promoting the status, standards of training, and educational opportunities for educators
  • Opportunity to serve the wider APCE community-named individuals are eligible to serve on Leadership Council
  • Access to scholarships to help attend the Annual Event.

Organizational Membership Fees:

Churches
Worshiping communities:		 Membership Costs per year: 
up to 200 members: $200  (2 named individuals)
201-500 members: $300  (3 named individuals)
501-1000 members $400  (4 named individuals)
1000+ members $500  (5 named individuals)
Organizations:  
Presbytery
Classis
Districts		 $400  (4 named individuals)
Synods
Seminaries
Denominations		 $500  (5 named individuals)