Make

Granger
Next

Investing in growing church leaders

Built to Last

Make the Next Generation

In order for the Kingdom of God to be built to last, we must be investing strategically and intentionally in the next generation of church leaders. Who is that, you might ask? We believe kids and students aren’t the church of tomorrow, they’re the church of today!

Building upon our incredible Granger Kids and Granger Student Ministries (GSM) and Granger Young Adults programming, we will continue to develop those who are interested in further ministry training.

The global Church needs great leaders in every ministry area and we believe that God is calling us to help grow the next generation to take Go & Make to a whole new level of impacting God’s Church.

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

1 TIMOTHY 4:12
The Academy

The Granger Academy

The Granger Academy will both theologically educate young adults and give them a wide variety of work experience within the church — two ways to be formed, and two ways in.

Internships

Interns will get full-time, real-world training and responsibilities in their area of interest — not observation, actual ownership.

Residences

Residents will engage a year-long program to help them clarify and strengthen their call to full-time ministry.

Homegrown Leaders

Young leaders who have grown up through Granger Kids, Granger Student Ministries and Young Adults programming.

University Partners

College students we discover through intentional partnerships with universities across the region and beyond.
John Keim
Pastor of Family & Missions

“One of the great needs in the global
Church today is faith-filled, equipped
and trained leaders who will live out
God’s calling to Go & Make disciples.”

And one of the great difficulties for young leaders stepping into that call is having opportunities and environments to get real-world ministry leadership experience. It can also be a challenge to gain necessary training and mentoring so they can grow into their calling and be prepared to lead in the Church.

Whether it’s ‘homegrown leaders’ who have grown up through Granger Kids, Granger Student Ministries and Young Adults programming, or college students we discover through intentional partnerships with universities, God is calling us to equip and mobilize young leaders in every area of ministry.

Granger Next is our opportunity to strategically and intentionally invest in the next generation of church leaders that will make a Kingdom impact in Michiana and beyond!”

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The Other Three Initiatives

Built to Last is one vision carried by four initiatives. Here is the rest of it.
Next Steps
Community Center
A community center in Mishawaka supporting all five spheres of life — with a food pantry, garden, teaching kitchen and outdoor activity space.
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Missional
Workplace
Training, cohorts and action plans that commission leaders to serve where they already spend 40–50 hours a week.
Explore this initiative
Prayer
Pathway
Intergenerational trainings, prayer cohorts and transformational prayer events that make prayer a first choice, not a last resort.
Explore this initiative