What do you think

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What do you think? Are we, the Church,
getting the job done here in Indy? Indiana?
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Or does 2003need to somehowbe different ???
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Each year, perhaps 20,000 peopleare going to
Hell from Indy
How content can we be that our individual church
strategies are ever going to make a dent?
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How about our crime rate and burgeoning jails?
Or how about all the unemployed here? Can The
Church be content that our separate silos are
really getting the job done impacting our city
state?
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How about the most segregatedhour in Indy.
11am on Sunday morning?
How proud can we be of that,in light of biblical
commands?
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And if we really expect the Lord to say Well
done! someday
What are we going to do any differently next year?
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If God were to specially intervene in Greater
Indianapolis this next year
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What would it look like? And how would it come
about?
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Would our neighbors start seeing Christ-followers
as one harmonious group
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• Involved together in
• Prayer?
• Care?
• Share?

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Would they find a variety of people coming
together in love good deeds?
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Would they see us driven by a Bible containing
one core set of absolute truth?
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One Lord? One Faith? One Baptism?
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If we are ever to become what Christ called us to
bea harmonious set of gifted people, focused on
Him, WHEN would He wantus to start?
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Perhaps the time has come to start praying,
planning and working TOGETHER. Perhaps its time
for
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Transform
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Stay tuned
But hey while great ministry minds are starting
to put their heads together now What can be
done in the meantime?
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Will Transform Indiana need a network someday
to connect ministries leaders around the city
state? Will they need a place to pray, plan
work together? Will they be able to feelGods
heart-beatfor mercy justice?
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Would our start-up planfor an Urban Tech
Center be of significant help?
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• A warm welcoming environment
• To share Gods loving message
• To share our time capabilities
• (and web-access)
• With neighbors left behind by cultural divides,
  and now further behind, by the digital divide.

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• Hey, I know
• How about creating a

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A centralized neutral location, with a warm
welcoming ministry-environment (not to mention,
tech-adept) which could stimulate facilitate
collaboration among Bible-believing Christians.
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Where might be the best place to start?
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• How about here
• in the inner city
• near downtown the Statehouse
• and at the hub of the interstate highways of
  Indiana?

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• We could pray, plan work together within
  commuting distance.
• We could find a variety of diverse peoples,
  cultures, and all sorts of needs.

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And connect with Christian initiatives in other
cities to impact all of Indiana.
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So if we were going to start in this inner city
core Where, oh Lord, will you find us a place?
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How about right here, Lord?
Near the downtown. Near the Statehouse. Near the
interstates.
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Yeah. right about there. Thatd be
perfect near the Spagetti Bowl.
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An outside the box sorta place, Lord
PERFECT !!!
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Formerly the Central Ave Methodist Church
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Now under renovation development by.
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The Old Centrum Foundation
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who in turn, said they like our idea,and would
subsidize (somewhat) an office for us
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But HELP Lord We dont wanna be way down deep in
a cellar somewhere!.
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Hey stop Guys. Lord, couldnt you work out a
way for us to have even a little office upstairs
somewhere?
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Yeah, how about here, just off this cozy little
auditorium?
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where they do community theatre, (and we
could do any number of Big Screen events)?
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Or better yet How about one of those
sky-boxes?
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What do you mean, No way Theyre all filled???
Lord, if you want it to happen,youll have to
make it happen. Besides we really want to be
sure YOURE in this thing.
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3 months later
Hello fellas. Hey, we just lost our main
tenant who took up most of thosesky-boxes as
you call em You guys still interested?
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And with that callChristian Collaborative
Network, Inc. was born a nonprofit entity, to
at least START stimulating and facilitating
Christian collaboration.
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• So far, the players are
• Ian Hookfin
• Neil Cox
• Marvin Gainer
• doing several different things already.

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• IndyChristian.com
• Ministry Support Services
• Cross-Training Fitness
• Burden Bearers
• Urban Tech Center

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• And among the skyboxes, we have 1,500 sqft of
  potential for other Christians to join us, to
  create a unique, innovative, collaborative
  environment.
• We also have the potential for scheduled use of
  the buildings common facilities
• Community Auditorium, Gymnasium, and historic
  Sanctuary.

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So stay tuned. Or better yet, get involved Its
starting to come together, as
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BurdenBearers
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So how about it Will you pray plan with us?
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And/or what might be your role in an
Is God calling you to help Transform Indiana ?
Urban Collaborative Center ?