Impact

The Impact is a monthly communication that will provide mission information and resources for your church to impact the world near or far.

Mission Edition - October 2011 
In This Issue
NJO Initiative
Disaster Relief Recap
Disaster Relief Trainings
Mobilze The Church - NAMB
Foreign Mission Opportunities
Follow-up Links

NJO MISSION OFFERING INITIATIVE

 

NJO

Making old things new -  

we are headed in a new direction!

 

The Nelle Johnson Offering (NJO) was established to provide funds to enhance our serving  and giving locally and to the world as an Association.

  

This year's offering will be used as follows:

 

 

Leadership Development -Healthy, growing pastors are essential for developing healthy, growing churches. We would like to develop SALT (Strengthen Associational Leadership Team)  to support and resource our pastors.

 

This team focuses on supporting pastors with practical needs during hard times as well as  creating opportunities for training, mentoring, coaching, partnerships, assessments, consultations, and whatever other means necessary to resource these men of God so they can continue to grow in their ability to lead, equip, preach, and impact their community for God; keeping in mind every pastorate is unique.

 

IBA Continuing Education Fund - This fund provides scholarships that benefit Northwest Pastors, Pastor's Family and Ministry Leaders to attend seminary or complete undergraduate studies. 

 

Offering Goal for 2011:
$7,000.00

 Total Received to Date:
$1258.13

This offering can be collected and turned in year round. 

  

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"Churches Coming Together To Impact Our World!"

DISASTER RELIEF RECAP    

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

 

"Listen to counsel and receive instruction so that you may be wise in later life. Many plans are in a man's heart, but the LORD's decree will prevail," Proverbs 19:20-21 (HCSB).

 

Disasters are never in our plan and in fact if we could, we would plan for them not to happen. In this fallen world, disasters have been happening and will continue to happen. Southern Baptists volunteers will continue to respond to meet the needs of the suffering in the midst of disaster as long as God tarries. These volunteers take time that they had planned to use for vacation or retirement and give that time back to God. They share their motive in serving others and they share the good news of the Gospel from His word. We may make plans but we also know the truth found here in Proverbs that, "the Lord's decrees will prevail."

 

Texas Fires ~ Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers from Arkansas, California, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas (SBTC & TBM), and Utah/Idaho continue to serve residents who have seen their communities devastated by fire. Volunteers are helping homeowners sift through the ashes of destroyed homes. Others are involved in; feeding, chaplaincy, operations, assessment, shower and laundry ministry.

 

Photo right: Some of the California recovery volunteers who made the journey toDR_CA_Team Bastrop, Texas to help sift through the ashes of burned homes and clean the home sites so that residents can begin the rebuilding process.

 

So far these volunteers have logged 16,290 hours of volunteer work, saving the residents more than $325,800.00. These volunteers have provided 9,123 meals and cleaned 117 sites. They have shared the gospel with 68 individuals, provided 1,095 showers, and washed 424 loads of laundry.

 

Teams are scheduled to be in the area through October and into November.

 

In addition to the work volunteers are doing in response to the fires, Baptists from several states have been helping Texas ranchers with hay to feed animals in the midst of a worsening drought.

 

BGCO Disaster Relief - Bastrop, Texas
BGCO Disaster Relief - Bastrop, Texas
 

Japan Earthquake/Tsunami ~  The Missouri Construction team is working in Japan. A team of volunteers from Canada, California and the Northwest Conventions will travel to Japan later this week. Pray for these volunteers as they help Baptists in Japan assist residents in Miyagi Prefecture with rebuilding their homes.

 

Teams scheduled to travel to Japan 

October 1-16 Missouri Construction team
October 15-30 Canada Construction team
October 17-26 Georgia Mud-out team
November 17-27 Florida Mud-out team

December 3-17 Florida Construction team

 

DISASTER RELIEF OPPORTUNITIES 

For information regarding SBC Disaster Relief work in Japan and estimated cost for team members please ( click here ).

 

Please contact the IBA/NW Disaster Relief Coordinator Dave Hillison at dr@interstatebaptist.org, or call him at (503) 789-6952, for current disaster relief opportunities in your area and around the world. 

 

"Churches Coming Together To Impact Our World!"

DISASTER RELIEF TRAININGS     

 

DISASTER RELIEF  

"AUTUMN TRAINING"

  • October 28 - 29, 2011
    • CISM Training - Chaplaincy training
    • Incident Command System (ICS)
    • ServSafe
      • This is an advanced course on food safety and is nationally recognized (valuable for deployment in all states).  ServSafe manuals need to be preordered so participants can begin studying prior to the first day of class.

All training will take place at:

Camp Touchet
1130 N. Touchet Road
Dayton, WA  99328
(509) 387-4585

 

For a church recommendation form for the Chaplain's training click here .

For registration and pricing to attend any or all trainings please click here.

 

WANT TO MOBILIZE YOUR CHURCH

  

NAMB

When I think of the word "mobilize," a picture comes to mind of a great General amassing large numbers of troops and supplies.  He assembles his officers to discuss the battle at hand, share and receive wisdom concerning details and risks, and finalizes the appropriate strategy to accomplish their mission.  Although it may seem to be the task of a singular military genius, the reality is that if the battle is to be won, the effort must be the corporate fulfillment of like-minded leaders networking with one another for a mutual goal.  We, too, have a mission to accomplish.  And, although we may have many great "generals," if the battle for defeating the enemy of lostness in North America is to be won, our armies must work in concert together, networking our people and resources to accomplish our God-given task.


The second priority of "IMPACT" is "mobilize" - to assist associations to network their people and resources to engage lostness and begin new work.

 

Networking isn't a recent strategic phenomena.  It is a biblical concept practiced in the early church where teaching, training and the sharing of information served a strategic purpose.  In Acts 8, we see the church scattered and the apostles responding to the needs of a growing church by sending Peter and John to network in ministry with Philip.  In Acts 9, God "networked" Ananias and Barnabas together with the church to launch Saul into ministry.  Acts 11 shows the accountability and strength of an early church network striving together to take the message of Christ throughout Asia Minor.  In a realistic sense, the apostles in the early church functioned as much like network facilitators, or catalysts for new work, as they did as missionaries.  

 

Someone may say, "What is the difference between a network and a partnership?"  I am glad you asked!  Networking in ministry essentially means sharing information to more efficiently develop and carry out a strategy.  A partnership implies a higher level of commitment and may grow out of a network to address a specialized focus or need.  It is the desire of IMPACT to see networks developed which lead to the organization of partnerships, alliances, and coalitions to accomplish the call of God through associations across North America.

 

If you are interested in learning more about how your association can be a part of a church planting SEND CITY Coalition, contact the Associational IMPACT Team or the Mobilization Team at NAMB today.  Or, you can simply click on the "Mobilize ME" button!  

 

Mobilze MEMoblize ME  

  

Blessings,

Stan Albright

National Director for Associations, NAMB

 

NAMB launches NYC church-planting initiative

"Send North America: New York City is NAMB's response to the growing need for solid evangelical churches and Christian community in the city. NAMB has established a partnership coalition made up of state, association and local leaders as well as pastors from other states to help lead the NYC initiative. NAMB's leaders and coalition members recognize the potential of harnessing the influence of the area and working diligently to move the needle back to Christ."

 

Follow this link for the complete story of the launch of the SEND: NORTH AMERICA . . . New York City.  http://www.namb.net/nambblog1.aspx?id=8590117885&blogid=8589939695

 

Here are some additional links you will find helpful in learning more about the work in New York City, as well as across the rest of North America.

 

Birmingham church supports SEND: NYC http://www.namb.net/nambblog1.aspx?id=8590117878&blogid=8589939695

 

SEND: New York City http://sendnewyork.net

 

SEND: Overview http://www.namb.net/overview-why-send/


Other helpful information concerning SEND: North America http://www.namb.net/Search.aspx?searchtext=send&searchfor=all&orderby=id&orderdirection=ascending

IMB

 

Looking for foreign mission opportunities?  Go to The International Mission Boards website (www.imb.org) and look for their volunteer opportunities.  Go to 'Lead Your Church' to see all of the ways that you and your church can partner with foreign missionaries.

 

Where is God calling YOU to go?  

 

Who Will Go Tell?
Who Will Go Tell?

"Churches Coming Together To Impact Our World!"

"Pressing Toward The Mark..."  Philippians 3:12-14

Thank you for reading.  If there is something you would like to see and/or would like to add to the IBA Impact Missions Newsletter please send it to iba@interstatebaptist.org  attention IBA Impact.  We would love to hear and share the mission opportunities that your churches are currently participating in.  

  

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