Hero Maker by Jeff Matas

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Today as I write this, the snow is flying in central Indiana. It’s hard to believe that just a week ago I was in sunny Orlando, Florida for Exponential East and Healthy Growing Church’s Exponential pre-conference. This year’s focus of Exponential and HGC was “Hero Maker,” the powerful biblical mandate of putting aside our needs,
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HGC – Exponential Conference in Orlando!

You deserve a break from this Indiana winter, so why not head to sunny and warm Orlando for the 2018 HGC – Exponential conference? The dates are February 26 – March 1. Tickets are still available, but you will want to register ASAP and make your travel plans. Healthy Growing Churches is sponsoring an Exponential
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Importance of Supportive Friendships

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During 2017 there were a number of times I thanked God for the many ministry friendships I have. I’m not just talking about casual friendships but supportive friendships. These are persons who genuinely care about me and the ministry stresses and demands that I face. They want to know how I’m doing and are especially
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Iglesia De Dios (Pendleton, Indiana)

For the last 32 months, Pastor Ramon Romero has been preaching Saturday nights and Sunday mornings at Pendleton Community Church of God for their Spanish-speaking services. During this time Ramon and his congregation has also dreamt of having their own church building to call home. Earlier this year the Lord blessed them with a site
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Wisdom for a New Environment

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It is certainly stating the obvious to say that the issues of sexual misconduct and sexual harassment have been in the forefront of the news and much of the discussion we’ve been having as a culture. It’s almost as if we get up in the morning and read the news to see who the next
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365 Youth Convention Recap!

You may be surprised to learn that a few weeks ago at 365 Youth Convention, teenagers from all over the state of Indiana were encouraged to live on the wild side. Don’t fear, it was not an encouragement to live wild in the ways the world often advocates. Instead, Joseph Sojourner invited youth and adults
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Church Multiplication in Indiana

At the recent annual meeting of Indiana Ministries, I shared with you that we are stepping up our commitment to multiply churches and church campuses.  Four years ago we entered into a Midwest Multiplication Initiative with Ohio Ministries, Michigan Ministries and Healthy Growing Churches to more effectively multiply churches.  As part of this initiative, I’ve
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New Church Being Planted

Just over a decade ago Indiana Ministries and Church at the Crossing partnered to plant Crosspoint Church in Fishers.  Nine years ago Crosspoint joined the multiplication partnership to plant Catalyst in Pendleton.  Now all three churches are partnering with Indiana Ministries to plant another church (which is yet to be named) in the greater Indianapolis
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2017 Annual Meeting – The Heart of the Leader

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I am really pumped about this year’s Indiana Ministries Annual Meeting on October 2! We are bringing back the Ted Talk format that was so popular in 2015. We’ve enlisted seven speakers to talk about the heart of the leader. These talks won’t be about character and ethics, though both of those are extremely important.
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Enough Already!

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Events continue to stream across our media devices that remind us how horrible racism and prejudice are.  Rarely does a week pass that I don’t see a news report to which I respond, “Again?”  I’d like to think that a day is fast approaching when people look around themselves and just see other people.  Though
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