One hub where every Indiana United Methodist church can learn, ask, and grow

Built around what the Conference already offers: Lay Servant courses, Local Pastor Education, Leadership University, church development coaching, and grants. One view is what a pastor or lay leader carries in their pocket. The other is what the Conference office sees.

A working concept prepared for Dr. Kara Monroe and Rev. Dr. Jevon Caldwell-Gross by Rohit Jesudian, Socio Connect. Not an Indiana Conference product. Program names, districts, and staff roles come from inumc.org. Every church, person outside those roles, and number is sample data.

What every pastor and lay leader gets

What the Conference team gets

The hub, on a pastor's phone
Pastor Amy Reynolds, licensed local pastor, two-point charge
9:41INUMC Hub
Resource HubAR
Good morning, Amy.

You're hosting

Lay Servant Basic Course at Maple Grove

Session 3 of 6 done. 8 people from your two churches enrolled.

From the Conference

Flood recovery: how your church can help

Early Response Team trainings and supply needs, updated weekly.

Your peer cohort

Rural two-point charges, 6 pastors. Next meets Oct 21 on Zoom.

Coming up

Nov 11
Leveraging the Holidays to Reach New People
Church Development webinar on Zoom
Due
Charge Conference report
Half filled in from last year. About 10 minutes.
New
Groat Fund for Rural Ministry
Your churches look eligible
The Conference office view
What the hub team, church development, and district superintendents see

Every church in the Conference, at a glance

Orange churches used the hub in the last 30 days. Gray ones haven't. Red ones show signals worth a conversation, and go to their district.

Used the hub in the last 30 days Not yet active Worth a conversation

District areas are approximate.

612
churches reporting
68%
active in the hub this month
5
churches worth a conversation
Five districts, one shared picture.

Churches worth a conversation

The hub spots the pattern. A person makes the call.
Numbers start conversations, they don't grade churches. Pastors see exactly what their district sees about their own church.

Learning this year

Enrollments by program
Lay Servant
412
Local Pastor Ed.
176
Leadership Univ.
481
Church Dev.
215

1,284 people learning. 31% took a course hosted in a local church.

What churches ask for most

Top questions answered by the hub this month
Charge Conf. forms
142
By-laws template
81
Grant questions
74
MissionInsite
46

343 answers that never reached a staff inbox.

Your hub, under the Indiana Conference name.

The Conference owns the code, the courses, and the data. No per-seat fees as more churches join. When the grant ends, the hub doesn't.

An assistant for the Conference team that gives back about 37 hours a week

It works from your own documents, your church reports, and your calendar. It drafts, finds, translates, and follows up. A person approves anything before it reaches a church. Click a request to see it work.

Conference assistantSimulated, with sample data
Pick a request below. These are the jobs that eat your team's week.

It only uses what you give it. Church data stays inside the Conference's own system.

0hours a week back for your team

Estimated across the hub, church development, connectional ministries, communications, and district offices.

These are estimates. In the first two weeks we measure your real baseline, then report the hours returned every month. If the number isn't there, you'll see it.