• Fresh Expressions Grant

    Please enter your name and email address to begin your application. Once you click submit, an email will be sent to you with a link to continue your Fresh Expressions Grant Application (this could take 5-10 minutes). If you need to save your application and come back, please use this screen to log in and pick up where you left off. For questions regarding the application, contact brenda.gross@inumc.org.

  • Grant Details and Application Criteria

    The Indiana Conference is offering dollar-for-dollar matching grants for up to $1,000 to eligible churches who meet all of the following criteria.

    The eligible church:

    • Is a United Methodist church located in Indiana

    • Has leaders who have attended a Fresh Expressions training

    • Has the intention of starting a Fresh Expression effort that…

       - is intended to reach people from outside the church’s congregation

       - meets at least monthly

       - intentionally disciples (begins with hospitality and moves, as is appropriate, to more tangible discipling approaches—one-to-one mentoring, prayer, Bible study, etc.)

       - Is connected to the church (is supervised by the church’s pastor or a designee)

       - does not expect those who attend to ultimately attend the sponsoring church; the Fresh Expression can be their church

       - will be connected to the sponsoring church and will be supervised by its pastor or a designee

    • Has had its church council/board officially approve launching the Fresh Expression

     

    Grant deadlines are May 13, Aug. 12, Nov. 18

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