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Independent Christian ChurchMission Indy Inc.Mission Indy equips youth, adults, and church groups to serve Indianapolis through local mission experiences, training,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Mission Indy Inc.
Mission Indy Inc. — Organization Profile Mission Indy Inc. is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization equips and trains Christians to express the love of Jesus through service opportunities in the Indianapolis area. Its public mission…
Mission Indy Inc. — Organization Profile Mission Indy Inc. is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization equips and trains Christians to express the love of Jesus through service opportunities in the Indianapolis area. Its public mission is “Equip Christians to Serve Others,” and its vision is for local churches to be inspired to love their neighbors by serving in Indianapolis. The organization’s core focus is training youth, adults, churches, interns, and ministry groups to serve others through local mission experiences that connect Christian faith with practical love for neighbors. Mission Indy grew out of service opportunities connected with Chapel Rock Christian Church in the late 1990s, when Ron and Marsha Greiner and other founding members sensed…
Mission Indy Inc. — Organization Profile
Mission Indy Inc. is a Christian nonprofit ministry based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization equips and trains Christians to express the love of Jesus through service opportunities in the Indianapolis area. Its public mission is “Equip Christians to Serve Others,” and its vision is for local churches to be inspired to love their neighbors by serving in Indianapolis.
The organization’s core focus is training youth, adults, churches, interns, and ministry groups to serve others through local mission experiences that connect Christian faith with practical love for neighbors. Mission Indy grew out of service opportunities connected with Chapel Rock Christian Church in the late 1990s, when Ron and Marsha Greiner and other founding members sensed a call to help more churches experience mission service in the city.
Mission Indy serves Indianapolis, Indiana, especially the greater Indianapolis area, through partnerships with churches, ministries, agencies, and community organizations. Its model brings groups from rural, urban, and suburban churches into service opportunities where they can learn, serve, and return home better prepared to serve their own neighbors intentionally. The organization’s emphasis is not starting new ministries, but partnering with existing churches and ministries already serving in the city.
The ministry operates through summer programs, custom service opportunities, internships, prayer experiences, resources, and local partnerships. Mission Indy provides housing, food, showers, tools, materials, and site leadership so youth and adult groups can serve in the context of the city. Summer programming offers organized mission experiences for church groups, while custom opportunities can be designed for fall break, spring break, weekends, or other group schedules.
A distinctive part of Mission Indy’s work is combining hands-on service with training, encouragement, challenge, and motivation so participants carry mission practices back to their own communities. The organization also offers summer internship opportunities where interns serve and lead participating groups while gaining hands-on ministry experience. Its Intentional Formation Initiative is described as a fellowship program combining communal living, paid work, Kingdom learning, and local church engagement.
People can engage with Mission Indy by registering for summer programming, requesting custom opportunities, applying for internships, joining prayer efforts, donating, reading the newsletter, or contacting the staff directly. Churches, youth groups, adult groups, and individuals can participate through service experiences that help them practice the love of Jesus in Indianapolis and grow in their ability to serve where they live.
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Independent Christian ChurchChrist For the City InternationalChrist For the City International partners with local leaders in cities worldwide through discipleship, community development,…Independent Christian Church · Missions
Christ For the City International
Christ For the City International — Organization Profile Christ For the City International (CFCI) is an international mission organization focused on urban ministry, local leadership, and holistic community transformation. Its mission is summarized in the phrase “Transforming Cities by Transforming…
Christ For the City International — Organization Profile Christ For the City International (CFCI) is an international mission organization focused on urban ministry, local leadership, and holistic community transformation. Its mission is summarized in the phrase “Transforming Cities by Transforming Lives,” and the organization describes its work as partnering with local leaders to share the love of Jesus worldwide. CFCI is based in Omaha, Nebraska, where its international office is located. Its ministry extends across Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mali, Nicaragua, Peru, Zimbabwe, the United States, and other locations. The organization reports workers across 16 countries and dozens of cities, with most staff serving as local or national missionaries in their own countries. The ministry’s core…
Christ For the City International — Organization Profile
Christ For the City International (CFCI) is an international mission organization focused on urban ministry, local leadership, and holistic community transformation. Its mission is summarized in the phrase “Transforming Cities by Transforming Lives,” and the organization describes its work as partnering with local leaders to share the love of Jesus worldwide.
CFCI is based in Omaha, Nebraska, where its international office is located. Its ministry extends across Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mali, Nicaragua, Peru, Zimbabwe, the United States, and other locations. The organization reports workers across 16 countries and dozens of cities, with most staff serving as local or national missionaries in their own countries.
The ministry’s core focus is developing local ministry bases that address both spiritual and practical needs in cities. CFCI’s ministries include discipleship, youth outreach, medical care, education, community development, vocational training, children’s programs, feeding centers, gang ministry, health and dental clinics, and other locally shaped outreach efforts. Each ministry base is designed to understand the needs of its community and develop programs with local leaders, churches, educators, businesspeople, and partner ministries.
CFCI’s operating model emphasizes national leadership and long-term presence. The organization states that lasting transformation happens when people within a community are empowered to lead the work themselves. For that reason, most of its missionaries are nationals serving in their own countries, bringing cultural understanding and long-term commitment to local ministry.
The organization also provides mission opportunities for churches, groups, families, and individuals. CFCI offers short-term mission experiences, U.S.-based Urban Plunge trips, international Global Teams, Global Ambassadors extended trips, and long-term missions. Its mission trip process includes orientation, ministry projects, debriefing, and service alongside long-term national missionaries.
People can engage with Christ For the City International by praying, giving to the Transformation Fund, supporting a missionary or project, serving on a short-term or long-term mission team, connecting with a missions director, donating a vehicle, or following ministry updates through CFCI’s blog and social channels. Donations may be made online or mailed to the organization’s Omaha office.
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Church Planting OrganizationOrchard GroupOrchard Group is a church-planting organization founded in 1948 that connects planters and partner churches to…Church Planting Organization · Independent Christian Church
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Orchard Group — Organization Profile Orchard Group is a Christian church-planting organization that connects church planters with generous partner churches to establish new churches in cities. Founded in 1948 and born in New York City, Orchard Group focuses on metro…
Orchard Group — Organization Profile Orchard Group is a Christian church-planting organization that connects church planters with generous partner churches to establish new churches in cities. Founded in 1948 and born in New York City, Orchard Group focuses on metro areas where population density, diversity, economic disparity, and spiritual need often intersect. The organization’s stated mission centers on helping people encounter Jesus through the establishment of new churches. Orchard Group describes its work as “backing” church planters by pairing them with funding partners and walking alongside them through the challenges of starting a church until it becomes self-supporting, self-governing, and able to multiply. A key distinctiveness in Orchard Group’s approach is its emphasis on both selection and support. The organization…
Orchard Group — Organization Profile
Orchard Group is a Christian church-planting organization that connects church planters with generous partner churches to establish new churches in cities. Founded in 1948 and born in New York City, Orchard Group focuses on metro areas where population density, diversity, economic disparity, and spiritual need often intersect.
The organization’s stated mission centers on helping people encounter Jesus through the establishment of new churches. Orchard Group describes its work as “backing” church planters by pairing them with funding partners and walking alongside them through the challenges of starting a church until it becomes self-supporting, self-governing, and able to multiply.
A key distinctiveness in Orchard Group’s approach is its emphasis on both selection and support. The organization highlights a “highly selective” process for identifying planters and planting locations, alongside practical guidance that includes incorporation and financial systems, ministry strategy, coaching, accountability, and prayer. For partner churches, Orchard Group frames the relationship as a way to extend a church’s mission beyond its local community by investing in specific projects and staying meaningfully engaged through ongoing updates and reports.
Orchard Group’s public project listings reflect a broad geographic scope. The organization features church-planting efforts across U.S. cities and internationally, with projects and churches referenced in locations such as Washington Heights (NYC), Denver, Seattle, Camden, Paris, Dublin, Lagos, and other metro areas. Orchard Group invites supporters to “learn, pray, and give” by exploring current projects and supporting individual church-planting initiatives.
Ways to engage with Orchard Group include becoming a partner church, applying as a church planter, subscribing to prayer updates, and giving financially—either to a specific project, through the Seed Fund, or by check. Orchard Group also publishes annual reports and regular updates designed to help partners and individual supporters understand the progress and needs of churches being established in under-churched areas.
