Outreach
WE WILL “GO”
At Carterville Baptist Church we have a deep desire to live out the Great Commission by going out into our community and around the world to see people come to know Jesus Christ. One way we accomplish this is through our great mission partners. Some of these partners meet the needs of so many by providing food, water, and shelter. Others have planted churches in areas that God is ready to do a great work. Our vision for missions is that Carterville will not just be a church that only sends a check, but we will have a hands-on relationship with those we serve and do missions with.
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A supportive sober living program that helps individuals recovering from addiction build stability and long-term sobriety. The organization provides personalized individual counseling, case management, peer support, life skills training, and connections to essential community resources.
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The Lighthouse Rescue Mission strives to provide hope, stability and new beginnings to homeless children and their mothers by meeting their physical, spiritual and emotional needs by following the example and teachings of Jesus Christ. The Lighthouse also serves as a residence to meet the needs of the increasing number of homeless women and children in the Pine Belt. In addition to meeting basic needs, our residents are offered additional support programs in GED preparation, life skills and Bible studies.
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The mission of Homes of Hope for Children is to serve children in crisis throughout Mississippi by providing strong, Christian homes to every child that lives on campus while ensuring that each child is loved unconditionally and has their physical, spiritual, and emotional needs met.
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Christian Services is a multi-faceted ministry through which men and women can come together from individual churches and organizations to demonstrate love to a world of people who are in bondage to poverty, ignorance, anger, frustration, and loneliness. For some, Christian Services offers a controlled environment in which to be separated from their old lifestyles while they learn new values and habits. For others, it is a place where a high standard of values and conduct is continually being lifted up as an example to those who have been disillusioned and/or misled.
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The mission of Petal Children’s Task Force is to act as an advocate for families, children, and youth who live in the Petal School District area, who are in need and to provide assistance to Petal families with a wide range of services. The organization works together with local churches, social services, law enforcement, judicial services, Petal Schools, and civic clubs, to provide quality assistance where needed.
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All life is precious from the moment of conception until natural death. All life is created in the image of our God. Hope Clinic is a crisis pregnancy center that offers medical services and information so that each individual faced with an unplanned pregnancy can make informed decisions. At Hope Clinic, all services are complimentary and confidential. Anyone can call or email them for more information or to schedule an appointment.
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The goal of the Southern Miss Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes is to lead the needed conversation for the need of faith and athletics on campus through a diverse and year round schedule of events and ministry opportunities. The mission is to present to coaches and athletes, and all whom they influence, the challenge and adventure of receiving Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, serving Him in their relationships and in the fellowship of the church.
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Wilderness Refuge Recovery Ministries is a Christ-centered transitional home that engages in the recovery of those affected by addictions and shepherds them to the healing, restoration, and freedom found in Jesus. This great organization provides residents with a safe, supportive, and accountable environment in order to foster the spiritual and personal growth necessary to become productive members of society. This ministry was founded, and is operated by Patrick and Heather Ezell of Petal.
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The Peters Family
We are excited to introduce to you Carterville’s newest church planting partners, Raphael Peters and his wife Tiera. They are joined by their son Kahlil. The Peters served in the Hattiesburg area and are preparing to plant a church in Houston, TX. Raph will do a two year residency with Sojourn Church in Houston as they prepare to plant. Raph has had a great impact for the gospel in our area and we know the Lord will use this family to do great things in Houston. Please join us in prayer for this family as they have answered God’s call on their life and as they prepare to move.
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Grace Community Church in Indianola, MS is church plant that we are proud to call a partner in ministry. The Mississippi Delta has a history of racial tension and poverty. At Grace Community Church, led by Pastor Matthew Morgan, the people have a mission to reach all people of the Mississippi Delta region with the gospel of Jesus Christ. This church started out as a small church plant and is growing to have a powerful presence. We look forward to see what God does with this partnership.
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In recognizing the worth and dignity of homeless women and children, Baptist Friendship House seeks to minister to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs, through love, action, and truth as revealed in God’s Word in Matthew 25, and 1 John 3:17-18. Baptist Friendship House is located four blocks from the historic New Orleans French Market on the northern edge of the French Quarter. It is a ministry of the North American Mission Board, SBC and New Orleans Baptist Association (NOBA). It began its ministry on September 29, 1944, in a building at 732 Frenchmen Street. On June 1, 1947, it was relocated to its present location of 813 Elysian Fields Avenue.
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Renovate Church is a church plant in Cleveland, MS started by Wesley Smith with his wife Jamie Claire and his daughter Ella Smith. After living in Cleveland for some time, Wesley felt the weight of the level of lostness and lack of gospel understanding of the people. He knew that God had called him to plant a new church with the motive to target those specific needs around him. Renovate Church’s mission is to lead people to Christ for life and cultural transformation. They believe that the transformation of broken hearts leads to the transformation of broken cultures. We can see God already moving through the work of Renovate Church, and we are excited to see what God has next for them. Join us in praying for this partnership with Renovate Church.
Baptist Children’s Village
The Baptist Children’s Village is a Christ-centered ministry whose focus is to help children and their families fully understand and experience the healing ministry of Christ by meeting their daily needs and inspiring them to become Christian adults who are happy, healthy and mature. Caring for Mississippi children since 1897, they have grown to a statewide ministry that includes seven residential campuses and a centrally located Headquarters, providing quality care for about 200 children every year. Because the needs of children and their families have changed drastically since those early days, we continually evaluate this ministry to meet these ever-changing needs, always maintaining the primary focus of our founding father: to show Christ’s love to children and families. The Baptist Children’s Village is the official child care agency of The Mississippi Baptist Convention.
GLOBAL PARTNERS
BELIZE VO-TECH
The Belize Vo-Tech is a vocational boarding school and multi-faceted extension of Global Outreach International, which ministers to the physical and spiritual needs of the people of Belize. All work is done through the love of Christ and for His glory. The heart of the program is the Global Outreach Belize Vo-Tech Training Center. Operated as a boarding school, the campus has two boys’ dorms, classrooms, a library, kitchen/dining facilities, bath house, office building, mechanic shop, welding shop, woodworking shop, slaughterhouse, chicken house, dairy barn, six staff houses and living quarters for teams. The center provides room, board, clothing, personal hygiene items, health care and school materials for each of the boys enrolled.
THE PARKS FAMILY
Preston Parks, his wife Laura, and children Elli, James, and Josiah are currently serving the Lord in the Philippines. With the help of their sending organization, TeachBeyond, both Preston and Laura were able to get teaching jobs at Faith Academy in the Philippines. Join us in this partnership by praying for the Parks family and the ministry they get to do for the Kingdom.
THE 10/40 PROJECT
One of our global missions partners is the 10/40 Project. The 10/40 Project is focused on using teams to bring the Gospel to this part of the world. The 10/40 Window is an area of the world with great poverty that lacks access to Christian resources. It is populated by people who are predominantly Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, animist, Jewish or atheist. Many governments in the 10/40 Window are opposed to Christian work within their borders.
Carterville routinely sends teams to serve with this ministry.
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Global Outreach has been a great global missions partner for Carterville for several years. The organization exists to exalt Christ and engage people in mission by proclaiming the Gospel, doing good, and equipping the Church. We have partnered with Global Outreach by sending teams to serve in Belize and working with medical ministry in Zambia.
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