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Economic Challenges Task Force Named
An Economic Challenges Task Force has been formed to explore the financial pressures our pastors face and design programs to respond to these challenges as part of the first phase of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s experimental Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Indiana Pastors. (The conference has received a planning grant from Lilly to participate in this project.) The task force will base its programs on extensive research among pastors and church leaders. If sufficient needs are identified, the conference will apply for a grant to implement these programs.
Task force members include Tyler Hartford (chair) of Pleasant View Mennonite, Goshen, Ind.; José Ortiz of Iglesia del Buen Pastor, Goshen; Lyz Weaver of Fellowship of Hope, Elkhart, Ind.; Jewel Gingerich Longenecker, representing Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart; and Steve Ganger and Brad Miller, representing MMA. They will work with Timothy Burkholder, project director, and Rich Gerig, project consultant from Advancement Associates, Inc. We welcome your prayers for this task force! -- Timothy Burkholder, interim executive conference minister
IN-MI Mennonite Conference receives grant to explore financial challenges facing pastors Goshen, Ind. -- To strengthen pastoral leadership, Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference has received a $46,250 planning grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. as part of the first phase of their experimental Initiative to Address Economic Challenges Facing Indiana Pastors. This planning grant will be used to find ways to understand and respond creatively to financial pressures that affect the ministries of our pastors. Read More>>
When Tara McCoy found herself on the brink of becoming homeless, she, like others, was brought back on track by the Emerge Ministries program of Church Without Walls, Elkhart, Ind. Read More>>
From a dairy farm in Elkhart, Ind., to Nairobi. In July 2007, Kevin and Sharon Yoder -- now pastors of Olive Mennonite, Elkhart, Ind. -- returned from six years of service with Eastern Mennonite Missions and Mennonite Mission Network in Nairobi, Kenya, with their three daughters. Sharon said their children “wouldn’t trade [the experience] for the world.” Read more about their experiences in Kenya.
