Midwest Multiplication Initiative

Our Developing Story By Tom Planck In summer of 2012, the regional pastors from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and a few other interested Church of God leaders gathered in a conference room in Fishers, Indiana. The purpose of the conversation was to explore the idea of a partnership that could potentially accelerate church multiplication in the
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The SHIFT is ON!

By Doug Talley One of my goals when I first came to Indiana Ministries as State Pastor was to accelerate the multiplication of churches by implementing the following shift:  From Indiana Ministries planting churches while most congregations watched to congregations owning the responsibility for planting churches while Indiana Ministries provides support and resourcing.   Full disclosure:  There have
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Church Multiplication In Indiana

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By Doug Talley I love the excitement being generated by church multiplication across our state – not because we’re in competition with other states to see who can have the most congregations but because each new work will reach people that an established work is not likely to reach. It is all about making more
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Categories of Multiplication Ventures

Indiana Ministries (IM) is a strong proponent of church multiplication. Our desire is to release persons to start new church ventures that will expand the Kingdom. Since IM has limited resources to invest in church multiplications, hard decisions have to be made regarding how to allocate resources. For the purpose of resource allocation, we have identified two categories
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Multiplication Partners

We have a portfolio of ministry partners that help church multipliers and multiplying churches fulfill their dream to launch a new multiplication venture. Each partner provides a unique set of tools for the Church to access. We highly recommend each of them for the specialized resources they provide.   Healthy Growing Churches (Link) HGC is
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Resources on Church Multiplication

The list of books below is highly recommended reading for pastors and church leaders working hard to answer the question:  How will I or we multiply? Each book brings something unique to the multiplication conversation.     Becoming a Level Five Multiplying Church (Link) Multipliers (Link) Dying to Restart (Link) Heromaker (Link) Banding Together (Link)
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Assesments

Assessments are powerful tools to help both the individual and a local church discover who they are and where they are. Individual assessments help church leaders more fully understand how God has wired them to serve and lead. Understanding this internal wiring is an important part of the journey to discerning the call to be
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On Ramps to Church Multiplication

Our passion at Indiana Ministries is to see a multiplication movement that rises out of the grassroots of our churches around the state. We long for God to raise up a growing leadership pipeline of individuals who have a passion to launch new multiplication ventures.   Cultivating Congregation A Cultivating Congregation is a local church
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Pathway for a Church Multiplier

Discerning a call to occupational ministry is a journey. It is a journey that is influenced by a variety of defining moments and formative experiences. Gaining clarity on a calling to be a church multiplier is much the same. It, too, takes time and requires exploration. When a church leader has answered the call to
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