Pastor Care Initiative: Caring for Our Pastors Financially
Clergy Development is thrilled to announce that IPHC has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment to fund the Pastor Care Initiative. Lilly Endowment made the grant through...
Awaken Church: Church Planting on the JSU Campus
Sometimes, an adventure involves traveling up and down the Amazon River, sharing the love of Christ, and encountering animals, diseases, and any number of unknowns along the way. Other times,...
Chris Maxwell: Living Life to the Fullest Everyday
Chris Maxwell has joy in his voice, peace permeates his words, and encouragement flows easily in every moment. Maxwell has had every reason to live in fear, anger, or pessimism,...
Mother-Daughter Church Planting Success: Nine Years Later
Pastors Brandon and Christy Hay have been on an adventure for the past nine years: planting and growing Life Church in Claypool Hill, VA. The Hays have known each other...
What About June?
When I was young the month of June was when many men and women said their marriage vows. Now, June has a different focus in the media, the marketplace, and...
The Post-Abortive Life: From Secrets and Shame to Forgiveness and Freedom
At a church conference in 2015, about an hour away from her home, Pam Irizarry’s past and future collided. Irizarry had spent a good portion of her adult years hiding...