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Caldwell
Baptists are involved in numerous mission activities in Caldwell County. The Missions Evangelism
Ministries Group of the
Caldwell Association is sponsoring the following ministries. |
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Local
Ongoing
Ministries
We have a Worship Service at Green Mountain Park every
Sunday morning during the months of April through November led by pastors and
musicians from our associational churches. Seven weeks every summer, in the months
of June and July, churches lead in a Day Camp at Green Mountain Park.
A Bible study is held every Tuesday
morning at Lenoir Park led by pastors and teachers from Caldwell Baptist
churches.
Two afternoons each week Caldwell
Baptist provides food for the purpose of feeding volunteer doctors and
nurses as they volunteer their time to see patients at the Helping Hands
Clinic. The purpose of the Helping Hands Clinic is to provide
primary medical care and diagnosis to people who have no means of paying
for medical care.
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Permanent
Teams
Assist congregations in
educating and involving men and boys in missions. Develops
projects and ministries to help meet needs in conjunction with church
leaders.
Coordinates disaster
relief work for the Caldwell Baptist Association. This team
works with leaders of North Carolina Baptist Men and the American Red
Cross in responding to disasters.
Assist churches in
promoting missions and in establishing, enlarging, and strengthening
WMU work. Discovers needs in the churches and communities from
leaders of women and girls and helps to implement action plans to meet
needs.
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Ministry
Teams
Working
Outside
of
Caldwell
County |
Works with the Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina to receive mission project assignments.
Plans North Carolina mission trips and other mission projects.
Enlists volunteers from Caldwell
associational churches to carry out these projects.
Works with the North
American Mission Board to receive mission project assignments.
Plans and promotes North American mission trips. Secures
volunteers from Caldwell associational churches and provides training
for these mission trips.
Works with the
International Mission Board and international missionaries to receive
mission project assignments. Plans international mission trips.
Secures volunteers from Caldwell associational churches.
Provides training for international partnership mission trips.
Other Mission
Opportunities
Encourages church
members to be involved in personal evangelism. Provides training
opportunities and awareness of evangelistic resources. Works
with church leaders in planning, coordinating, implementing and
evaluating mass evangelism efforts.
Offers to help
congregations in building and maintaining effective and efficient
Sunday School ministries. Works with Sunday School leaders and
creates an awareness of resources and services available to
congregations.
Provides special
training for Vacation Bible School directors and pastors followed with
training for all Vacation Bible School workers.
Calico Baptist Mission on Calico
Road
Caldwell Baptist associational
churches collect food and money to feed the hungry in Caldwell County.
The parade is held once every year on World Hunger Sunday in October.
It begins at the Hudson Middle School and ends at the First Baptist
Church of Hudson. Certificates are presented to the church with
the "Most Food Items Collected," the church with the "Most
Money Raised," the church with the "Most Participants in the
Parade," and the church with the "Best Banner."
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