Our Goals
We're embarking on a two-year initiative with two main goals:
Goal #1
100% Church-Wide Engagement
We want 100% of our church family to be able to say, "Yes, I want to be used by God. I'm All In, for such a time as this. Going All In means that every person at Plainfield Christian Church will engage and commit to this faith and generosity initiative.
Goal #2
$10 Million Given in Two Years to Meet the Need of this Ministry Moment
The total cost of this project is $20 million, and we are prayerfully aiming to raise $10 million over the next two years in addition to our regular budget.
In addition, as a church, we will contribute $2 million from our savings toward this project, leaving us with a total debt of $8 million to pay off. Our goal is to keep our debt load at 15% or less of our annual budget.
Jesus says that a clear indicator of whether we’ve gone All In with Him is if we have trusted Him with our finances. In Matthew 6:21, Jesus says, “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Our sacrificial giving will allow us to both act boldly to meet the needs of this ministry moment while also staying financially lean and flexible enough to not be hindered by a bloated budget or debt. Prayerfully, we know that the mission of God’s church will go as far and as fast as the generosity of God’s people allows!
Our All In Vision in Four Bold Objectives
As we go All In to meet this ministry moment, we are embarking on a God-sized vision to repurpose our facility to meet the needs of our community. To prepare Plainfield Christian Church to be more effectively used by God, we have four main objectives.
A Strategic Student Center
Our Student Ministry continues to grow and raise up young people who are becoming resilient disciples of Jesus, but their current facility is dilapidated. God has used that old machine shop to provide a spiritual home for generations of Jesus followers for 20 years, and it has served its purpose well. But the time has come to equip our Student Ministry for the next 20 years of ministry and to provide our young people with a place where they can bring their friends, soak in the gospel, and be launched out into the world as bright lights in a dark society.
As our middle school and high school students faithfully follow Jesus, their peers will often think they are strange. Our students will stand out in a world that often looks down on them for what they believe. In this cultural moment, it has never been more important for our young people to have a space where they are known, loved, and equipped to stand tall for Jesus. By faith, we anticipate that many more generations of resilient disciples, kingdom workers, future ministers and missionaries will be raised up in this facility.
A Hospitable Guest Experience
God brings dozens of new people into our building every single week, many of whom are far from God and desperate for hope. As they visit with us, one observation we consistently hear from new people is, "This building is really confusing!" Our current Sunday morning experience is difficult for new people to navigate. Unfortunately, guests often find it hard to find their way around, leading to an experience that feels uninviting and inhospitable. Each week, dozens of people also leave our church feeling unknown and disconnected.
We never want a fixable barrier like small hallways, narrow doors, or poor signage to stand in the way of someone becoming fully alive in Jesus. As part of this project, we will create a more clear and compelling guest experience that makes it easier for everyone to get connected, find their way around, and take a next step in their relationship with Jesus. With improved foot traffic pathways, better mingling spaces, and more compelling way finding, we believe that God will usher hundreds more people into deep, transformative relationships with Him and one another.
A Missional Family Space
God is doing amazing things through the Treehouse! This facility is not only used weekly for church programming and the Plainfield Christian Preschool, but is also open to the community for families to come and play. In the past year (May 2024-May 2025), 791 families have come to play at the Treehouse for the very first time. Add that to the 817 families that were returning guests, and we're praising God for the 1,608 families that played at the Treehouse this past year!
God is blessing this ministry, and we want to expand its reach. The Treehouse is an amazing facility, but it's designed for young kids. By the time a child gets to grade school, they are often bored in our facility, and we don't have a compelling space for them to get connected during the week. Thankfully, the Fellowship Center is right next door.
The Fellowship Center has been used in a variety of flexible and impactful ways over the past 25 years, and will now evolve for its next season of ministry effectiveness. By converting the current gym, stage, and door 5 area into a family entrance and expanded play area for older kids, we hope to expand the range of families we are reaching through our weekly NextGen ministry programming and our open community play hours!
When thousands of new people move into the homes that are being built in our community, they will go to Google to find fun local activities for their kids. We want to be the first place on their list.
An Intentional Outreach
We don't believe that "if you build it, they will come." We don't want to just prepare these spaces to be used, but also to go out and find people who need these spaces. Hendricks County has been blessed with an abundance of resources, and there are many amazing organizations doing good work around town. So, we asked the question, "What does our community actually need? And how might God use us to meet that need, for such a time as this?"
People are often open to Jesus during times of transition. So, we are going to provide support in two of the biggest life transitions to serve people in our community in their time of need.
First, whenever someone buys a house in Plainfield or Avon, they are going to get a gift from us. As they are settling into their new house, we want to make it feel like home by welcoming them to the community and blessing them in the name of Jesus.
Second, whenever a baby is born in Hendricks County, they will receive a gift from us. When those young families are adjusting to life with a newborn and looking for help, we want the people of God to be the first ones there to help.
By loving our community in this generous way, we will fulfill what Jesus said the two greatest commandments are: to express our All In love for God by loving our neighbors as ourselves (Matthew 22:37-40).
Ready to Go All In ?
We are asking you to go on a spiritual journey with God and your family - to take the biggest steps of growth, trust in God, and generosity you've ever taken.