Southern Baptist on Mission in Appalachia
A.R.M. is a Cooperative Program (CP) ministry of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) and the Woman's Missionary Union (WMU). A.R.M. is supported through CP Missions and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO).
A.R.M. .....
Works though the local Southern Baptist Associations.
Works to bring together mission volunteers, local churches,
and events.
Helps bring needs and resources together.
Appalachian Regional Ministry is an intentional missions response
to the spiritual and physical needs of persons living in the
Appalachian region to mobilize Southern Baptists and their resources
to provide ministries, to evangelize the lost, to assist existing
churches and to start new churches in the multi-state region of
Appalachia.
"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the
Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest
field." - Jesus1
"How beautiful are the feet of those who bring the gospel to the
mountains." - Bible2.
1 - Matthew 9:37-38;
2 - Isaiah 52:7; Romans 10:15
To accelerate missions and to strengthen and establish Southern Baptist work in Appalachia. Appalachian Regional Ministry will come along side existing state convention and associational strategies and processes to resource and accelerate missions development, church growth, and the coordinated mobilization of missions volunteers. The ministry's action plan is to cooperate with associations and churches in identifying mission needs and opportunities, and to solicit volunteer requests for local and national promotion.
The objectives of the minstry are to meet needs, share Christ, and start new churches among all people of the twelve state region.
The Appalachian Regional Ministry region includes parts of
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, New York, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West
Virginia, which are tied together by certain economic, political,
and sociological factors, and missions strategies.
12 States
A.R.M.
is supported through the financial gifts of Southern Baptists to the
Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO). Because Southern
Baptists care and give to support the work of A.R.M., an estimated
65,000 short-term mission volunteers responded to over 400 mission
opportunities in 2008 with an estimated 5,000 plus salvation decisions.
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Week of Prayer.
