Resources - for congregations

Journey: A Conference-based Leadership Development Program
This three-year program develops Christ-centered leaders with an Anabaptist Christian perspective through mentoring relationships, a core curriculum and weekend retreats.

Lead Now
This program mentors high school youth in the development of Christlike leadership and is a unique way for young people to get involved with church organizations such as the youth ministry program and the Mennonite camps.
    - informational brochure

To apply: online application OR download form to mail in

Pastoral Leadership Team weekend
This annual event for pastors and lay leaders is held each November at Amigo Centre, Sturgis, Mich. It is sponsored by IN-MI Conference and Amigo Centre. The November 7-9, 2008, theme will be "The Practical Side of Missional Imagination" with Alan Roxburgh. >>brochure/registration.

Themes in recent years have included: “Looking in the mirror: The face of the church today” (exploring the results of the 2006 Membership Profile of Mennonite Church USA) with Donald Kraybill (2007); and “Enduring issues that Mennonites have not (yet!) resolved: Living from the center of our being” with John D. Roth (2006).

Pastoral Salary Guidelines
The goal of these guidelines is to help provide a financial guide that is supportive of pastors and their families and also fair to the congregation. Our commitment to quality ministry is reflected in part in the level of compensation offered to those who serve our congregations as pastors and the process that is used in determining it. With this end in view, these guidelines are offered as a resource for your congregation in the next year.

Pastoral Search Committee resources
Your pastor has resigned or anticipates retirement. Now your congregation faces the experience of pastoral search and transition. How do you begin this process? Begin by making contact with your conference minister. Because this process takes time, you should plan to be intentional about each step. It is important to include conference leadership in the search for new pastoral leadership. Additional resources.

Missional Church Tool Chest
The Mission Commission has compiled a list of resource suggestions that have a missional focus for churches. Click here to download this Adobe Acrobat file.

Transition Team book resources
During this time of change in the conference, the Transition Team has compiled a list of suggested reading.

Library of IN-MI Mennonite Conference
Books and videos are available for loan from the IN-MI Conference resource library.

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Youth Resources by Title
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Missional Church Tool Chest
The Mission Commission has compiled a list of resource suggestions that have a missional focus for churches. Click here to download this Adobe Acrobat file.

Peace resources
- Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA
- MCC Conscientious Objector information

Spiritual direction resources
These resources to renew our spiritual center were compiled by Dan Schrock of Berkey Avenue Mennonite Fellowship, Goshen, Ind., for participants at IN-MI Conference Assembly 2007. The complete list includes a list of retreat centers.

Transition Team book resources
During this time of change in the conference, the Transition Team has compiled a list of suggested reading.

Amigo Centre
Amigo Centre is a retreat and recreation center for members of Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference congregations, their friends and the wider community.
"Our mission is to facilitate the ministry of the church, encourage commitment to Jesus Christ and assist people of all ages to become the persons God desires.

Bethany Christian Schools
Bethany is a dynamic learning community that integrates faith development with academic excellence. Grounded in Mennonite values, Bethany equips students for Christian discipleship in the church and around the world.

Damascus Road
An Anabaptist antiracism training and skill development program.

Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary

!Explore: A Theological Program for High School Youth
The !Explore program provides young people in the 11th and 12th grades in high school an experience designed to encourage the development of their gifts in leadership, expose them to the world of theological ideas, and foster in them a call to vocation in the church.

Eastern Mennonite Seminary

Summer Institute for Spiritual Formation
Within an unhurried and spacious rhythm of worship, classroom and experiential learning, this summer program at Eastern Mennonite Seminary is a response to a need for spiritual formation, and renewing the soul of the church in our post-modern and anxious world. More information.

Lombard Mennonite Peace Center (LMPC)
As a non-profit ministry, LMPC works to encourage the nonviolent transformation of conflict in relationships in homes, workplaces, schools, churches, and throughout our world.  Our programs and resources address ways of resolving conflicts and building healthier relationships in all of these various settings.

Mennonite Colleges/Universities
Bethel College
Bluffton University
Eastern Mennonite University
Goshen College
Hesston College

Mennonite seminaries
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Eastern Mennonite Seminary

MennoSource
The online resource network of Mennonite Church USA

Third Way Cafe'
Third Way Café is produced by Mennonite Media, on behalf of the Mennonite Churches of the U.S. and Canada, under the sponsorship of Mennonite Mission Network. The Mennonite Church exists in many countries around the world.

Mennonite Media produces
- Documentaries for national television : Journey Toward Forgiveness, Fierce Goodbye: Living in the Shadow of Suicide, and Shadow Voices: Finding Hope in Mental Illness, among others
- Public service radio and TV spots, most recently on issues like peacemaking, racism, and violence
- Educational videos for discussion in church and school for children, youth, and adults
- Another Way newspaper column syndicated by Globe Syndicate.
- Information on the Mennonite church
- Music CDs and cassettes

- Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA
- MCC Conscientious Objector information

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
MCC seeks to demonstrate God's love by working among people suffering from poverty, conflict, oppression and natural disaster. MCC serves as a channel for interchange by building mutually transformative relationships. MCC strives for peace, justice and the dignity of all people by sharing our experiences, resources and faith in Jesus Christ.
Visit the national web site. Visit our regional office web site .

MCC Great Lakes representative
IN-MI Conference constituents that have thoughts, concerns, ideas or questions about Mennonite Central Committee are invited to contact IN-MI Conference MCC Great Lakes representative, Brenda Meyer: brenda@bentonchurch.org or 574-642-3963

Mennonite Mission Network
Mennonite Mission Network, the mission agency of Mennonite Church USA, supports ministries in more than 50 countries. It exists to lead, mobilize and equip the church to participate in holistic witness to Jesus Christ in a broken world. We envision every congregation and all parts of the church being fully engaged in mission - across the street, all through the marketplaces and around the world.

Mennonite Voluntary Service
Mennonite Voluntary Service is a program of Mennonite Mission Network that provides a way for people to live out their faith through deeds of service in communities throughout the United States.

Service Adventure
Service Adventure is a program of Mennonite Mission Network that gives young adults an adventure in service, learning and spiritual growth.

Youth Venture
Youth Venture is a program of Mennonite Mission Network that provides opportunities for youth and young adults to join together for service and learning experiences.

Advent/Lent planners at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
These annual events take place in fall (for Advent) and winter (for Lent) and are based on the worship resources published in Leader Magazine. Dates of upcoming workshops.

Churchwide Convention
Plan to attend Columbus 2009 | June 29 - July 4