The Acts 1:8 Challenge is an opportunity for Midway Community Church to declare our commitment to a comprehensive missions strategy to reach our community, our state, our continent, and our world. In Acts 1:8, Jesus tells his disciples that they are to be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. We understand this to mean that Jesus is calling us to be on mission as well — in the Alpharetta/Cumming area, as well as from Georgia and North America out to the Nations.
Four Key Tasks
For Midway Community Church, to be on mission means involving ourselves in four key tasks:
- Learn: To learn as much as we can about what God is doing around the world, and in particular, we want to be well informed regarding the ministries of the missionaries we support
- Pray: To pray regularly and specifically for their families and their ministries
- Give: Midway has committed to give 15% of our overall budget to missionaries and mission projects in all four fields of focus
- Go: Go and be on mission by getting our body personally involved in mission opportunities
GO: Mission Opportunities
Part of the Acts 1:8 Challenge is to make sure we are on mission in our community. One of the ways we do that is by providing English Class for free on Thursday nights.
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Missionaries
Below are some of the missionaries we sponsor and support:
Brent and Linda Ropp, Wycliffe
Brent is currently Regional Vice President of Operations, at Wycliffe Associates. He is directing a project to translate the Word of God into 14 languages for the people groups in and surrounding Australia and Papua New Guinea.
brent_ropp@wycliffe.org
Rachel Ropp, Campus Crusade for Christ
Rachel will be serving with Campus Crusade for Christ on a traveling team focused on recording the Jesus Film into new languages.
Tara Simonds, Woodlands Camp
Tara provides Guest Services that allow campers and retreat participant to take advantage of the opportunities to grow spiritual while at Woodlands Camp.
graced92@yahoo.com
Ron and Isabelle Young, NAMB
Ron is the Pastor of Renaissance Bible Church in Rawdon, Quebec, Canada.
reachingquebec@yahoo.com
Mike and Karen McDaniel, IMB
The McDaniels live in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India, a small university town about three hours north of Kolkata. Mike is the Logistics Coordinator for the West Bengal area and helps people with various needs as they do their work here. He also serves as the Language and Culture Coordinator and helps new personnel learn language. They have also recently started a small cattle project in a Muslim area just outside Kolkata.
mmcdaniel@wigtake.org
Jean and Joy Thomas, Haiti Christian Development Fund
The Thomas' work in Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti and have as their goals, total community redevelopment through social ministry and reconcilation to Christ. They have built roads, provided fresh water, built an airstrip, started a Credit Union, and have started schools in several neighboring communities. Jean is also the Pastor of the church that has over 500 people attending.
jlemecthomas@hotmail.com
Phil and Myra Kitchin, Clarkston International Bible Church
Phil is the Pastor of Clarkston International Bible Church in Clarkston, GA. This community is home to refugees from hundreds of countries. The church uses various and creative ways to reach these people including English classes, adult mentoring, kids clubs, after-school programs, tutoring, and basketball camps.
pastor@cibc-sbc.org
Davey Bales, FCA Forsyth
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes challenges coaches and athletes on the professional, college, high school, junior high and youth levels to use the powerful medium of athletics to impact the world for Jesus Christ. Davey Bales is the director of the newly formed Forsyth Chapter of FCA. Formerly this support went to the FCA at the University of Georgia.
dbales@fca.org
Local Partnerships
Learn more about some local missions & ministries we serve with and support on a regular basis:
North Fulton Community Charities
North Fulton Community Charities mission is to prevent homelessness in North Fulton by supporting families in their homes during short-term emergencies. By pooling the resources of local religious, business and civic groups and individuals, NFCC assists families with rent, utilities, transportation, food, clothing, medicine and other basic needs. NFCC also coordinates special assistance to families during the holidays and matches volunteers with projects.
The Place
The Place is a non-profit social service organization that serves Forsyth County families. Their core programs focus on providing basic survival needs and their operations are monitored to assure accountability and effectiveness while assistance is given with compassion.
Whispering Hope
Whispering Hope Women's Resource & Pregnancy Center is a Christ-center ministry dedicated to inform, educate and provide an outstretched hand to women faced with an unexpected pregnancy. Staff and volunteers offer confidential, one-on-one support as well as services and referrals at no charge to the client. After exploring the alternatives, each women is better able to make an informed and educated decision concerning her pregnancy.
Waypoint Center
Waypoint Center ministers healing and restoration to men caught in addictions. Using biblical counseling, teaching, small groups and work programs we provide men with a safe and spiritually sound environment to bring about a whole lifestyle change.
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Missions Team
If you have any questions or want to get involved in any way, please feel free to contact the Midway Community Church Missions team:
| Marc Lilge | marc@midwaycc.org |