The Ecumenical Assembly of Bartholomew County Churches, also known as Love Chapel, is a Christ-centered, faith-based outreach ministry. Many members and participating churches, together with the community at large, support those with emergency needs through Love Chapel. Love Chapel is a year-round support effort that demonstrates to the world that we are brothers and sisters called together by God in both witness and work.

In 1967, a small group of Christians including St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, lay and clergy, began meeting together to share with one another and to discover what kind of witness Christians were called to make in the local community. In the beginning, the Assembly was essentially a forum for sharing of common faith and an appreciation of the different expressions of faith.

Individually, churches did not have sufficient resources to make significant responses to some needs, but collectively there were some exciting possibilities. Today the Assembly is comprised twenty-five area member churches. Love Chapel is not government funded nor a United Way agency. Funds for this ministry are provided by churches, foundations, schools, businesses, groups and individuals in our community. The ministry continues, in Christ’s love, to help those in need through the generosity of others.

Love Chapel provides emergency services to those living in Bartholomew County. These include but are not limited to: food; financial assistance; emergency housing; transitional housing; bus passes; hot meals; referrals to Orphan Grain Train and other organizations; Chaplains on site; prayer cards; and much more. 
 

https://lovechapel-bartholomew.org/