At Family Praise Center, we developed seven commissions to guide the continued growth and development of the church body. These commissions include:

Family Relationships Commission

The Family Relationship Commission's goal is to promote and foster the growth and care of the family. The focus is to:

• Promote the involvement of the family unit as a foundation and cornerstone of the local church structure;
• Advance biblical principles that are relevant to marriage and family units of all ages;
• Promote church workshops that focus on effective solutions to the challenges facing our homes and ways to strengthen our family structure;
• Provide information and tools to the local congregation that will enable us to continually promote marriage and family enrichment ministries.

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Church Retention Commission

The Church Retention Commission examines growth and retention in the church. It seeks to identify the reasons families may decide to leave the church body and determines solutions to increase retention. Selected ministries are examined and results are used to counteract any negative trends. Commission members envision their tasks as being fivefold:

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Prayer Commission

Without prayer, the church will dry up in spirit and the people will refuse to give themselves, their time or their finances to further the gospel. Prayer gives people inspiration to go beyond themselves. The goals of the Prayer Commission are to bring this from a committee to a grassroots movement. We want to become a spiritual force affecting the momentum of every endeavor used in reaching the North Indianapolis Metro area. Therefore, the Prayer Commission shall:

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One Vision Commission

According to Proverbs 29:18, "Where there is no vision, the people perish ..." This commission promotes one vision to Family Praise Center, so that the membership maintains a clear sense of focus on the purpose and function of our church.

One Vision extends to four defining aspects of our church: Doctrine, Purpose, Holiness, and Unity of the Body. The church should be one in doctrine, one in purpose, one in holiness and one in unity because our strength in these areas directly impacts the effectiveness of our church in the community.

The mission of this commission is to promote One Vision through the church leadership to the body of Christ, using effective and creative methods. The success of this mission can be quantified by growth of the membership and a constant spirit of excitement within FPC.

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Unity of Faith Commission

Within any organization, differences of opinion will arise. Such differences are not necessarily negative, but allow time for reflection and dialogue for the strengthening of the whole body. This commission works in close harmony with the pastor in resolving questions of discrepancies in belief within the body of Christ. This commission then brings its findings back to the pastor for final disposition. This is all done within the fundamental doctrine which states, "We shall endeavor to keep the unity of the faith, at the same time admonishing all brethren that they shall not contend for their different views to the disunity of the body."

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Policy and Ministry Descriptions Commission

With our growing organization, we welcome new and challenging responsibilities. It is our goal to provide guidance, where possible, to allow the body to comfortably function with great effectiveness; to be fitly framed together to produce the greatest results with the least number of complications. It is our goal to write policy that will better clarify our mission and to publicize our ongoing vision. It is our desire to assist our leaders with direction for service within the work of the Kingdom of God. The task at hand is monumental and direction is most important. By establishing policies and ministry descriptions, we will raise our efficiency and effectiveness within each area of service. "Let all things be done decently and in order." I Corinthians 14:40.

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Stewardship Commission

To be good stewards is indeed a biblical necessity. We must promote the following areas of our lives to follow the example of stewardship:

• PERSONAL
• FAMILY
• BUSINESS
• CHURCH

We are to occupy until He comes. We are to be about the Father's business. The church must become the example operation of good stewardship. We must COMMISSION our congregation to become active in the investment of our future. We must promote living within our means. We must promote bringing our tithe from the first fruit to the storehouse. We must continue to develop an understanding that attaches responsibility to all of our increases. We must ask the question "How can a man rob God, but by tithes and offerings?" Romans 14:12 says, "So then everyone of us shall give an account of himself to God."