WHERE THE TRADITION CONTINUES
WHERE THE TRADITION CONTINUES
Briar Street Baptist Church is a mission-minded and motivated church. As a result, we provide support for a number of missionaries and mission organizations. Listed below, with links to their individual websites, are those we support with our finances, action and prayer.
MBCH - Missouri Baptist Children's Home
Missouri Baptist Children's Home is committed to serving God by responding to the needs of children, youth and families to make a lasting difference in their lives.
Values Statement
Believing that God ordained the family as the primary institution for nurture, growth and support of children, our services reflect the belief that "family works." We will therefore strive to find and/or establish families that work for those we serve. We will utilize our resources to equip families to be the best families they can be.
At Missouri Baptist Children's Home, we believe that we are called to minister to the hurting children, youth and families of our world. Therefore, we will provide an atmosphere of hope and faith as we model our walk with Christ in all personal and professional relationships. We believe that this ministry demands that we integrate the highest professional standards and practices with our Christian belief system, thereby providing the very best of care for our clients.
The goal of the services provided by Missouri Baptist Children's Home is to create the opportunity for each client to achieve his or her potential, while moving from an external to an internal locus of control, thus becoming self-sufficient, functional members of society. As a Christian agency, Missouri Baptist Children's Home supports the belief that no person can achieve his or her potential or function at his or her best without a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
Grand Oak Mission Center is a ministry of Greene County Baptist Association. Food and clothing are given to those who qualify.
To Every Tribe exists to extend the worship of Christ among all peoples by mobilizing the church, training disciple makers, and sending missionary teams to plant churches among the unreached.
We serve the church and seek to bring the gospel to all the peoples of East Asia. We help place Christians with professional skills in China and other Asian countries, and share the love of Christ with East Asians worldwide.
Voice of the Martyrs is an international, inter-denominational mission committed to serving persecuted Christians around the world by providing Bibles, Christian literature, ministry equipment, medical aid, practical assistance and advocacy. The Romanian Workers Fund in 1992, Pastor Ken Hemple (now deceased), went to Romania to share Christ and distribute Bibles and Christian Literature. One result of that work was the raising up of 5 churches, the education of 5 pastors, 3 of which continue to serve today. Their ministry has resulted in the planting of 26 Churches. Florin Enescu, one of the original five, now pastors in Bucharest and serves as the director of The Romanian Workers Fund. Money given to the “Fund” goes to purchase Bibles and to help support pastors in south central Romania.
Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North America Missions
Every year, we honor the life and work of Annie Walker Armstrong (1850-1938) when we give to the annual Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American missions. As a tireless servant of God and a contagious advocate and supporter of missions efforts throughout the world, Annie rallied churches to give more, pray more and do more for reaching people for Christ. The Annie Armstrong website provides a wealth of resources for promoting the offering in the local church, including supplemental materials available only online.
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions
Lottie Moon was a woman passionate about reaching people for Jesus' name. She served 39 years in China. Lottie did not just live in China, China became her home. She took on the dress and appearance of the Chinese to identify with the people. She wrote letters home to Southern Baptists urging them to become more involved in missions. Her letters began the pattern of giving to international missions, and with the first offering, three new missionaries left for China. Her life was one dedicated to the furtherance of the Gospel, and through it, many people came to know Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Today the offering is still used to further the Gospel by funding international missionaries.
A ministry that impacts local churches and communities in India by supporting the education of students at Chandigarh Baptist School in northwest India. Uttermost International is steadfastly committed to expanding the reach of the gospel to those who have never heard, and strengthening those who serve Jesus.
Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI) Mission
The mission of the BBFI World Mission is to serve churches and their missionaries as they endeavor to fulfill the Great Commission: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
The Gideons International / Springfield Southwest
The Gideons International is an Association of Christian business and professional men and their wives dedicated to telling people about Jesus through associating together for service, sharing personal testimony, and by providing Bibles and New Testaments. While we are often recognized for our work with hotels, we also place and distribute Scriptures in strategic locations so they are available to those who want them, as well as to those who may not know they need them.