BRAZIL – Stronger families generally mean safer kids, safer schools, and safer neighborhoods, says Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse, president of the Indiana Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch. To celebrate the strength of Indiana families and the safety of Hoosier hometowns, ISYR will host a s .
December 17, 2020
(BRAZIL) – Leaders of the Indiana Sheriffs’ Youth Ranch for future law enforcement officers, at-risk kids, young witnesses, and victims of crime have named Pastor Phil Ping of Indianapolis as the not-for-profit’s volunteer senior chaplain.
Phil Ping
Ping, a minister at Joyful Manna Ministries, will head inter-denominational faith programming and coordinate personal items wanted and needed by teens attending overnight visits, weekend retreats, and post-COVID weeklong leadership academies at the 62-acre training retreat.
A U.S. Army veteran and graduate of the Colorado Theological Seminary, Ping is both a successful business and faith leader in Central Indiana. He founded, owned and operated Ping Tree Service, Indiana’s largest family-owned business of its type. He also established Joyful Manna Baptist Fellowship, which features a daycare ministry, a memorial legacy to his late wife. Ping’s missionary work has taken him to Eastern Europe a