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Can a Small Church Make a Difference?
Thursday, 10 February 2022
by Indiana Ministries
By Jeff Matas I grew up in a small church that had a lot of reasons why it could never make a difference. There were so many obstacles to kingdom impact, it is difficult to know where to begin. The location The church was in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a decaying, rust-belt town. You couldn’t have selected
- Published in IM News
Getting Perspective in 2022
Thursday, 13 January 2022
by Indiana Ministries
The headlines about how many people are getting COVID have been disconcerting as we read about setting daily records of the number of positive cases. One Wall Street Journal headline today reads, “Unable to Get Covid-19 Tests, Americans Carry On, Go to Work, Get on Flights.” That headline suggests to me that the number of daily cases will
- Published in IM News
The SHIFT is ON!
Thursday, 09 December 2021
by Indiana Ministries
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
- Published in Church Multiplication, IM News
What I’m Thankful For
Thursday, 11 November 2021
by Indiana Ministries
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
- Published in IM News
Annual Meeting Recap
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
by Indiana Ministries
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
- Published in IM News
Mission 120 Update
Thursday, 09 September 2021
by Indiana Ministries
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
- Published in IM News
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Can a Small Church Make a Difference?
Thursday, 10 February 2022
by Indiana Ministries
By Jeff Matas I grew up in a small church that had a lot of reasons why it could never make a difference. There were so many obstacles to kingdom impact, it is difficult to know where to begin. The location The church was in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a decaying, rust-belt town. You couldn’t have selected
- Published in IM News
Getting Perspective in 2022
Thursday, 13 January 2022
by Indiana Ministries
The headlines about how many people are getting COVID have been disconcerting as we read about setting daily records of the number of positive cases. One Wall Street Journal headline today reads, “Unable to Get Covid-19 Tests, Americans Carry On, Go to Work, Get on Flights.” That headline suggests to me that the number of daily cases will
- Published in IM News
The SHIFT is ON!
Thursday, 09 December 2021
by Indiana Ministries
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
- Published in Church Multiplication, IM News
What I’m Thankful For
Thursday, 11 November 2021
by Indiana Ministries
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
- Published in IM News
Annual Meeting Recap
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
by Indiana Ministries
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
- Published in IM News
Mission 120 Update
Thursday, 09 September 2021
by Indiana Ministries
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
- Published in IM News