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THE CENTRAL REGION
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Central Region Greenhouse Environment Locations
We have many GHEs across the region. Each one offers a unique experience because of its location, cultural context, ministry opportunities and personnel. You can check each location below to learn more.
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First Alliance Church
LOCATION - Lexington Kentucky
Ohio Valley District
CONTEXT - Large church context, multiple ministry , college focused, missions minded
COORDINATOR -
Kendall McKee.
Kendall.mckee@faclex.com
EXPERIENCE - Large Church; church planting; college ministry; life skills training
Harvest Downtown
LOCATION - Colorado Springs, Colorado
MidAmerica District
CONTEXT - Urban chic
COORDINATOR - David Wilson
david@harvestdowntown.org
EXPERIENCE - Offers church planting; business as missions; cross-cultural engagement - art community ministry
Family Empowerment Centers
LOCATION - Chicago, Illinois
Alliance Midwest District
CONTEXT - Urban under-resourced; Ethnic; Ministry site; City movement
COORDINATOR - Carlos Perez carlosp@familyempower.org
EXPERIENCE - Offers Under-resourced community engagement; Refugee impact; Small church; Church planting; Community center; Addiction ministry; Social justice emphasis; Cross-cultural engagement - Rogers Park is incredibly diverse; Partnerships with South Asian Friendship Center (Indian/Pakistani)
House of Prayer Alliance Church
LOCATION - Bemidji, Minnesota
North Central District
CONTEXT - University town
COORDINATOR - Mike Knott emailmikeknott@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE - Offers Small church; Church planting; College ministry; Sports ministry
Wausau Alliance Church
LOCATION - Wausau, Wisconsin
Western Great Lakes District
CONTEXT - Rural; Suburban
COORDINATOR - Bryan Gerrish bryangerrish@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE - Offers church planting; Deaf church plant within Greenhouse Environment; counseling ministry
Refuge Church
LOCATION - Appleton, Wisconsin
Western Great Lakes District
CONTEXT - Ethnic; multi-ethnic/city
COORDINATORS - Dan Vang dan@westerngreatlakesdistrict.org
Tang Vang - gnat3977@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE - Offers refugee impact; church planting; cross-cultural engagement - Hmong and Anglo make up about 70-80% - the rest is 11-12 different ethnicities
Jericho Road Church
LOCATION - Muskegon, Michigan
Great Lakes District
CONTEXT - Suburban
COORDINATOR - Jim Zatko jim@jroadchurch.org
EXPERIENCE - Offers under-resourced community engagement; church planting; non-profit housing ministry attached
Grace Church
LOCATION - Middleburg Hts. Ohio
Central District
CONTEXT - Mega Church with urban influence
DIRECTOR - Anna Beatty anna.beatty@gracecma.org
EXPERIENCE - Under-resourced community engagement; Refugee impact; Life skills training; Children and family focus; Cross-cultural engagement
Bridge Community Church
LOCATION - Troy, Michigan
Great Lakes District
CONTEXT - Suburban
COORDINATOR - Randy Vinson randy@bridgecommunitychurch.com
EXPERIENCE - Offers church planting; cross-cultural engagement
That Neighborhood Church
LOCATION - Toledo, Ohio
Great Lakes District
CONTEXT - Urban under-resourced
COORDINATOR - Pat Cannon patc@thatneighborhoodchurch.com
EXPERIENCE - Offers under-resourced community engagement; church planting; rehabilitation ministries; life skills training
Relevant Community Church
LOCATION - Elkhorn, Nebraska
MidAmerica District
CONTEXT - Suburban
COORDINATOR - Nick Petrick nick@relevantcommunity.org
EXPERIENCE - Offers mega church; children and family focus
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