Our aim is to love God and others!
We want to directly impact Bloomington and Bedford and our surrounding region by connecting with and serving those all around us. We offer many opportunities to do just that!
Locally
Global Ministry Partners
Missionary: Brad and Joni Noel
Region: United States, Bloomington, IN
Purpose/Mission: Athletes in Action at IU is all about community and discipleship with the goal of having a true Christ follower on every team so that every athlete has an opportunity to truly know someone who follows Christ.
Student athletes, coaches and their families, and support staff of the 24 team varsity sports are evangelized, discipled in their faith, and equipped to serve the community and the world through the platform of sport.
Missionary: Jeff and Lisa Chudy
Region: United States, Bloomington, IN
Purpose/Mission: Bridges International at IU seeks to be a social, service, spiritual and student leadership resource to international students and visiting scholars. Their goal is to win, build and send international students and visiting scholars for Christ. They want to befriend them, introduce them to biblical truths, help those who are believers grow in their faith, and equip them so that when they return, they will influence their countries for Christ. In addition, they train and equip laborers who will engage and reach out to the nations that are at IU. You can contact Jeff at Jeff.chudy@cru.org or Lisa at Lisa.chudy@cru.org for more information.
Missionary: Warrant and Susan Crawford
Region: United States, Bryantsville, IN
Purpose/Mission: BHRP exists to help provide food to the “poorest of the poor” — people in under-resourced nations or disaster-ravaged areas — in the name of Jesus. Starting in the Fall of 2020, they have had to change their primary method of feeding people by growing and shipping corn to supplying funds for food purchases, either to be sent to or bought within the country. They use a network of established food distribution organizations and reliable, well-established ministries are chosen. Contact the Crawfords.
Missionary: Don Phares
Region: United States, Bloomington, IN
Purpose/Mission: Child Evangelism Fellowship’s purpose is to evangelize children with the good news of Jesus Christ, disciple boys and girls in the Word of God; and establish them in a Bible-centered local church. CEF reaches children with the Gospel in neighborhoods, church ministries, home and school classrooms and special-day programs through easy to prepare and easy to use Party Kits from Child Evangelism Fellowship. CEF has Good News Clubs in several MCCSC schools with the assistance of some Sherwood Oaks volunteers.
Region: United States, Indianapolis: serving the world
Purpose/Mission: FAME exists to spread the fame of Jesus Christ to all nations through medical evangelism. They also seek to lead people to Christ and meet physical needs by partnering with other mission organizations to deliver a unique combination of medical mission services. FAME believes that by treating people physically it earns you the right to share about the Great Physician. FAME also partners with North India Christian Mission, Ghana Christian Mission, His Eyes in Honduras, and Central India Christian Mission – all Global Outreach partners with Sherwood Oaks.
Missionary: Tina Lampke
Region: United States, Bloomington, IN
Purpose/Mission: The center provides spiritual, emotional and practical support to women and families facing unplanned pregnancies and early parenting challenges. In addition to thousands of area families, they have served people from 6 continents and 29 countries. They provide a safe place where parents and babies can grow and learn while receiving Christ’s love, practical help, case management, counseling, and parenting education. Hannah House will soon reopen since massive water damage was recently repaired. Hannah Center has a new roof, a newly repaired wall, and a few more minor repairs that will be completed before reopening early in 2019. Contact Tina Lampke.
Missionary: Eric Carlson, Manager
Region: United States, Columbus, IN
Mission: Hilltop Christian Camp is a Christ-centered summer youth program for our member churches and their communities. The camp also serves as a retreat facility for our member churches and other Christian groups. Sherwood Oaks has sent children to Hilltop for summer camp for many years.
Missionary: Bill & Rebecca Kershner
Region: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Purpose/Mission: Indiana University Christian Student Fellowship develops students to pursue authentic faith and build intentional communities. They empower students to grow their gifts and leadership in midweek worship and small groups; through local community service, in campus clubs, and on the track at Little 500. Their ministry has a Campus House on 1968 N. Jordan Ave. that welcomes students to both live "in" and have a ministry home "on" campus. CSF builds faith and community in collaboration with Sherwood Oaks Young Adult Ministry, collaborating over the years to connect even more purposefully in discipleship because these students are the future leaders of the church. Each May, Sherwood Oaks and CSF co-sponsor a mission project.
Missionary: Elan Rajamani
Region: United States, Bloomington, IN
Purpose/Mission: International Friendship Ministries is a Christian ministry with a vision of “reaching the world for Christ through international students.” It seeks to educate, encourage, train, help, and involve local churches in ministering to and discipling internationals. Their goal is to bring the gospel to international students, scholars and their families. As some of them come to faith in Christ, IFM brings them into the fellowship of local churches, helping them mature in their relationship with Christ. IFM seeks to train and equip them to be effective disciple-makers when they return home or wherever they go. Elan & Rani Rajamani serve more than 7000 international students, scholars and families as campus ministers of IFM at Indiana University. IU is one of the top 10 U.S. universities for international student enrollment. Elan and Rani Rajamani are the directors of IFM.
Missionary: Roger Babik
Region: United States, Florence, KY
Purpose/Mission: Master Provisions exists to evangelize through clothing distribution and other benevolent ministries established in economically devastated countries. They follow Christ’s pattern of meeting temporary physical needs to gain the opportunity to address the more urgent spiritual needs of non-Christians. SOCC has sent and distributed clothing in Honduras and North India through the ministry of Master Provisions. SOCC hosts a MP clothing drive every two years and has sent over74 tons of clothing to Ukraine, Honduras and India.
Missionary: Steve Connor
Region: United States, Bloomington, IN
Purpose/Mission: Helping the Church and mission organizations globally fulfill the great commission in and through the world of sport and all whom they influence.Evangelical researchers time-and-time-again point to relationship as the key proponent for conversion and discipleship. We understand that sport is a key factor for building relationship. We use a number of strategies from major sports events,leadership training, and coach’s guides to mentoring Christian athletes.
Missionary: Steve Germani - Grant Manager
Region: United States, Bloomington, IN
Purpose/Mission: Wheeler Mission Ministries, Inc. (formerly Backstreet Missions, Inc.) is a not for-profit organization dedicated to providing Christ-centered services to homeless men, women, and children of our community. Their vision is to see every man, woman, and child they serve equipped to become productive citizens who enjoy lasting success in Christ. Outreaches include: Men and women's Homeless Services, Year-round Emergency Shelter and Interfaith Emergency Winter Shelter, Men and women's Residential Programing, Case Management, Kids programs, Addiction Recovery Programs, Meal Service. Sherwood Oaks has partnered with Backstreet since it began.
Missionary: Roseanna Dubinski & Kevin Pruet
Region: United States, Bloomington, IN
Purpose/Mission: Youth for Christ Southern Hills exists to reach young people (teenagers 12-19 yrs. old) in southern Indiana. YFC works together with the local church and other like-minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of Jesus. YFC has been going strong in the area since 1989, reaching out to youth through ever-changing methods with a never changing message of the hope of Jesus. Campus Life, Campus Life Middle School, Parent Life, Project Serve and YFC Camp are the ministries currently offered through YFC Southern Hills to over 500 young people each year. Contact Roseanna or Kevin.