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'''Granger Community Church''' was founded in 1986 as a [[United Methodist]] church by Mark Beeson, his wife, Sheila, and a handful of others in the Beesons’ living room. <ref name=news>{{cite web | url = https://www.umnews.org/en/news/indiana-megachurch-leaves-denomination | title = United Methodist News | work = UM News | accessdate = 16 July 2020 }}</ref> It is located in [[Granger, Indiana]], USA, near [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]]. <ref name=about>{{cite web | url = http://www.grangerchurch.com/staff | title = Staff | work = Granger Community Church | accessdate = 8 February 2016 }}</ref> Granger Community Church ranked 10th among United Methodist churches in the U.S. in attendance, according to 2018 statistics kept by the denomination’s General Council on Finance and Administration. <ref name=news></ref> This multisite congregation had a pre-pandemic weekly worship attendance of around 4,000 people. |
'''Granger Community Church''' was founded in 1986 as a [[United Methodist]] church by Mark Beeson, his wife, Sheila, and a handful of others in the Beesons’ living room. <ref name=news>{{cite web | url = https://www.umnews.org/en/news/indiana-megachurch-leaves-denomination | title = United Methodist News | work = UM News | accessdate = 16 July 2020 }}</ref> It is located in [[Granger, Indiana]], USA, near [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]]. <ref name=about>{{cite web | url = http://www.grangerchurch.com/staff | title = Staff | work = Granger Community Church | accessdate = 8 February 2016 }}</ref> Granger Community Church ranked 10th among United Methodist churches in the U.S. in attendance, according to 2018 statistics kept by the denomination’s General Council on Finance and Administration. <ref name=news></ref> This multisite congregation had a pre-pandemic weekly worship attendance of around 4,000 people. |
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Mark Beeson has openly shared about having pancreatic cancer and officially retired from The United Methodist Church on July 1. He remains pastor emeritus at Granger Community Church. Church leaders have named Ted Bryant, who has held various staff positions, as the new pastor and Beeson’s successor. <ref name=christianpost>{{cite web | url = https://www.christianpost.com/news/indiana-megachurch-leaves-united-methodist-church-to-choose-its-own-pastor.html | title = Christian Post | work = CP Church & Ministries | accessdate = 16 July 2020 }}</ref> |
Mark Beeson has openly shared about having pancreatic cancer and officially retired from The United Methodist Church on July 1. He remains pastor emeritus at Granger Community Church. Church leaders have named Ted Bryant, who has held various staff positions, as the new pastor and Beeson’s successor. <ref name=christianpost>{{cite web | url = https://www.christianpost.com/news/indiana-megachurch-leaves-united-methodist-church-to-choose-its-own-pastor.html | title = Christian Post | work = CP Church & Ministries | accessdate = 16 July 2020 }}</ref> United Methodist Church of Indiana released a statement as of July 12, 2020 that Granger Community Church disaffiliated from the denomination. <ref name=statement>{{cite web | url =https://www.inumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/STATEMENT-re-GRANGER-COMMUNITY-CHURCH.pdf | title = UMC of Indiana Statement | work = United Methodist Churches of Indiana | accessdate = 16 July 2020 }}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 16:35, 16 July 2020
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| Location | Granger, Indiana |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Non-Denominational |
| Website | grangerchurch |
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| Founded | 1986[1] |
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| Senior pastor(s) | Dr. Ted Bryant |
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Granger Community Church was founded in 1986 as a United Methodist church by Mark Beeson, his wife, Sheila, and a handful of others in the Beesons’ living room. [1] It is located in Granger, Indiana, USA, near South Bend. [2] Granger Community Church ranked 10th among United Methodist churches in the U.S. in attendance, according to 2018 statistics kept by the denomination’s General Council on Finance and Administration. [1] This multisite congregation had a pre-pandemic weekly worship attendance of around 4,000 people.
Mark Beeson has openly shared about having pancreatic cancer and officially retired from The United Methodist Church on July 1. He remains pastor emeritus at Granger Community Church. Church leaders have named Ted Bryant, who has held various staff positions, as the new pastor and Beeson’s successor. [3] United Methodist Church of Indiana released a statement as of July 12, 2020 that Granger Community Church disaffiliated from the denomination. [4]
References
- ^ a b c "United Methodist News". UM News. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "Staff". Granger Community Church. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Christian Post". CP Church & Ministries. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- ^ "UMC of Indiana Statement" (PDF). United Methodist Churches of Indiana. Retrieved 16 July 2020.