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Focus
Pennsylvania
Appalachian
Regional Ministry, in partnership with the Baptist
Convention of PA/SJ, is focusing on the volunteer and
long-term partnership mission opportunities in
Pennsylvania.
Contact
Information
Bill
Barker, ARM National Director
Phone: 606-316-4298
Email:
bbarker@arministry.org
Baptist Convention of PA/SJ
Gail Hallman,
Church Mobilization Director
Phone: 717-652-5856
Email:
ghallman@brnonline.org
Barry Whitworth
Church Planting Director, Central Region
Phone: 717-497-8214
Email:
bwhitworth@brnonline.org
Our
Strategy:
Always
being open to the movement of God, we are committed to
planting churches at the right time, in the right place,
with the right person, with the right training and the
right support.
Click here for the 2007 Strategy.
Our
Mission:
To create a
church planting movement across Pennsylvania-South
Jersey so that there will be 1,000 congregations by the
year 2011.
“The harvest is abundant,
but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of
the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.” Jesus
(Matthew 9:37-38 HCSB)
Click
here
to read the exciting newsletter from Hazelton Community
Church, a new church start in Hazelton, PA.
Click here to visit their website and learn more
about this exciting new church start.
Click
here for exciting information about an exciting new
church plant in an area with 2 million unchurched people and
ways you can become involved.
Click here for the Volunteer Project request.
Click
here to visit the website related to this new church
start in Pittsburgh.
Click here
to read the latest news on Iron City, a
new church start in Pittsburgh, PA. Exciting things
are taking place.
Click here
to learn more about how you can
become involved in an exciting new church start in Pittsburgh, PA -
Iron City Church.
Listen to a DVD on the need and a vision for the new church
start. The file is an wmv file, 9.5 MB. Please allow
time for it to download.
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Click on map to see
a larger map.
Fast Facts:
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12.5 million - population of Pennsylvania
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9.1 million – the number of nonevangelized people living in
Pennsylvania
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Largest land area in Appalachia
Focus Area
Fast Facts
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Three Associations (Keystone, Northeast, and South Central)
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31 counties
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4 million—population
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2.9 million – number of nonevangelized people in the focus area
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77 – Southern Baptist congregations
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1 SBC Congregation for every 37,800 nonevangelized persons
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6 Counties with NO Southern Baptist Congregation (Bradford,
Montour, Northumberland, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna)
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305,934 – Population of the 6 counties with NO SBC work
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3 fastest growing counties in Pennsylvania – Monroe, Pike, and
Wayne
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Population is growing at 15% plus each year
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Area is 85% nonevangelized or 230,000 people
Opportunities:
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Key population centers targeted for new church starts in the
Focus Area
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Scranton – Wilkes-Barre – Harrisburg – Hershey – Reading –
Lancaster – Sunbury - York
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Needed: Long term Partnerships
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Needed: Church Planters
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Needed: Prayer Partners
Click here for a complete listing of
mission opportunities in Pennsylvania. Project manual is
in Adobe format (pdf).
Volunteers Needed:
Click on the titles below to view how volunteers are
making a difference in Hazleton, PA at
Hazleton Community Church. Clips are in .wmv files.
Roof Repair
VBS on Arthur St.
VBS on James St.
Fixing up
the Park
 Click here
to learn more about how you can
become involved in an exciting new church start in Pittsburgh, PA -
Iron City Church.
Listen to a DVD on the need and a vision for the new church
start. The file is an wmv file, 9.5 MB. Please allow
time for it to download.
Click here
to read their latest newsletter - over 40 in average attendance.
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