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Compelling Reasons for a New Conference in Indiana |
Thus says the Lord: Do not remember the former things or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing.
– Isaiah 43:18-19
- We believe God is calling us to emerge from our current institutional structures and give birth to a new way of being United Methodist in Indiana.
- We believe God is leading us to meet the needs of a changing and complex world with a unified voice that focuses on making disciples of Jesus Christ — in Indiana and beyond — as our reason for being.
- We believe God is compelling us to a radical transformation that cannot happen unless we are willing to be made new.
- Toward this end, we believe that the creation of a new conference in Indiana will allow us to build on our past and enable us to:
- Go forward with new energies, resources, tools, synergies, and ways of learning;
- Acknowledge the congregation as the focal point of initiative for ministries, and the conference as the connection between those congregations;
- Manifest prudent stewardship of people, time, finances, assets, potential, and influence;
- Help our bishop focus his leadership on a single conference and a simplified structure for the entire state of Indiana rather than the current reality of multiple structures, committees, and systems;
- Use our unified voice to impact disciple-making and justice ministries;
- Claim and cultivate the strength of our Wesleyan heritage;
- Affirm both personal and social transformation in new ways;
- Exemplify the power of the Holy Spirit in and through all United Methodist congregations in Indiana;
- Find fruitful and productive ways of dealing with issues of racism and poverty;
- Carry out our ministry in ways that will make a significant difference throughout Indiana;
- Speak to the connection about a new way of being United Methodist; and
- Do it all with a renewed commitment to bring honor and glory to God.
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The Imagine Indiana Planning Team |
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| Mark Eutsler, Linden
Rev. Adolf Hansen, McCordsville Rev. Shalimar Holderly, Nine Mile |
Carolyn Johnson, West Lafayette
Rev. Marie Lang, Greenwood Joe Johnson, Lawrence |
| Rev. Cindy Reynolds, Warsaw | |
Bishop Mike Coyner, resident bishop of Indiana
Rev. David V. W. Owen, executive assistant to the bishop
January 15, 2007