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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2017 Indiana Ministries Annual Meeting

Monday, October 2nd, 2017 The Church at the Crossing (9111 Haverstick Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46240) Registration fees (includes lunch & materials):                               By Sept. 22, 2017         At the Door Active minister, lay delegate, and other    
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Incredible Training Opportunity For Your Church

Pastor, what if I told you that for $59 a person you could take a group from your church to an incredible day of training that will inspire and develop them as leaders in your church?  And they will have fun at the same time!  Continue reading for more information on this great opportunity. Brett
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Bearing the Fruit of Discipleship by Jeff Matas

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I am a big history buff. I love to read biographies where I can learn about the lives and times of people who made history. If you have ever read anything about the Civil War, you know about Lincoln and how he seemed to be divinely placed by God to lead the country through that
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Credentialing: Changes and Costs Part 2

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In my last article I talked about nine significant changes that will be made to the Church of God Credentialing Manual and which will go into effect following the Be Bold conference in Wichita in June.  If you missed it, click here to read. In this article I want to talk about the financial cost
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Changes and Costs Part 1: Credentialing Manual Changes

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One of the services Indiana Ministries provides is credentialing for pastors and for local congregations.  While it is not the first service that I think of when Indiana Ministries comes to mind, I’m guessing that a lot of congregations and pastors think of it first.  Indiana Ministries is about so much more, but credentialing is
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Exponential Reflection by Jeff Matas

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Imagine that you discovered a cure for a fatal disease that has infected people throughout your region of the country. You want to deliver that cure to people so you establish a hospital with doctors and staff that are trained to treat the disease with the life-saving cure. People flock to your hospital to seek
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