The Farmhouse

The Farmhouse

The Farmhouse Mission, Inc. began in the spring of 2002, under the direction of Brad Pickens, as a place for Christian discipleship and spiritual renewal and as a mission to its community in Orange County, Indiana. The Farmhouse is located on Brad's family farm in southern Indiana, near the towns of Orleans and Paoli. The land on which The Farmhouse is situated has been in the Pickens family for seven generations and the organization is named after Brad's home, a log cabin built by his grandfather and great-grandfather during the Great Depression, which was always referred to as the farm house.

From a handful of informal spiritual retreats in 2002 the organization has developed a comprehensive program of spiritual development for retreats, a discipleship group that meets twice monthly, and is heavily involved in community ministry initiatives that focus on the rural poor in southern Indiana.

Brad Pickens holds the degree of Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow and has studied extensively in Christian history and theology, with a focus on theology and culture, American religion, and Christian spirituality. Brad also holds a M.A. degree in urban studies and he has concentrated on issues of urban and rural poverty.