By Doug Talley I’m wired to see problems and to anticipate what could go wrong.  I would call it being a realist or thinking ahead, but someone extremely close to me says that I can be a pessimist.  Maybe.  God has certainly wired us all a little differently, and I am thankful for that.  Imagine how boring life would

By Doug Talley We had excellent in-person attendance at our recent annual meeting and had several people who joined us online.  I am so thankful to the Indiana Ministries staff for all their hard work on the ordination service and the annual meeting, as well as the Madison Park Church Staff for their assistance and for

By Tom Planck For a few years now, we have been operating under an important assumption. That assumption is that church multiplication movement happens when churches are making disciples to multiple generations of reproduction. Disciples who make disciples is the engine that drives churches planting churches.  Said another way, disciple-making is an accelerator for healthy

By Doug Talley I recently read a blog by Dan Reiland (Executive Pastor at 12Stone Church in Atlanta, GA) in which he writes about people drifting from the church during the pandemic.  You’ve probably noticed this in your church.  Though I’ve not done a formal study, I hear from pastors that their attendance right now is

By Jeff Matas It was a beautiful Sunday morning in southern Indiana as I pulled into the church parking lot. After a two-hour drive from Fishers, I arrived at one of the most picturesque settings in the entire state. Rolling hills, rivers, lush pastures, forests, and a beautiful country church where I was to speak

By Doug Talley Ministry is challenging.  If you are a pastor or lay leader, you know that.  Church planting is challenging on steroids.  Starting a church from scratch, gathering people, developing leaders, developing finances, developing and casting a vision, launching.  All of those pieces are critical aspects of planting a church and can be overwhelming.  Imagine launching a church and