Outreach Ministry
What is Outreach all about?
What a wonderful opportunity we have for blessings when we share the Word of God and His love with the lost of the world. Whether in our hometown of Midland, Texas, or half way around the world, we have been led to and have participated in projects that allow us to share time, truth and resources with a thirsty and dying humanity. We do not believe that we must travel to Russia, Uganda or Odessa to have meaningful and fruitful outreach opportunities – but neither do we ignore work that is located beyond our city limits.
Ideally, we want to make disciples both inside and outside the physical walls of our church.
Practically, that requires people and/or organizational structures that survive beyond individual commitments. Most often this means participating with groups already in a specific area or planting churches to serve a specific area.
Outreach at MBC is in no way limited to “organized” church-wide activities. Rather, we encourage the believers in our body to participate in ministries that they have a passion or vision for. As a church we want to focus on where the Lord leads us so that we may have noticeable impact – both in the ministry and on those ministering. As individuals we want to be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit whether or not others are willing to or capable of joining in.
Latest Mission News
Soroti Training 2012
March 14th, 2012
2 New Updates
Read the updates from the current training trip to Africa.
Past Mission News
- Updates from the Zambia Mission Trip from 2011.
- Updates from the Uganda Mission Trip from 2011.
Local Outreach Ministries
You don’t have to travel around the world to find a mission field. Just look around the block or to the person living next door. Our neighbors need life in Christ too!
So who is your neighbor?
– A Woman, A Girl Scared To Keep Their Unborn Baby
– At-Risk Youth In A Dentention Home… or Even Prison
– People of All Ages In Need of Assisted Living Support
– People Attending Community Events
There’s no reason for us to stand aside and not serve those around us in need; in need of Christ, a meal, or just a friend to share life with.
Juvenile & Male Prison Ministry – Gordon Barker
Teaching, discipleship and a strong emphasis on evangelism for boys and men at Midland County Detention Center, the Smith unit in LaMesa, and possibly the Federal Unit in Big Spring. Immediate needs are for volunteers to do evangelism/discipleship in a classroom setting on Friday evenings at the Midland County Youth Detention Center, and to facilitate/present the Robert Lewis “Authentic Manhood” series in a classroom setting at the state prison in La Mesa at times to be determined. See boys and men get saved and turn from crime to Christ.
99+1 – Connie Perrin
“My goal is to share the Gospel with children 11 to 17 years old who are in trouble with the Law. It is our hope to introduce them to their Savior during their stay. For some that are repeat offenders, who have been placed in the facility on other occasions, we try to move past the ‘Gospel’ and into ‘discipleship’ with them.”
International Outreach Ministries
Uganda Missions
For more than 10 years, MBC has been blessed to help plant churches, disciple Ugandans and watch hundreds of men, women and children come to know Christ. And, in so many ways, the work continues…
Agape Unlimited
Since 1993, Agape as a Christian medical mission has been showing God’s AGAPE love by providing medicines, medical consultations, and assistance to those who have little or no access to medical care. Focusing on the most remote and isolated people groups in the Arctic and Siberia and the poor and overlooked in rural and urban areas, Agape sends teams to areas where the need for medical help is huge.
Equipping Ministries
Soroti Training Center, Women’s Mentoring and Men’s Mentoring Ministries
We are equipping church leaders, men and women to equip others to strengthen local churches throughout eastern Africa and southern Africa to impact their families and communities. We invest in 10-15 men and women, each of which are committed to invest in at least 10 other men and women. The real leverage occurs when this second group of nationals reach out and equip their own group of 10 other men and women. They are reaching villages, churches and families that we could never touch meaningfully with curriculum developed by some of the MBC’s gifted teachers, such as Hope for Relationships, Happiness Unboxed, Changing Me, Gr8 Leadership, Becoming a Godly Man, plus the BEE World curriculum to equip church leaders and Women’s Ministry leaders.
For example, our Women’s Ministry team will have equipped 60+ women to serve as Changing Me facilitators. Lord willing, we expect that over 10,000 women will have gone through the Changing Me curriculum by YE 2012 in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola.
A few “facts”:
From 2000 to 2011, MBC will have spent 377 man weeks associated with church planting in Uganda. This comes from 157 of our members and 69 guests.
While I was reviewing our training and participation, I took a quick look at the equipping efforts for 2010 and 2011:
- 60 man weeks have been invested to equip others in eastern and southern Africa
- 16 MBC members and 4 guests provided that support
- 14-15 individuals were equipped with each week spent
- At least 10 individuals are being equipped by each of the individuals in the line above for each week spent
- The real multiplication happens when the 10 individuals equipped in the line above equip and/or train their own groups of ten, multiple times
Get Involved
So how can you get involved?
Contact MBC people involved. Be proactive. Find out what they’re doing, what kind of help they need. Could be prayer, donations for Bibles, or by getting personally involved.
Contact organizations yourself. MBC encourages spirit-gifted and spirit-led service. Perhaps you see an unmet need and want to start your own personal outreach ministry. You have that freedom!
Ask for help. We’re happy to help guide and direct you toward areas of need. Just let us know!
Outreach Possibilities
- The Life Center
- Meals On Wheels
- Safe Place & Fair Havens
- Rock the Desert
