October 22, 2026
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Independent Christian ChurchTHE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat CenterTHE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center serves students, churches, schools, and retreat groups through…Independent Christian Church · Missions
THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center
THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center — Organization Profile THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center is a nonprofit Christian camp and retreat ministry in Indiana. The organization exists to create communities of grace everywhere God leads…
THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center — Organization Profile THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center is a nonprofit Christian camp and retreat ministry in Indiana. The organization exists to create communities of grace everywhere God leads and describes its ministry as Bible-based, Christ-centered, discipleship-directed, and mission-minded. Its public materials state that THE ARK began in 1948 as a summer camp for children and teens and continues to serve through camps, retreats, internships, missions, schools, and year-round programming. THE ARK is located in Converse, Indiana, between Marion and Kokomo, and serves children, teens, families, churches, schools, retreat groups, volunteers, and ministry partners from the surrounding region and beyond. Its campus provides space for youth formation, outdoor learning,…
THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center — Organization Profile
THE ARK Christian Ministries Camp & Retreat Center is a nonprofit Christian camp and retreat ministry in Indiana. The organization exists to create communities of grace everywhere God leads and describes its ministry as Bible-based, Christ-centered, discipleship-directed, and mission-minded. Its public materials state that THE ARK began in 1948 as a summer camp for children and teens and continues to serve through camps, retreats, internships, missions, schools, and year-round programming.
THE ARK is located in Converse, Indiana, between Marion and Kokomo, and serves children, teens, families, churches, schools, retreat groups, volunteers, and ministry partners from the surrounding region and beyond. Its campus provides space for youth formation, outdoor learning, team building, spiritual retreats, and group gatherings. The ministry’s stated purpose is to reach and teach the next generation while serving its community with a Christ-like attitude.
The organization’s core focus is summer camp and year-round discipleship programming for students of all ages. Its camp schedule includes programs for elementary, middle school, and high school students, with options such as Quest, Connect, Huddle Up, Extremes, Jungle Huts, S.T.E.M. ’N Nature, Switch, Edge, Thai Huts, wilderness camps, Encounter, Pathway, and Mephibosheth. Camp experiences are designed around community, worship, Bible study, outdoor activities, and age-appropriate opportunities for students to grow in faith.
THE ARK also operates as a year-round retreat and conference center for churches, schools, families, organizations, and guest groups. Retreat facilities include a Conference Center with meeting space, dining support, dormitory lodging, a gym-style multipurpose room, lobby, fireplace, and commercial kitchen. Additional lodging and gathering spaces include The Cave, Lakeside Cabins, Cottages, and the Dome, with options for large groups, smaller leadership teams, retreat speakers, and personal sabbatical use.
Beyond camps and retreats, THE ARK offers school programming, internships, missions opportunities, volunteer roles, and special events. Its school options include resources for homeschoolers and public or private schools, while its internship ministry includes summer and two-year pathways for developing young leaders. The ministry also provides ways for people to serve through summer camp volunteer faculty, kitchen volunteering, maintenance volunteering, and Program 365 volunteer opportunities.
People can engage THE ARK by registering for camp, booking a retreat, volunteering, applying for an internship, supporting the ministry financially, attending events, using school programming, or contacting the camp office for more information. Churches and families can also connect through camper registration, retreat rentals, missions opportunities, alumni events, and donations that support the ongoing work of the camp and retreat center.
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Independent Christian ChurchHaitian Christian OutreachHaitian Christian Outreach partners with Haitian Christians through church planting, education, health care, and community development…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Haitian Christian Outreach
Haitian Christian Outreach — Organization Profile Haitian Christian Outreach, also known as HCO, is a Christian mission organization based in Kokomo, Indiana, with ministry work in Haiti. The organization describes its work with the phrase “doing something in Haiti that…
Haitian Christian Outreach — Organization Profile Haitian Christian Outreach, also known as HCO, is a Christian mission organization based in Kokomo, Indiana, with ministry work in Haiti. The organization describes its work with the phrase “doing something in Haiti that will last,” and its mission centers on partnering with Haitian Christians to transform a culture for Christ through church planting, education, health care, and community development. The organization’s core focus is equipping, empowering, and encouraging Haitian leaders and communities for lasting gospel-centered transformation. HCO’s ministry model emphasizes local leadership, discipleship, and long-term investment rather than short-term projects alone. Its church planting work mentors and disciples Haitian leaders, strengthens existing church leadership, and prepares leaders for future church plants. Haitian Christian…
Haitian Christian Outreach — Organization Profile
Haitian Christian Outreach, also known as HCO, is a Christian mission organization based in Kokomo, Indiana, with ministry work in Haiti. The organization describes its work with the phrase “doing something in Haiti that will last,” and its mission centers on partnering with Haitian Christians to transform a culture for Christ through church planting, education, health care, and community development.
The organization’s core focus is equipping, empowering, and encouraging Haitian leaders and communities for lasting gospel-centered transformation. HCO’s ministry model emphasizes local leadership, discipleship, and long-term investment rather than short-term projects alone. Its church planting work mentors and disciples Haitian leaders, strengthens existing church leadership, and prepares leaders for future church plants.
Haitian Christian Outreach serves communities across Haiti, including work connected to Peredo, Belle Anse, Cyvadier, Port-au-Prince, Grand Bois, Kapotyer, Seguin, and Terre-Neuve. Its churches are known as Emmanuel Christian Churches, and the organization reports that RoRo and Eline Eustache have planted eight Emmanuel Christian Churches led by Haitian pastors. These churches provide a spiritual foundation for broader ministry in local communities.
The organization operates through four main ministry areas. Church planting supports Haitian pastors and local congregations. Education includes six Emmanuel Christian Schools serving more than 1,600 students from preschool through secondary school with academic instruction, spiritual guidance, and meals. Health care is centered on Peredo Community Hospital, which provides quality medical care in southeast Haiti through services such as emergency care, surgery, general medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, urology, pediatrics, dentistry, diagnostic imaging, pharmacy, and basic labs.
A distinctive part of Haitian Christian Outreach’s work is integrating evangelism, Haitian-led leadership development, education, medical care, and community development into one long-term ministry strategy. Its community development work includes clean water projects, disaster relief, economic development, rabbit-raising projects, and sports evangelism that mentors children and teens in leadership, teamwork, and sportsmanship.
People can engage with Haitian Christian Outreach by praying, giving, supporting classroom sponsorship, fundraising, hosting a Classroom Sponsorship Day, hosting a Christmas Giving Tree, applying for internships, following ministry updates, or donating to specific ministry areas. Churches and individuals can also support HCO’s work through financial gifts, prayer partnership, and ongoing encouragement for Haitian pastors, teachers, medical staff, students, and community leaders.
