Ministries

We have ministries in schools, supermarkets, offices, a rehab centre, and on basketball courts. We minister through tutoring and teaching, through airplane clubs, and in the local shops.

We strive to see our folks have a ministry wherever they are.

 

just this past week, our students did a carwash and a window wash in an area parking lot. No money or donations allowed. We then got to answer almost every time the great lead-in question, "Why are you doing this?"

Another fun one: (requires an accomplice) Pay for the person's food or road toll behind you...and if the drive-through attendant allows, have them give a tract to that person behind you. Fun and effective.

 

Running sporting events to build contacts in the community and ESL classes have been the most effective ministries in our church.

 

:thumbs: I cannot recommend it highly enough. It's extremely practical and has been particularly effective with older, alienated people who don't have the pressures of daily school and work interactions to spur them to learn. The group meets once a week to fellowship and study with those capable of teaching and each participant is given the numbers of other people in the church who they can call during the week to practice their English. It's a great program!

 

Our church has in the past hosted various other services, but has presently (and I believe rightly) chosen to bring everyone together now. They're accommodated by some of our more gifted members providing a live translation that's broadcast to wireless headphones which are provided. It helps us minister on a scale smaller than whole services while helping integrate them into the main church body and nips any sense of second-class status that can sometimes creep in. If you ever find yourself blessed by the presence of someone capable of such translation (sending them a copy of the sermon in advance helps a great deal), I cannot recommend it highly enough!

 

I am on a team that holds services at a mental health ( psych ) ward . The Gospel is presented quite clearly and often despite our Calvinism:laugh: .

Bro.W : "I don't know how much it is geared towards the Gospel and I know the church is highly Calvinistic , so I'm not sure about it in the least ."

BW : You need to study much more before saying such careless things . You were correct though , in that you said that you were "not sure about it in the least ."

 

Our church has a food bank for the needy, support a program for men with addictions and my husband and I are chaplains for a juvenile detention center which our church supports.

**Becky**

 

Our church does all of the ministries you mentioned and also we open our ministry center to the public for exercising and walking indoors. One of our people always witness to them.

We have a "Fish Bowl" ministry in many of the local businesses. We have gold fish bowls that are filled with DVD sermons that are preached at our church. These bowls are refilled weekly.

We have a Reformer's Unanimous group to reach the addicted and some of the people are sent here by the judges instead of jail or AA.

We also have a bus ministry, which was not on the list.

Also not on the list was a Christian school. This is open to the public also.

 

Here are a few of the outreach ministries that we are involved with (despite our Calvinism):

* Chuch planting
* Homeless ministry -- food distribution & sharing the Gospel each Sunday afternoon with inner city homeless
* Pre-Elementary, Christian Day School
* Seminary (Miami International Theological Seminary), a "missions" seminary -- see www.mints.edu
* Local & Foreign mission support
* Short term mission trips by adults & students
* Addiction Recovery -- see www.aliveagainministries.com
* Grief Share Counseling (those those who have lost loved ones)
* Divorce Care Counseling

 

Sorry, never heard of Boyce College so I don't know exactly what to what you are referring.

No, our doctrine does not "hinder" us as you say. If you truly believe that, then... never mind. Ever hear of Evangelism Explosion?

 

Evangelism Explosion [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]is a method of sharing one's faith and is[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] one of the most widely used tools for training pastors and lay people for evangelism. See www.eeinternational.org for more information. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Bottom line, it was started by a Calvinist. [/FONT]