MISSIONS
Missions education is a vital part of Temple Baptist Church. Through missions our children, youth and adults are personally involved in the efforts around the world of sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. We encourage our members to experience missions by providing hands-on mission opportunities. We realize that all cannot go; however, all can be involved by praying and giving.
Mission Friends (Preschoolers in Missions Education)
Preschoolers can learn about missions too! Children - ages 3 through 5 years are welcome in Mission Friends. Age appropriate activities guide preschoolers to begin to understand that God loves everyone, sends helpers called missionaries and that they, too, can be His helpers. Mission Friends is a foundation for future generations of missionaries called by God to spread the Good News of His Son, Jesus. This program is offered on Wednesday nights at 6:15 to 7:15 pm.
PROGRAMS THAT OUR CHURCH SPONSORS
Temple Baptist Church has been called to carry the light of Jesus to people in spiritual darkness across the globe. We support by giving to the Cooperative Program, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering along with other local programs-the Tennessee Children's Homes and the Christian Community Center in Old Hickory, to help dispel that darkness—so that all peoples may know Him.
Cooperative Program
The Cooperative Program is an agreement among Southern Baptists churches, Baptist state conventions and fellowships, and the Southern Baptist Convention to work together in Great Commission ministries.
It is a financial channel of cooperation through which mission dollars are combined into a unified budget supporting the Southern Baptist missionary, education, and benevolent ministries in each state, the nation, and throughout the world.
The Cooperative Program makes it possible for individuals and churches to do something about fulfilling the Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20) across the street and around the world.
Through the Cooperative Program, the mission of a single church is extended to ministries for the needy, the sick, the aged, and the lost, as well as the support of about 11,000 North American and international missionaries.
Each local church decides what percentage of its undesignated offerings will be shared through the Cooperative Program. For more information about The Cooperative Program go to:
http://www.imb.org
Lottie Moon
“How many million more souls are to pass into eternity without having heard the name of Jesus?"
That question, ubiquitous in the letters of Lottie Moon, seared her heart as she planted her life as a missionary to China a century ago.
Today, we are a part of the support of 5,193 missionaries on the field, and the annual missions offering named for Lottie Moon for a substantial $150 million. What would Lottie think? Would she, citing the 1.6 billion who live precariously in unreached areas, challenge us once again: “How many million more souls are to pass into eternity without having heard the name of Jesus?” For more information go to:
http://www.imb.org
Annie Armstrong
The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions focuses on Southern Baptist mission efforts in the United States and Canada.
Named in honor of Annie Armstrong who served as a missionary in Baltimore, this offering helps support the work of more than 5,000 North American missionaries. These missionaries serve through Baptist centers, language ministries, church planting, resorts and inner cities. The offering is traditionally featured near Easter each year. For more information about Annie Armstrong go to: www.anniearmstrong.com.
Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes
The MISSION of the Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes is to minister the love of Jesus Christ to children and families in crisis.
The VISION of the Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes is to strive to be a ministry to children and families that leads them to become whole persons in Christ through faith, hope and love.
The Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes, a non-profit organization founded in 1891, is a ministry of the churches of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Our purpose is the same today as it was when we were founded, to provide a stable family environment for children. For more information about the Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes go to:
http://www.tbch4kids.org
Christian Community Outreach Center, Inc.
209 Bridgeway, Old Hickory, TN 37138
615-847-4996
Hours: 10am - 1pm Monday-Friday
Mission Statement: The Christian Community Outreach is established to provide stability to families in crisis with food, clothing, and emergency financial aid with utility bills, counseling and referral services.
We are a Christian organization and will serve any person who requests help, if they live in the 37138 zip code area and are in a crisis situation.
We feel when people have crisis situations in their lives, they need a smiling, friendly person to help them through hard times and understand.
We maintain a NON-DISCRIMINATORY POLICY - with only one requirement: that our clients, in need of help show proof of residency in the 37138 zip code area.
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