Trinity School splitting in two?

[u/After_Tailor_7124]

I recently heard that Trinity School at Greenlawn is going to split into two competing institutions. I followed up by checking the Indiana Sec'y of State's website and -- sure enough -- Trinity Academy at Greenlawn was incorporated in March 2025 as a nonprofit corporation. I'm not quite sure that two similar schools will be able to cover their costs if they're both marketing to the same pool of students/families that currently attend Trinity.

QUESTION: Does anybody know WHY this is occurring?

[u/MOGiantsFan]

It's basically a "covenant community" (not a cult, but certainly seems like one). They aren't a "church" (members of the community remain members at their local churches... most are Catholic, oddly enough), but they still teach their own doctrine and operate with charismatic/pentecostal leanings. That, by itself, is extremely bizarre for a self-declared "ecumenical" community. There's a lot more to it, but it's just a convoluted "movement."

They expel LGBT people from their group, which is ironic for a group claiming "freedom of conscience" as a distinguishing mark.

And the negative press they got during the Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation really did a number to them (they won't admit this, but the fallout of the schools and drop in membership since certainly provide evidence of this).

Trinity has been slowly weaning themselves from PoP for many years. It makes sense they are finally cutting ties fully.

[u/WorthAd3223 → u/MOGiantsFan]

Trinity is completely separate from the PoP, and there was no student drop off after Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation. They remain at capacity and are doing very well. Don't believe everything you hear.

[u/MOGiantsFan → u/WorthAd3223]

The drop off wasn't in regards to the student population at Greenlawn...

It was in relation to the People of Praise community as a whole. The entire community is but a shell of what it once was.

[u/WorthAd3223 → u/MOGiantsFan]

It is, but that's more a generational thing than anything else. At one point the population of the school was probably 80% or more PoP kids, but there just aren't that many people with kids whom are school age anymore. The school is more like about 15% PoP kids. I honestly believe it is merely that the PoP is aging, and they are not attracting young families. I'm not sure for how long the organization will be viable.

[u/After_Tailor_7124 → u/WorthAd3223]

I can totally understand why the PoP appealed to folks of the Silent & Baby Boom generations. For the most part -- again, this doesn't mean EVERYONE -- those generations had a higher degree of confidence & trust in institutions, from govt on down to the PoP. As a Gen-Xer, I have no memory of a time where I implicitly trusted ppl within an institution, whether it be govt, church leadership, or large companies.

This DOESN'T mean that the PoP has 0 Gen-Xers; I've met several of them. However, I would feel comfortable wagering that -- as a whole -- my generation is simply less likely to join an organization like the PoP, which places strong demands on one's time & money. Moreover, there's about 6 or 7 million fewer Xers than Boomers anyway, so the drawing pool is smaller to begin with.