Jehovah’s Witnesses In the early 1870s founder Charles Taze Russell organized the International Bible Student’s Association (IBSA), an offshoot of the 19th-century… Read More »Jehovah’s Witnesses
Jesus House After Pastor William Bumphus was released from 23 years of imprisonment in 1978, he founded Jesus Inside Prison Ministry (JIPM)… Read More »Jesus House
Jewish Community Relations Council The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) is the public affairs, interfaith, intergroup, and media relations agency for the greater Indianapolis… Read More »Jewish Community Relations Council
Jewish Post and Opinion Following graduation from the University of North Carolina, Gabriel Cohen (1908-2007) established the Chronicler Spokesman, which became the Kentucky Jewish… Read More »Jewish Post and Opinion
James Warren (Jim) Jones (May 13, 1931-Nov. 18, 1978). Founder of Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church and a colony at Jonestown, Guyana, where over… Read More »James Warren (Jim) Jones
Judaism Jewish faith and tradition have developed and adapted to changing circumstances over its long history. Although Jewish religion is not… Read More »Judaism
David Jackson Kemper (Dec. 24, 1789-May 24, 1870). Episcopal priest and missionary bishop of Indiana and Missouri, David Jackson Kemper was a native… Read More »David Jackson Kemper
Lake Institute on Faith and Giving Lake Institute on Faith & Giving began in 2002 through the generosity of both the late and Marjorie Lake, their… Read More »Lake Institute on Faith and Giving
LifeJourney Church LifeJourney Church–originally known as Jesus Metropolitan Community Church–was founded in 1990 as a trailblazing church of refuge for LGBTQ Christians.… Read More »LifeJourney Church
Light of the World Christian Church Light of the World Christian Church was the first African American in Indianapolis. The Central Christian congregation, a predominately white… Read More »Light of the World Christian Church
