I N D I A N A S O U T HI N D I A N A S O U T H

WESLEYANOctober 2005

Looking Ahead

Iwould like to challenge every pastor and church in our district to cast

a vision where you worship. Where should your local church be in

five years if the Lord tarries His coming? How many new people will

you try to reach – with the gospel and then disciple them? Will there be

any improvements or additions to your building? These type questions

need to be ask as you work on your Five-Year Plan.

During our last D.B.A. meeting the progress listed below was

adapted for our district. I prayed and fasted asking God to give me di-

rection as to what should be accomplished in our district within the

next 60 months. Find below the “Five in Five” program.

A big part of leadership is casting vision. The Lord told the Old Testa-

ment prophet Habakkuk concerning his vision to, “write the vision and

make it plain on tablets …” (Hab. 2:2) If we are not careful we get so busy

just living from day to day and week to week that we lose sight of the big

picture. In other words, vision casting is excluded at the expense of daily

existence. As churches and leaders we cannot allow this to happen.

With the Lord’s help I want to see the following five things accom-

plished within five years in this great district.

1. To continue to promote and encourage the practice of spiritualdisciplines.

*I want to challenge all Wesleyans in the district to read God’sword, pray, fast, and be faithful in church attendance. Thisbrings renewal, revivals, and a spirit of expectancy among ourpastors and lay people that God will speak to us!

2. To work hard to see the G.L.A.D. program brought to comple-tion.

*I believe by God’s help January of 2009 the district will be debtfree and the newly acquired acreage will be paid in full.

3. To start at least three new churches.

4. To revitalize and energize the churches in our district that arestruggling to grow.

*I plan to trouble shoot, give direction, hope, and encourage-ment to these pastors and churches.

5. To strive to see all of our churches pay 100% U.S.F.

Superintendent’s Schedule

October

1 Saturday Class / Paoli2 A.M. English9 A.M. Evansville North Park

P.M. Evansville Trinity13 Training

World Headquarters15 Saturday Class / Paoli16 A.M. Church Visit

P.M. Church Visit23 A.M. Terre Haute Hulman St.

P.M. West Terre Haute 6th St.30 A.M. Bloomfield Mt. Zion

P.M. Church Visit

November

5 DBA Meeting6 A.M. Fort Branch

P.M. Princeton13 A.M. Milan

P.M. Versailles20 AM Greenfield

PM Salem24 Happy Thanksgiving27 AM Church Visit

PM Church Visit

Dr. Mark S. F. Eckart

DIST. SUPERINTENDENT

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Annual Pastor’s

Christmas Dinner

Friday, December 2, 2005

6:30 P.M.

Orleans Fellowship Hall

Winner of IN South

Softball TourneyCongratulations to the Mitchell

Wesleyan Church for winning the

annual district softball tournament

Wesleyan Hour Radio

Ministry–30 YearsThe Wesleyan Hour-your denom-

ination’s radio ministry-is celebrat-

ing 30 years of broadcasting! The

award-winning thirty-minute pro-

gram has an estimated audience of

100 million people throughout the

world-not including its 24/7 pres-

ence on the Internet. But with lis-

tener letters received from 110

countries, its ministry is obviously

about reaching people ONE PER-

SON AT A TIME. You can learn

more about the broadcast at

www.wesleyan.org/twh.

INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN(USPS 334-970)

OCTOBER 2005Vol. 32 No. 10Executive Editor Dr. Mark EckartOffice Editor Carolyn ManshipEditorial Assistant Joshua Eckart

Periodical postage paid at Orleans, IN47452, and additional mailing offices.

Publication Office: P.O. Box 174,Orleans, IN 47452

Published monthly by the Indiana SouthDistrict of The Wesleyan Church.

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Mooresville Dedication of “Linville Hall”Pictured left is the Rev.

Mike Linville Family at thededication of the New“Linvil le Hall” atMooresvil le WesleyanChurch. Dr. Mark and hisfamily were present forthis special occasion onSunday, September 4,2005. This new addition isbeautiful and both the Lin-vil le family and theMooresville Church are tobe commended for a jobwell done!

Attention

Ministerial Students-Pastors-Teachers

Indiana South District Ministerial Seminar

May 1 – 5, 2006

Orleans Campgrounds, Orleans, IN

$175.00 ($75.00 pre-registration)This includes: Air-conditioned room and delicious meals.

Classes Offered:Old Testament Introduction – C03: Dr. Wayne Caldwell

Wesleyan History & Discipline – C35: Dr. Wayne CaldwellChurch Leadership / Management – 23: Dr. Mark Eckart

Doctrine of Holiness – C42: Dr. Mark EckartSpiritual Formation – C26: Rev. Chet ToddAdvanced Theology – C32: Rev. Chet Todd

Contact:Rev. Bob England

RR 6 Box 840 • Bloomfield, IN 47424812-825-5917 • Bob_e_sr_47424@yahoo.com

CongratulationsCongratulations to Rev. & Mrs. Ira E. Holt, the pastoral family at Seymour

Wesleyan on celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary, and to Rev. &Mrs. Wilbert Vandervort, the pastoral family at Holton Wesleyan on cele-brating their 45th Wedding Anniversary.

Rev. & Mrs. Ira E. Holt–50 YearsRev. & Wilbert Vandervort–45 Years

INDIANA SOUTH WESLEYAN OCTOBER 2005 / Page 3

Available For Deputation Work

Phil Boardman has workedat three Czech Englishcamps and served two years

with Global Partners as aGO-Net volunteer in the CzechRepublic. While in Czech hetaught English as a second lan-guage, led worship and smallgroups, and did friendshipevangelism. In May 2004 he wasappointed as a career mission-

ary to the Czech Republic.Phil accepted Jesus as his personal Savior when he

was nine years old. As he has grown in his relationship

with Christ, he has committed himself to following theLord wherever He leads. His call to missions has beengradual, but very clear. With each mission trip he felt astronger and stronger call to return for longer periods ofservice.

Phil earned a B.S. degree in elementary educationwith a minor in music from Indiana Wesleyan Univer-sity. He hopes to teach English when he returns to theCzech Republic. It is his desire to be a strong, consistentwitness for Christ and a Christian friend who throughGod’s guidance and leadership can help lead people toChrist.

Please contact Phil at (513) 907-1223 or e-mail:pnb77@hotmail.com.

Dr. Henry L. Smith Named President of IWU

Dr. Henry L. Smith has beenchosen as the President ofIndiana Wesleyan Univer-

sity. He will become the 11thpresident of the 85 year-old Uni-versity on July 1, 2006—a dayafter he completes his 19th yearas University president. AsPresident-elect, Smith will workclosely with Barnes during thecoming year.

Dr. Smith has served as Executive Vice-President ofIWU since 2004. Before coming to IWU he served inNazarene higher education for 25 years. Dr. Smith has a

bachelor’s degree in Christian Education from God’s Bi-ble School and a second baccalaureate degree in Educa-tion and a Master of Arts degree in Communication at theUniversity of Cincinnati. He earned his Ph. D. in Commu-nication in 1987 from the Ohio State University. Smith’sheritage as a Wesleyan, coupled with 26 years of provenleadership in Christian higher education, made him anideal choice for the IWU presidency.

He and his wife, Teresa, have three adult children.When Smith joined IWU on July 1, 2004, he returned

to his religious and geographic roots. He was born inFrankfort, IN, where his father served for more than 50years as founding pastor of the Victory Chapel Wes-leyan Church.

G.L.A.D. UPDATE

Iwant to first of all say “thanks” to many

of you who have already joined theG.L.A.D. program. About a year and a

half ago I felt the Lord definitely led me(with the help of a lot of other people) tostart this campaign to see our district get outof debt and the 118 acres we purchased in2003 be paid in full by January of 2009.

I have some good news! The Lord is help-ing us and we are making some great prog-ress. The G.L.A.D. team has paid $130,349.06into the program and $259,200 has beenpledged. Hallelujah!

I would like to ask you to pray aboutsomething though. All we need is 84 more

leaders and this effort will be finished. If youhaven’t joined, would you consider doingso? Or if you are already a member maybe

you would take another unit or two to helpus finish on time.

Many of our churches have taken units.If your church has not joined, why not con-sider doing so? Your investment goes for agreat cause that will outlast us all.

Maybe God has blessed you financiallyand you could take a unit or two to helpwith the cause. If you have already signedup consider taking another unit. Why don’tyou join Deb and me as we have taken fiveunits in this campaign?

When we get phase one completed (theloan paid off) we will then do research tosee what would be best to build first.Maybe a multi-purpose building, residencefor retired pastors, or other ideas have beendiscussed as well.

130,349.06paid

259,200.00pledged

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$360,000

CHURCH GROWTH REPORTChurch Pastor Aug. SS '05 Aug. SS '04 Variation % Gain AM PM Wk Day

Austin K. Wingham 13 15 2 0% 18 16 12

Bedford G. Tilley 28 26 2 8% 32 24 15

Bicknell First M. Reed 45 43 2 5% 57 30 84

Birdseye D. Murphy NR

Bloomfield Mt. Calvary F. Collings NR

Bloomfield Mt. Zion M. Moore 20 28 8 0% 20 19 0

Bloomfield Southside TBS NR

Bloomington Central E. Hayes 39 47 8 0% 49 27 20

Bloomington Shepherd A. Hendershot 14 0 0 0% 16 15 14

Blue River A. Marshall 25 24 1 4% 40 11 0

Boonville E. Ames 24 22 2 9% 59 32 24

Brazil Jackson Street E. Stewart 29 39 10 0% 28 15 13

Carthage New Life H. Smith 9 7 2 29% 20 7 18

Clear Fork C. Uebel 14 13 1 8% 19 11 8

Columbus Bethel B. Carpenter NR

Columbus Central B. Miller 21 24 3 0% 21 13 0

Columbus Flintwood W. Jones 59 48 11 23% 85 46 49

Columbus Ohio Street J. Vandervort 45 36 9 25% 59 47 19

Concord T. Whitham 32 29 3 10% 35 29 21

Connersville Grandview R. Wallace 8 11 3 0% 8 6 4

Corydon New Hope T. Bye 23 22 1 5% 49 19 0

E. Enterprise R. Albring 18 18 0 0% 17 11 26

Edinburgh L. Biddle 36 36 0 0% 36 21 21

English P. Jones 55 76 21 0% 65 46 52

Evansville Forest Hills M. Stoelting 143 143 0 0% 237 79 75

Evansville North Park S. Boardman 48 49 1 0% 66 20 19

Evansville Trinity M. Belt 45 46 1 0% 89 33 46

Fort Branch M. Hughes 34 22 12 55% 37 14 22

Franklin D. Neal NR

French Lick S.V. J. Moffatt 65 70 5 0% 112 62 30

Gnaw Bone G. Armstrong 19 18 1 6% 22 14 10

Greenfield J. Anderson 19 16 3 19% 29 21 16

Greensburg W. Thompson III NR

Greenwood J. Hughes 0 0 0 0% 60 0 0

Helmsburg DBA NR

Holton W. Vandervort 19 21 2 0% 23 12 7

Hope First E. Boston 37 24 13 54% 40 16 44

Lawrenceburg M. Kessen No Report 0 0%

Lewisville Trinity C. Stroud 22 0 0 0% 0 0 4

Lewis Creek D. Gates 15 14 1 7% 21 40 14

Loogootee Mt. Zion J. Simmons 16 15 1 7% 48 14 10

Madison Calvary M. Mahoney 30 34 4 0% 49 37 24

Marengo Valley S. Lock 58 59 1 0% 96 42 47

Martinsville K. Kearby NR

Martinsville Bethel J. Irvin 12 10 2 20% 13 0 8

Mecca New Life C. Todd 41 64 23 0% 69 40 35

Medora C. Morgan 30 37 7 0% 30 16 14

Milan L. Brown 26 24 2 8% 34 17 0

Mitchell S. Jones 117 105 12 11% 216 96 144

Mooresville New Life M. Linville 22 18 4 22% 43 19 18

Morgantown S. Yager NR

New Albany Spring Ave. N. Watters 15 0 0 0% 22 0 0

North Vernon J. Terry 53 57 4 0% 67 31 29

Orleans H. Carr 42 37 5 14% 48 30 15

Otwell R. Stilwell 23 26 3 0% 25 17 0

Paoli L. Manship 92 158 66 0% 231 126 130

Petersburg L. Lamar 9 12 3 0% 9 0 0

Poplar Grove J.Downs 11 15 4 0% 20 11 7

Prairie Creek T. Fennell 15 15 0 0% 15 11 4

Princeton D. Reed NR

Rising Sun J. Kelly NR

Rodney M. Miller NR

Rushville H. Baker 6 0 0 0% 6 11 0

Salem C. Johnson 12 11 1 9% 14 11 14

Sandford C. Hedden 11 15 4 0% 11 8 5

Scott City D. Ault NR

Scottsburg P. Mills 10 8 2 25% 13 7 9

Seelyville F. Burk, Jr. 23 19 4 21% 15 0 6

Seymour I. Holt 28 24 4 17% 35 23 25

Shelburn B. Noel 12 0 0 0% 12 0 0

Shelbyville Grace J. Travis 57 64 7 0% 66 35 19

Shelbyville Westside W. Seymour NR

Simpson Chapel R. Brown NR

Somerville D. Brandon 39 46 7 0% 48 25 14

Spearsville B. Bray 26 37 11 0% 26 22 13

Spencer J. Knight 6 0 0 0% 8 0 0

Sullivan G. Larimer 34 30 4 13% 37 36 0

Sylvania B. England 46 66 20 0% 104 58 26

Terre Haute Faith D. Gormong 126 132 6 0% 247 153 131

Terre Haute Hulman D. Willis 73 70 3 4% 94 70 59

Terre Haute North V. Reed 7 0 0 0% 15 13 9

Trafalgar C. Hilton 6 6 0 0% 6 4 6

Valeene D. Manship 16 26 10 0% 84 39 42

Versailles D. Jewell 29 55 26 0% 30 10 7

Walker Chapel R. Hendershot 19 17 2 12% 47 0 8

Washington Main St. P. Kessen 36 32 4 13% 56 43 25

Washington Vincennes J. Gilley 31 27 4 15% 28 35 24

Wesley Chapel W. Wickard NR

Westport E.Wakefield 71 64 7 11% 73 41 29

West Terre Haute 6th R. Weeks 26 32 6 0% 27 12 13

West Terre Haute 8th P. Shelton 84 73 11 15% 87 67 40

Wheatland K. Mitchell NR

Whitehall D. Campbell 16 25 9 0% 16 12 14

Wilmington Hills D. Meriwether 22 24 2 0% 23 22 15TOTALS 2507 2576 69 0% 3732 2020 1725

Top Ten Churches for Numerical Gain for Aug. 2005 Top Ten Percentage Gain for Aug. 2005

Church Pastor Percentage Gain

Fort Branch Rev. Marvin Hughes 55%

Hope First Rev. Ed Boston 54%Carthage Rev. Harold Smith 29%

Columbus Ohio St. Rev. Jerry Vandervort 25%Scottsburg Rev. Paul Mills 25%

Columbus Flintwood Rev. Wes Jones 23%Mooresville New Life Rev. Mike Linville 22%

Seelyville Rev. Fred Burk 21%Martinsville Bethel Rev. John Irvin 20%

Greenfield Rev. John Anderson 19%

*NR–No Report

Church Pastor Gain

Columbus Ohio St Rev. Jerry Vandervort 9

Westport Rev. Emmett Wakefield 7

Orleans Rev. Harold Carr 5

Mooresville New Life Rev. Mike Linville 4

Seelyville Rev. Fred Burke 4

Church Pastor Gain

Hope First Rev. Ed Boston 13

Fort Branch Rev. Marvin Hughes 12

Mitchell Rev. Steve Jones 12

Columbus Flintwood Rev. Wes Jones 11

W. Terre Haute 8th St Rev. Paul Shelton 11

Church Pastor Aug. SS '05 Aug. SS '04 Variation % Gain AM PM Wk Day

Don’t forget to showappreciation to your Pastor and

Clergy this month