This building included a small worship room seating 125, sound room, men’s and lady’s bathrooms, a nursery four small classrooms, one doubling as an office, and the foyer. Monica’s School until 1985, and then in the fellowship hall of Zion Hope Baptist Church, 46th and Arlington, until the first building phase consisting of 4,000 square feet was completed in January 1987. Ground-breaking services were held June 1986 and the builders started work shortly there-after. Ken Starkey for $4500 and he donated three acres. In 1985 Greater Northwest purchased three acres of land from Mr. Money had been set aside for the purchase of land on which to build an edifice and for continued expansion of facilities and church growth. The early church members envisioned and prayed faithfully for their own place to Worship. Pastor Robinson was able to leave his secular job and pastor full time receiving a weekly salary. The membership drive ended three months later in July 1983 with 43 charter members. The following resolution was presented, read, and accepted:Īt this meeting the congregation also adopted a Statement of Faith, a church covenant, finalized the budget, and called Claude Robinson as the Pastor.
Twenty-seven voting age adults were present. An organizational meeting was held on June 5, 1983. Monica Catholic School, 6131 North Michigan Road. The inaugural service was held on April 24, 1983, at the temporary meeting location of St. James Wells, pastor of Zion Hope Baptist Church, where Pastor Robinson had served as the assistant pastor for five years, and was co-sponsored by the Bible College. Phillip (Brenda) Taylor, Arlo and Diana Dickerson. The founding families were the Pastor & Sis. Greater Northwest was started April 1983 by a team of seven families from the then named Baptist Bible College of Indianapolis and the Northwest side of Indianapolis. After meeting regularly, they became interested in a new church to serve their neighborhood. In January 1983 several families organized home Bible studies. The surveys confirmed that many residents in the area were either un-churched or inactive in their present churches. Door-to-door religious surveys were conducted on the Northwest side of Indianapolis in 1982.
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