Southport Presbyterian Church

What Southport Presbyterian Church does

Southport Presbyterian Church is an independent, Indiana-based religious nonprofit (501(c)-style) organization headquartered in Indianapolis. The church operates as a worship community and as the host venue for two distinct ministry programs targeted at different demographics within the greater Indianapolis area.

The primary program is the Southport Great Banquet, a 72-hour Christian retreat running Thursday evening through Sunday evening. Participants live and study together in worship, singing, prayer, and discussion, working through 15 structured talks grounded in the parable of the Great Banquet (Luke 14:15-24) and centered on God's grace. The ministry is delivered through a multi-church collaboration model, with Southport Presbyterian Church providing organizational infrastructure and venue while multiple partner churches and organizations in the region invite and support participants. The secondary program, The Awakening, is a parallel 3-day weekend retreat (Friday morning to Sunday afternoon) for high school freshmen through seniors, structured around 15 talks and the biblical image of Samuel hearing God's call (1 Samuel 3:1-10).

Operationally, the church has no proprietary technology stack; its digital footprint consists of a Squarespace-hosted public website for program information and the CCB Church registration platform for participant sign-ups (with paper registration retained as a fallback). No pricing, revenue, headcount, or financial data is disclosed. Distribution is conducted entirely through church-network referrals and community outreach within a single regional geography, with no commercial go-to-market motion, no monetization mechanics, and no external ownership or investor involvement. The entity operates as a faith-based ministry program rather than a revenue-generating business.

Name

Southport Presbyterian Church

Legal name

Southport Presbyterian Church

Website

https://southportgreatbanquet.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Southport Presbyterian Church is an Indianapolis-based religious nonprofit that hosts the Southport Great Banquet, a 72-hour Christian retreat, and The Awakening, a 3-day weekend program for high school students, delivered through a multi-church partnership network across the greater Indianapolis area.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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B2C

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Services

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Core offering

Southport Presbyterian Church hosts the Southport Great Banquet, a 72-hour Christian ministry retreat experience running Thursday evening through Sunday evening, where guests live and study together in worship, prayer, singing, and discussion centered on God's grace. It also operates The Awakening, a separate 3-day structured weekend retreat for high school teenagers focused on awakening to God's call, with 15 themed talks and communal worship.

Product overview

Southport Presbyterian Church operates Southport Great Banquet, a 72-hour Christian ministry weekend experience, alongside The Awakening, a separate 3-day weekend program for high school teenagers. Both programs focus on spiritual growth through worship, prayer, and community fellowship, with The Awakening targeting youth specifically. The church also provides registration services via CCB Church platform for event sign-ups.

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Products and services

• Southport Great Banquet A 72-hour Christian ministry experience beginning Thursday evening and ending Sunday evening. Guests live and study together in a worshipful time of singing, prayer, and discussion, presented with God's theme of grace and an overabundance of His love, and examine more fully the presence of Christ in His body of believers. It is open to adults regardless of faith journey, background, or beliefs.
• The Awakening A dynamic 3-day structured weekend for high school teenagers (Friday morning to Sunday afternoon), in which participants ("sleepers") live and study together in a worshipful time of singing, prayer, and discussion. Includes 15 talks on awakening to God's call, examines the reality and presence of Christ in participants' lives and community of believers, and offers each person the opportunity to personally experience the grace of the Lord through prayer, the Word of God, and the actions of a Christian community. A Parent Permission Form is required for registration.

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Southport Presbyterian ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSouthport Presbyterian Church serves as the primary host organization for the Southport Great Banquet ministry. The church provides the venue and organizational infrastructure for the Christian retreat programs. The Awakening Registrar can be contacted at [email protected].
• Multiple Churches and Organizations (Greater Indianapolis)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple churches and organizations within the greater Indianapolis area actively participate in the Southport Great Banquet Christian ministry. These partnerships enable broader community reach and inter-denominational fellowship. Specific church names are not individually listed on the website.

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Direct peers

• Chrysalis: Chrysalis is the Emmaus movement's high-school youth 3-day retreat. The Awakening shares a near-identical youth retreat structure, including a curated talk series and community-based delivery, making it the most directly comparable youth peer.
• Tres Dias: Tres Dias is a Christian 3-day weekend retreat movement modeled after the Cursillo tradition. It runs essentially the same adult multi-church collaborative weekend format as Southport Great Banquet, making it the closest direct peer for the core adult program.
• Walk to Emmaus: Walk to Emmaus is The Upper Room's flagship 3-day Christian discipleship retreat for adults, paired with the Chrysalis youth weekend. It is the closest large-scale analog to Southport Great Banquet's weekend ministry structure and theology.

Broad incumbents

• Young Life: Young Life is a national Christian youth ministry running multi-day retreats, clubs, and outreach programs for high school students. It parallels The Awakening's teen target demographic and weekend retreat model at much greater institutional scale.
• Cursillo: Cursillo is the original Catholic 3-day lay movement from which Tres Dias and Emmaus emerged. It operates the same weekend-format faith retreat category at much larger, international scale and a different denomination.
• InterVarsity Christian Fellowship: InterVarsity is a national evangelical campus ministry running conferences, small groups, and discipleship programs. It shares the faith-based community-formation mission but operates through university campuses rather than church-hosted weekends.
• Youth for Christ: Youth for Christ is a national umbrella Christian youth ministry running retreats, camps, and discipleship programs. It parallels The Awakening in targeting high school teens for spiritual formation through immersive weekend experiences.

Others

• Saddleback Church: Saddleback Church is a large multi-site evangelical church that runs weekend services and small group ministries. It is comparable only as a broader-denominational church organization hosting community programs, not a direct weekend retreat operator.
• Habitat for Humanity: Habitat for Humanity is a large faith-rooted nonprofit running community programs with broad volunteer involvement. It is thematically comparable as a faith-rooted, volunteer-driven community organization but does not directly run weekend retreats.
• CCB Church: CCB Church is the church management software platform Southport Great Banquet uses for online registration. It is an enabling infrastructure peer rather than a programmatic competitor.

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