Faith Church Indy

Pastor Joey shares what he cut for time on Sunday, why we're not projecting missionary journey maps during sermons, and listen all the way to the end for a "poorly chosen analogy" (according to Joey).

It’s begun! The first missionary journey of the first formal, official missionaries starts on the island of Cyprus. Barnabas and Saul travel the island, preaching the good news of Jesus, before ending up on the west coast in the capital city of Paphos, where the city’s governor is interested in hearing more. But there’s a magician, an astrologer, a Jewish false prophet standi

Pastor Joey and Claire talk about creating a "lifestyle" of evangelism and what that practically looks like.

We’re back in Acts! After taking off for Lent, we’re picking the story back up where we left off. The church has faced trials from without and conflicts from within, followers of Jesus have been scattered across the known world, and the center of missionary activity in the Church has shifted from Jerusalem to Antioch. And it’s in Antioch that the Holy Spirit shows up, calling

Celebrating our risen savior, Jesus! We conclude our study of Lamentations and are renewed by the good news of the gospel.

Our annual Good Friday service, remembering the death of our savior.

We chat about how the book of Lamentations ends and our desire for resolution.

For the first time, the suffering people speak for themselves, but there’s no “closure” – just the first steps beyond suffering in silence towards perspective and hope. How does this final poem help us identify and express our suffering? What hope is there in “raw” prayers like the one offered in Lamentations 5? Join us as we cry out “Restore us to yourself, O God.”

Pastor Joey covers what he had to cut for time on Sunday and we talk more about recognizing anniversaries of losses.

After the preacher’s call to prayer and his modeling of confession and repentance, we would expect the congregation to respond with their own voice, putting their grief, their guilt, and their grievance into their own prayer. But they need time, so the preacher re-narrates the siege and fall of Jerusalem, brining past pain into the light. He’s not just indulging in maudlin memo