Our Church is Dedicated to Missions Work

(Our Scriptural guiandance: Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; John 20:21; Luke 24:17; Acts 1:8.)

Below are some of the ministries that we support locally, domestically, and throughout the world.  Please feel free to contact our missions committee for more information. 

 
Missions We Support (Local/U.S.)

AWANA - A nondenominational ministry that assists churches in reaching children and teenagers with the gospel of Jesus Christ and training them to serve Him. They supply programs, materials and training for more than 12,000 churches in over 110 countries.

Child Evangelism Fellowship – Founded in 1937, Child Evangelism Fellowship®, also known as CEF®, is a Bible-centered, worldwide organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the local church for Christian living. CEF has over 1,200 missionaries overseas.

Crisis Pregnancy Center - The Crisis Pregnancy Center of Tidewater (CPC) is a Christ-centered organization whose mission is to reach out to those women and families involved in crisis-related pregnancies offering them real help for the present, hope for the future, and healing for their past.

Cornerstone Christian School - A non-denominational private Christian school founded in 1972, located in Chesapeake in the Indian River area (1212 Willow Avenue).

Hope Haven - A home for children from distressed family situations.  Since its founding, over 300 children have come to live at Hope Haven during a time of need.  Many Hope Haven alumni have attended college and four have returned to serve on staff with Union Mission Ministries.  Hope Haven does not receive any State or Federal funding but relies solely upon contributions from individuals and organizations.

Teen Challenge  - The story of how Teen Challenge started is told in the book "The Cross and the Switchblade."  Their mission is to provide youth, adults and families with an effective and comprehensive Christian faith-based solution to life-controlling drug and alcohol problems in order to become productive members of society. By  applying biblical principles, Teen Challenge endeavors to help people become mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well, andspiritually alive.  For Hampton Roads, you can contact Mid-Atlantic Teen Challenge, Inc. in Newport News at (757) 244-3733.

Union Mission Ministries - For over a century, the Union Mission has served as a beacon of light to needy people.  The Union Mission was founded in 1892 by a group of Methodist businessmen.  From its beginnings as a small shelter in downtown Norfolk, Virginia, to its present status as the capstone of eight different vital ministries in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, the Mission has remained true to its original purpose: 

To aid the poor and needy;
To reform the erring;
To help those that are out of the way;
To feed the hungry;
To shelter the homeless;
To preach the gospel; and
To rescue the perishing.

Wears Valley Ranch - Wears Valley Ranch is a Christian children's home and school that provides the Gospel of Jesus through solid Bible teaching, an individualized education and the love of carefully chosen house parents to deserving young people from crisis family situations.

Missions We Support (Overseas)

AmeriTribes - The purpose of AmeriTribes is to facilitate the planting of strong, reproducing native churches.  We accomplish this by building relationships through meeting the felt needs leading to evangelism and descipleship of tribal peoples of the Americas.

Association of North American Missions - ANAM as an organization exists for the purpose of assisting Member Organizations to operate with excellence, thereby maximizing their God given ministry effectiveness in reaching the lost and making disciples.   Assisting individuals find information about ministry opportunities in North America through the "Department of Media Services".

Elim Fellowship - Elim Fellowship provides assistance to missionaries and overseas outreaches, credentials for ministers, counseling for individuals and churches, and a variety of support ministries to local churches. Our purpose is to assist in the establishment of new churches, to extend the hand of fellowship to all pastors and churches, and to encourage and edify the body of Christ.

Missions to the World - At MTW, a variety of ministries provide the foundation for our goal of advancing church-planting movements around the world.  Ministries include: Medical Missions, Second Career, StreetChild Mission International, Teaching English Ministries, & International University Ministries.

New Tribes Missions  - Motivated by the love of Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, NTM exists to assist the ministry of the local church through the mobilizing, equipping, and coordinating of missionaries to evangelize unreached people groups, translate the Scriptures, and see indigenous New Testament churches established that truly glorify God. 

Glad Tidings India -

TEAM - TEAM is an international, cross-cultural mission whose sole motive is to help plant and grow the church virtually anywhere and everywhere. TEAM offers leadership and expertise in intercultural ministry working on over 150 ministry initiatives serving and equipping over 750 TEAM missionaries with 110 plus years on the front lines. 

Trans World Radio - The purpose of Trans World Radio is to assist the Church to fulfill the command of Jesus Christ to make disciples of all peoples, and to do so by using and making available mass media to: 

• Proclaim the Good News about Jesus to as many people as possible
• Instruct believers in biblical doctrine and daily Christ-like living
• Model our message through corporate and cooperative relationships

World Team - World Team is a mission organization striving to glorify God by working to establish reproducing churches among the least-evangelized peoples of the world.

Wycliff Bible Translators – A part of an international association of Wycliffe organizations dedicated to seeing God's Word become accessible to all people in the language that speaks to their heart. In its 70-year history, Wycliffe has been involved in more than 600 translations, representing greater than 77 million people.