#46 - Fresh From The Field: What Your Congregation Can Learn From A New Church Plant

5/11/2019 2 Comments

#46 - Fresh From The Field: What Your Congregation Can Learn From A New Church Plant

Friday 1-2:30 pm
Presenter: Lara Dreyer, Good Samaritan Episcopal Church, IN

Workshop Description
Something interesting is happening in the cornfields-turned-suburbs of Indianapolis...Good Samaritan Episcopal Church is the first intentional church start of the Diocese of Indianapolis in more than 20 years. Centered in an historically traditional county where megachurches predominate the landscape, Good Sam's is an intentionally boutique congregation focusing on focusing on hands-on service and intentional outreach as a way of life, inclusion of all people, and open-minded evangelism.

Come learn about how this church without a building has grown from 0 to more than 175 people in four years. We'll talk about new church starts and also share church start practices that existing congregations can steal and adapt!

2 Comments

Lara Dreyer

7/17/2019 05:30:51 pm

Thank you to all who attended this workshop.
I appreciated the chance to share about Good Samaritan with you and take part in discussing your great questions.
Here's the link for the slidedeck: http://bit.ly/BPG_46_Slides
And a link for the handout: http://bit.ly/BPG_46_Handout
Please email me at laramdreyer@gmail.com if you have questions or want to talk about ideas.

Lara Dreyer

7/17/2019 05:42:07 pm

In our workshop there was interest in how our diocesan canons provided for recognizing experimental or non-traditional congregations.
Ministries of Strategic Scale (MOSS) are in section 16 of Canon 20: http://bit.ly/BPG_46_Canon_20_MOSS
The full canons: https://indydio.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Canons-of-the-Diocese-of-Indianapolis.pdf
Please let me know if you have any questions or want to talk about ideas.

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