“Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.”
— Jim Rohn

In a recent devotional, Pastor Pete Briscoe writes, “In the book of Acts (20:35) Paul quotes Jesus, who said, ‘It is more blessed to give than receive.’

They both agree that it’s in giving that we’re more blessed,” continues Briscoe, adding, “We hear that so much that it’s pretty much cliché. But do we believe it? Honestly, do we really believe there’s more blessing in giving than there is in receiving? I’m not so sure.”

Perhaps the words of Leonard Nimoy of “Star Trek” fame add another perspective on giving: “Whatever I have given, I have gained.”

Early Bird Registration is Open!

You’re invited to join us on Saturday, August 15 for a fun, informative, uplifting, and faith-building one-day conference for anyone thinking seriously about their next chapter of life. This event features Bob Russell, longtime lead pastor of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, and Dave Faust, author of Not Too Old: Turning Your Later Years into Greater Years, along with experienced workshop leaders and special guests.

Early bird registration is open through June 30, so sign up today and save!

Awards to Date

So far in 2026, E91 Foundation has awarded grants totaling $70,849.79 to the following organizations:

• Afterbeat – $5,000 toward Lifestyle Training and Community Meals, where people facing poverty, addiction, and isolation find a consistent, welcoming table — and keep coming back.
• Alexander Christian Foundation – $20,000 for college scholarships to Indiana students entering the ministry.
• Allendale Christian Camp and Retreat Center – $14,000 to help young people connect with God in His creation through worship, study, and adventure.
• Brookside Community Development Corporation – $5,000 to expand transitional housing for women and children in Indianapolis through the opening of a second Women and Children’s House.
• CMF International – $6,000 supporting six young women from E91 Church as they travel to Sri Lanka this summer to lead children’s programming at a CMFI Marketplace Ministries retreat.
• CRU/Campus Crusade for Christ – $5,000 in support of the Emerging Leader Initiative, launched January 2026, which provides leadership development for 22 ministry workers serving in South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East.
• E91 Church – $1,000 sponsorship of the second Not Too Old conference on Aug. 15, 2026.
• FAME – $1,000 for supplies and medicines in conjunction with a mission trip to Colombia.
• Polish Christian Ministries – $6,349.79 to support the development of healthy, self-supporting, and reproducing congregations across Poland.
• Project Liberia – $7,500 to fund IT infrastructure for a new college building currently under construction in Liberia.

E91 Foundation — a separate entity from E91 Church — exists to give members and friends of the E91 community a meaningful way to leave a lasting legacy of Christian service and missions through bequests, memorials, and gifts.
Rooted in Christian belief, the Foundation offers a vehicle for the broader Christian community to honor Christ by returning a portion of their estate or unexpected financial gifts to God’s work.

Interested in partnering with us? Visit the E91 Foundation website to make a donation or learn more.

Blessings,
Blair & Beth Austin

Co-Presidents, E91 Foundation

“Excel in the Grace of Giving” — 2 Corinthians 8:7

“The happiest people are not those getting more,
but those giving more.”
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

That sentiment aligns well with something pastor Pete Briscoe wrote in a recent devotional: “The most fulfilling blessings in life come when we give what we have.” It sounds counterintuitive, but it’s a truth that generosity tends to confirm.

It’s a truth your giving confirms, too — and we’re grateful.

So far, in 2026, E91 Foundation has awarded grants totaling $57,849.79 to the following organizations:

• Alexander Christian Foundation – $20,000 for college scholarships to Indiana students entering the ministry.
• Allendale Christian Camp and Retreat Center – $14,000 to help young people connect with God in His creation through worship, study, and adventure.
• Brookside Community Development Corporation – $5,000 to expand transitional housing for women and children in Indianapolis through the opening of a second Women and Children’s House.
• CRU/Campus Crusade for Christ – $5,000 in support of the Emerging Leader Initiative, launched January 2026, which provides leadership development for 22 ministry workers serving in South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East.
• Polish Christian Ministries – $6,349.79 to support the development of healthy, self-supporting, and reproducing congregations across Poland.
• Project Liberia – $7,500 to fund IT infrastructure for a new college building currently under construction in Liberia.

E91 Foundation — a separate entity from E91 Church — exists to give members and friends of the E91 community a meaningful way to leave a lasting legacy of Christian service and missions through bequests, memorials, and gifts.

Rooted in Christian belief, the Foundation offers a vehicle for the broader Christian community to honor Christ by returning a portion of their estate or unexpected financial gifts to God’s work.

Interested in partnering with us? Visit the E91 Foundation donation page to make a donation or learn more.

Blessings,
Blair & Beth Austin

Co-Presidents, E91 Foundation
“Excel in the Grace of Giving” — 2 Corinthians 8:7

In 2025, E91 Foundation awarded grants totaling $149,758 to the following 24 organizations and/or individuals within seven different impact areas. Read below to learn more about these grants or check out the PDF version of the 2025 in Review … 2026 in View.

Benevolence (23%)

Christian Love Missionary Baptist Church – $2,500 to Indianapolis inner-city church for building repairs and paying off debt.

House of Bread Church – $15,000 to House of Bread Church in Bethlehem for the Winter Aid Appeal, meeting the urgent needs of vulnerable Christian families and individuals in Bethlehem during the winter months.

Jesus House/Jesus Inside Prison Ministry (JIPM) – $6,000 toward the repair of a broken water main outside of Jesus House.

Kairos Benevolence Fund (KBF) – $2,500 to KBF, which provides assistance to Christian church ministers, missionaries, and their spouses who, after a lifetime of faithful Christian service, find themselves facing a financial or health-related hardship that they do not have the resources to meet.

Polish Christian Ministries (PCM) – $8,194 toward Polish pastors’ and ministry-partners’ salaries; building projects at several Polish churches; 16 equipping and training weekends for 125+ students at Christian School of Music; as well as food, housing, and special care for Ukrainian refugees.

Church Planting (7%)

Overseas Missionary Fellowship – $10,000 to Will and Michaela Grover’s church-planting ministry amongst the Brao people in Northeast Cambodia.

Education (21%)

Alexander Christian Foundation – $20,000 for college scholarships to Indiana students entering the ministry

E91 Church/Not Too Old Conference – $1,000 to sponsor the Not Too Old Conference in August.

Great Lakes Christian College – $4,000 for curriculum development that will motivate students to become missionaries.

Love At Work Ministries – $6,400 toward scholarships for students to attend Love At Work International Christian School.

Evangelism (5%)

Crescent Project – $5,000 toward new Muslim outreach in Europe.

Christian Missionary Fellowship International (CMFI) – $3,000 toward Pilgrimage Walk in Scotland to raise funds to benefit Roots and CMFI’s Globalscope campus ministry in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Medical Care (10%)

E91 Church/Counseling Center – $2,000 for suicide-prevention training.

Fair Haven Foundation – $7,500 toward providing a home-away-from-home for seriously ill patients and their families that travel to Indianapolis for life-saving medical care.

Life Centers – $5,000 toward relocating its West Pregnancy Center in Indianapolis to a new facility, which would nearly double its current square footage to meet the growing needs of some of the most under-served and vulnerable people.

Missions (8%)

Christian Missionary Fellowship (CMF)/ Adam Giles – $8,000 for one-time startup costs for welding training in Kenya.

E91 Church/IMPACT Mission Trip – $3,000 toward an IMPACT mission trip to Romania.

E91 Church/IMPACT Mission Trip – $1,000 toward a student mission trip to Belize.

Youth (25%)

Allendale Christian Camp and Retreat Center – $8,194 to help young people connect with God in His creation through worship, study, and adventure.

The ARK Christian Ministries – $5,000 toward an internship program for college age young adults.

E91 Church/Camp Allendale – $3,120 for NextGen scholarships for E91 students to attend Camp Allendale/CIY.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)/Central Indiana Territory – $2,500 to allow FCA to scholarship five campers (average cost is $500 per camp/per person) in 2026, who would otherwise not get to experience one of FCA’s camps.

Timber Wolf Lake Young Life Camp – $15,850 for the purchase of a new two-seat, electric go-cart (aka “Timber Kart”) that would allow Young Life Capernaum campers (teens and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities) and other campers with physical limitations to enjoy go-carting.

Young Life/Raceway Region – $5,000 to help students from Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis, attend Young Life Camp this past summer.

“The most obvious lesson in Christ’s teaching is that there is no happiness in having or getting anything, but only in giving.”
– Henry Drummond

More than 350 people attended the Not Too Old conference on August 16 at E91 Church and were inspired to turn their later years into their greater years! Wrote conference organizer Dave Faust, “Thank you, thank you for the variety of ways the E91 Foundation supported the conference through your financial support, your leadership of the financial planning workshop, the video in the afternoon session, and your presence at the exhibit table. I pray that there will be lasting fruit in people’s lives, not only from the conference program itself, but also through many future investments in legacy gifts through the Foundation.”

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the E91 Foundation. So far in 2025, we have awarded grants totaling $128,258! Here are those organizations and/or individuals who have received grants in 2025:

Alexander Christian Foundation: $20,000 for college scholarships to Indiana students entering the ministry.
Allendale Christian Camp and Retreat Center: $8,194 to help young people connect with God in His creation through worship, study, and adventure.

Christian Love Missionary Baptist Church: $2,500 to Indianapolis inner-city church for building repairs and paying off debt.
Christian Missionary Fellowship (CMF)/Adam Giles: $8,000 for one-time start-up costs for welding training in Kenya.
Crescent Project: $5,000 toward new Muslim outreach in Europe.
Christian Missionary Fellowship International (CMFI): $3,000 toward Pilgrimage Walk in Scotland to raise funds to benefit Roots and CMFI’s Globalscope campus ministry in Edinburgh, Scotland.
E91 Church/Camp Allendale: $3,120 for NextGen scholarships for E91 students to attend Camp Allendale/CIY.
E91 Church/Counseling Center: $2,000 for suicide-prevention training.
E91 Church/IMPACT Mission Trip: $3,000 toward IMPACT Mission trip to Romania.
E91 Church/IMPACT Mission Trip: $1,000 toward a student mission trip to Belize.
E91 Church/Not Too Old Conference: $1,000 to sponsor the Not Too Old Conference on August 16, 2025.
Fair Haven Foundation: $7,500 toward providing a home-away-from-home for seriously ill patients and their families who travel to Indianapolis for life-saving medical care.
Jesus House/Jesus Inside Prison Ministry (JIPM): $6,000 toward the repair of a broken water main outside of Jesus House.
Kairos Benevolence Fund (KBF): $2,500 to KBF, which provides assistance to Christian church ministers, missionaries, and their spouses who, after a lifetime of faithful Christian service, find themselves facing a financial or health-related hardship that they do not have the resources to meet.
Life Centers: $5,000 toward relocating its West Pregnancy Center in Indianapolis to a new facility, which would nearly double its current square footage to meet the growing needs of some of the most underserved and vulnerable people Life Centers supports in this community.
Love At Work Ministries: $6,400 toward scholarships for students to attend Love At Work International Christian School.
Overseas Missionary Fellowship: $10,000 to Will and Michaela Grover’s church-planting ministry amongst the Brao people in Northeast Cambodia.
Polish Christian Ministries (PCM): $8,194 toward Polish pastors’ and ministry-partners’ salaries; building projects at several Polish churches; 16 equipping and training weekends for 125+ students at Christian School of Music; as well as food, housing, and special care for Ukrainian refugees.
THE ARK Christian Ministries: $5,000 toward an internship program for college-age young adults.
Timber Wolf Lake Young Life Camp: $15,850 for the purchase of a new two-seat, electric go-cart (aka “Timber Kart”) that would allow Young Life Capernaum campers (teens and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities) and other campers with physical limitations to enjoy go-carting.
Young Life/Raceway Region: $5,000 to help students from Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis, attend Young Life Camp this past summer.

E91 Foundation, a separate entity from E91 Church, continues to provide members and friends with an opportunity to leave a long-lasting legacy of Christian service and missions through bequests, memorials, and gifts.

The Foundation adheres to Christian beliefs and principles and provides a vehicle for the broader Christian community to remember Christ and give a portion of their family’s final assets or unexpected proceeds back to God.

Interested in partnering with us and leaving a lasting legacy for the support of Christian service? Visit the E91 Foundation donation page where you can make a donation or get more information.

Blessings,
Blair & Beth Austin
Co-Presidents, E91 Foundation
“Excel in the Grace of Giving”