If an editor of a national Christian magazine were to ask you, “What are the top 100 missions-focused churches in the USA,” Which churches would you name? If you have a nominee, please click “Comment” following the web version of this item. Also, in addition to the name of the church, please don’t forget to provide the city and state. If you’d also like to provide some rationale for your pick, it would be helpful. In other words, why do you think they deserve the nomination?
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Cedar Mill Bible Church (www.cmbc.org) in Portland, OR. They are a missions Al church with very strong support of both local and global missions service. They are the home church of Luis Palau and have several missions focus areas (Nigeria, Kazakhstan, and India). They support individuals from their church and others that have a connection to their church. They also
serve their missionaries by providing them with housing when they are back in the US through the missions house located near the church. Most of their elders and pastors have gone on frequent trips overseas to visit their missionaries and they have a special team (Barnabas Team) set up to support and pray for each of their missionaries which meets at least monthly. Most of those Barnabas Teams also do visits overseas to their missionary frequently and provide great encouragement and connection. CMBC also has a FOM (Friends of Mission) group that meets monthly to pray for the missionaries and they are always coming up with creative ways to engage with the missionaries and keep the whole church connected with what the church is involved with missionally both locally and globally. The church recently started offering Missional Outreach grants to members of the church who want to try new creative outreaches. CMBC has planted churches locally, and has given literally millions of dollars to global missions work over the years. They have also hosted conferences for other churches and individuals who want to meet together to collaborate on specific geographic focus areas. CMBC has also been very involved over the years in the big Northwest missions conference “Mission Connexion” (www.missionconnexion.com) and they are always very open to see how God is going to use them next!
I’mMost beloved in Christ,
Greetings from India,
I am an Evangelist working in south India, there are 6evangelists working with me we are working in different remote areas, where their Gospel salvation never had been proclaimed.
We bring forth Gospel salvation through approach the public by small medical camps with the help of a voluntary Christian Doctor, and using Jesus crusification film in villages. Feed the hungry programs,Distributing Gospel tracts. After preach about Jesus and his love. Love of Jesus and Gospel salvation in many unreaches areas.
Every month we conduct at least 2 days by Medical camps and conduction poor feedings, thereby we get close attention of Public. In the Gospel service we find hundreds of people in streets who are living in Hilly and country side and in town areas, suffering and laid up from acute food problems and so many are in the stage of Emaciation.
There are many of widows, lepers and handicapped people and street orphans are living, they are really in need of Food, clothes, education and medical help certainly they are in need of love from some one.
When I see these people I cry in helpless mood, I request you to pray for these people, we want to conduct ordinary poor feeding program in that poor areas. Hence your prayers are needed very badly.
Kindly pray that we want to help at least 50 children’s who are deprived the human love and parents, even they don’t have relatives they are real orphans, they are suffering a lot in the streets there by we get close the love of God.
Kindly pray for the need of establishing more church groups in the villages. There is a great need to appoint Evangelists in the villages where the people were responded to our call for Christ, in our group 6evangelists dedicated fervently to stay and work for Jesus in wideness. For this mighty work an evangelist must have the support of at least 50 dollars per month. With these 50 dollars and with the small offerings that the evangelist gets from the congregation, he can stay in with his family. So I need your kind prayers in this Gospel work.
as our Evangelists go to remote and far distanced villages they face many problems in connection with transpiration, they are mostly in need of two wheelers, each two wheeler cost is 1000 USD.presently we need 6 two wheelers pray for this need.thanking you.
Yours in His service.
Peter.
Postal Address:
Evangelist, Peter yelchuri
Door no 4-3-182/P, Ground floor, Friends colony, Puppalguda,
Near Medplus medicalss
Hyderabad – 500089
South India
Black Rock Church, Fairfield, CT
Missions is part of the DNA of the church. They have had a dynamic, annual week-long missions conference every year for 60 years. Annual Faith Promise specifically for missions separate from the general budget. Great mix of local, international and least-reached outreach. Excellent care and involvement with those they have sent.
Grace Community Church, Tempe, Arizona
Grace Evangelical Church on Fayetteville, GA gives 25% of its 1mm budget to missions
I’m thinking a couple of the mission minded churches I know are most humble and would not want to be listed, a thought, blessings
Westover Church
Muirs Chapel Rd
Greensboro, NC
sponsoring over 20 missionaries and families to the nations- and 2 week mission conf each November. Each1st Sunday of the month, ALL of the offering goes to Global missions
westoverchurch.com
make that 200 missionaries
Christ Our King Church in Southlake, Texas, is a small congregation of 40 people, but they help support 10 missionaries, most of them for decades.
They are truly amazing. Faithful missions support. I just got back from visiting one of the missionaries they support. I applaud them.
Ever heard of Antioch from Waco, Texas? They are like a mini YWAM. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch_International_Movement_of_Churches#cite_note-20 I am not connected with them but they have my respect.
i once experienced their service at a bible college in Kenya.
am looking for them, got a church which realy need help from a well wisher.
contact ; +254715003944 whatsapp
pastor samuel
I would agree with Cedar Mill, Black Rock and Westover. Great Missions churches. I would add Cedar Springs Pres. in Knoxville, Austin Stone Church in Austin, TX, Trinity Church in Lansing, MI, Sojourn Church in Louisville as well as Southeast Christian in Louisville. Lake Ave. Congregational in Pasadena. Emmanuel Faith Comminty Church in Escondido, CA. Heritage Church in Westerville, OH is a church to watch as their Pastor bleeds missions similar to Black Rock.
+ Mosaic, Los Angeles.
+ Newspring, Santa Ana, CA.
+ Austin Stone, Austin.
+ National Community Church, Wash DC.
+ Bay Area Comm, Annapolis MD.
Austin Stone-Austin, TX
-has sent 200 long term workers to UPGS in last 8 years. Congregation of 11,000-13,000. Started less than two decades ago as a plant of 10 people.
Lakeview Baptist- Auburn, AL
-currently has 85 of its own members overseas. Congregation of 2,000. Around 1 out of every 23 members is overseas.
-each week, they have a ESL ministry on site hosting 200+ internationals from more than 20 countries.
Summit Church- Raleigh/Durham NC
-currently has more than 120 long term workers overseas
-great at welcoming refugees
-planted lots of domestic churches
Calvary Community Church Westlake- Westlake, CA
The Hills Church – http://www.thehills.org
The Hills Church located in N. Richland Hills/Southlake and West Fort Worth, Texas. Had over 500 baptisms last year; support 26 missionaries and will add to that plus support stateside church planting. Members encouraged to find their One and share faith with them – philosophy – missions is not a piece of the pie; it is the pie.
Denton Bible Church, Denton TX
Grace Covenant Church, Austin, TX
Trinity Bible Church, Richardson, TX
Hill Country Bible Church, Austin, TX
Bethlehem Baptist in Minneapolis
Tulsa Christian Fellowship, Tulsa, OK–a wonderful missions minded church.
Elmbrook Church in Brookfield, WI. (elmbrook.org) has been a strong missionary giving and supporting church since its existence over 35 years ago. From a traditional cross-cultural mission focus, they now include urban ministries in cities like Milwaukee and a strong commitment to help in emergency relief with organizations like World Vision and World Relief. They also partner with other large churches in worldclass cities like Nairobi and in Asia.
Free Chapel of Gainsville GA
SELF MINISTRIES IN TCMB (TAKING CARE MINISTRIES BANGLADESH) WANTING TO BE ADDING WITH A GOD FEAR MINISTRIES.