Money will expand work to preserve historic churches and support congregations

Established as Indianapolis’s first parish to welcome Black Catholics, Saint Rita Catholic Church maintains its forward-thinking focus today.

Advocates have raised more than $350,000 to repair and maintain Holy Angels Catholic Church, a significant landmark previously targeted for demolition.

Congregants and community members gathered in August to celebrate completion of a multi-year effort to save West Baden Springs’ historic First Baptist (Colored) Church.

A December tour highlights architecture, history, and changes at historic churches in and around Indianapolis’s Old Northside neighborhood.

A volunteer-powered renewal project helped a historic African American church in West Baden Springs reclaim its role as a house of worship.

Executed in fieldstone, concrete, even geodes, Indiana’s historic grottos still offer pilgrims a place for spiritual and emotional contemplation.

After more than a century serving its congregation, Phanuel Lutheran Church is on the market in Fountain County, ready for a new owner to carry on its loving stewardship.

As shrinking congregations increasingly struggle to maintain aging religious properties, three central Indiana churches are working to restore and protect their historic buildings.