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2019 Annual Meeting Recap
Sunday, 03 November 2019
by Indiana Ministries
The 2019 Indiana Ministries Annual Meeting was very well attended. Many expressed their appreciation for the Ted Talks on Shame, Pornography, and White Privilege and for the work that Indiana Ministries is engaged in. Thank you for the incredible support! Several have asked for links to the talks. This article includes a couple of key
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The Roadmap for the Church: Let’s Go Back to the Future
Thursday, 05 September 2019
by Indiana Ministries
By Jeff Matas W. Edwards Deming was a revered prophetic guru in the manufacturing world. An American academic, he rose to fame after World War II, teaching and preaching quality control. At first, his admonition on the importance of quality control systems was ignored by American companies. After all, who cares about quality when most
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The Foundry Update
Wednesday, 04 September 2019
by Indiana Ministries
By Amanda Daniel “How is the church doing?” This is a question I receive a lot from friends, family, and fellow ministers. This is the hardest question to answer because I never know to what depth they want an answer. Do they want to know numbers? Money? Leadership potential? Vision accomplishment? Recently, I sat with
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Outcomes
Thursday, 15 August 2019
by Indiana Ministries
By Doug Talley As I work with pastors and church boards, I find that staff roles (senior pastor, student ministries pastor, children’s pastor, office worker, etc.) are often communicated as a list of tasks that a person must fulfill. Such as, the senior pastor is to preach 42 times a year and direct the staff;
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An Adult Conversation
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
by Indiana Ministries
Throughout any given year, I have multiple conversations with pastors and church staff members who are weary, burning (or burned) out, and struggling to get through the day. Some of these conversations are prompted by a phone call from a spouse or parishioner because pastors don’t like to admit they are struggling. I’ve had 4-5
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The Most Underrated Quality of a Leader
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
by Indiana Ministries
By Jeff Matas I first met Al Conner as Carla and I were planning to move to Philadelphia. I had just been accepted to the graduate program at Temple University’s Fox School of Business. Other than the acceptance letter, Carla and I had no idea how we were going to pull this thing off. Neither of us had ever been
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2019 Annual Meeting Recap
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The Roadmap for the Church: Let’s Go Back to the Future
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INDIANA MINISTRIES ENEWS ARTICLES
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Recent Posts
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2019 Annual Meeting Recap
The 2019 Indiana Ministries Annual Meeting was ... -
Annual Meeting 2019 Reading List
The following resources are provided as a follo... -
The Roadmap for the Church: Let’s Go Back to the Future
By Jeff Matas W. Edwards Deming was a revered p...
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2019 Annual Meeting Recap
Sunday, 03 November 2019
by Indiana Ministries
The 2019 Indiana Ministries Annual Meeting was very well attended. Many expressed their appreciation for the Ted Talks on Shame, Pornography, and White Privilege and for the work that Indiana Ministries is engaged in. Thank you for the incredible support! Several have asked for links to the talks. This article includes a couple of key
- Published in IM News
The Roadmap for the Church: Let’s Go Back to the Future
Thursday, 05 September 2019
by Indiana Ministries
By Jeff Matas W. Edwards Deming was a revered prophetic guru in the manufacturing world. An American academic, he rose to fame after World War II, teaching and preaching quality control. At first, his admonition on the importance of quality control systems was ignored by American companies. After all, who cares about quality when most
- Published in IM News
The Foundry Update
Wednesday, 04 September 2019
by Indiana Ministries
By Amanda Daniel “How is the church doing?” This is a question I receive a lot from friends, family, and fellow ministers. This is the hardest question to answer because I never know to what depth they want an answer. Do they want to know numbers? Money? Leadership potential? Vision accomplishment? Recently, I sat with
- Published in IM News
Outcomes
Thursday, 15 August 2019
by Indiana Ministries
By Doug Talley As I work with pastors and church boards, I find that staff roles (senior pastor, student ministries pastor, children’s pastor, office worker, etc.) are often communicated as a list of tasks that a person must fulfill. Such as, the senior pastor is to preach 42 times a year and direct the staff;
- Published in IM News
An Adult Conversation
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
by Indiana Ministries
Throughout any given year, I have multiple conversations with pastors and church staff members who are weary, burning (or burned) out, and struggling to get through the day. Some of these conversations are prompted by a phone call from a spouse or parishioner because pastors don’t like to admit they are struggling. I’ve had 4-5
- Published in IM News
The Most Underrated Quality of a Leader
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
by Indiana Ministries
By Jeff Matas I first met Al Conner as Carla and I were planning to move to Philadelphia. I had just been accepted to the graduate program at Temple University’s Fox School of Business. Other than the acceptance letter, Carla and I had no idea how we were going to pull this thing off. Neither of us had ever been
- Published in IM News