The ISL was
formed first in the minds of the Area Administrators in the
five state area of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and
Pennsylvania. The initial vision was cast by Don Smith in
1987 who was serving as the Assistant State Minister of
Indiana. His dream was to educate Ministers and Lay leaders
in the practical application of church growth principles and
to teach a methodology for churches to embrace and
practice. The Five Church System was the first framework
that the curriculum was designed around and currently the
ISL teaches the Natural Church Development system which is
designed to bring churches to health with the understanding
that healthy churches grow naturally.
We meet
for two weekend sessions a year in the Fall and Spring for
12 hours of instruction.
Contact Information
Office Hours:
Thursday mornings 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time
- Telephone
517-646-0124
Fax 517-646-7607
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- Postal address
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- Electronic mail
- General Information: Director:
Ken Wiedrick
Webmaster:
jrcallen@verizon.net
Database Management,
Curriculum Preparation,
and Correspondence:
Teresa Wiedrick
taw@choginmi.org
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