Project Description:Come to Raleigh, North Carolina, and work alongside Mission Raleigh serving the residents of low-income at-risk multi-housing communities. Teams who work with Mission Raleigh will run Backyard Bible Clubs, hang out with inner-city youth, do door-to-door evangelism, and help with food distribution.
“We are always on the go. We work morning, afternoon, and evening,” says Scott Brewer, missions pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church and executive director of Mission Raleigh. “We need teams that will enforce what we’ve been doing throughout the year.”
This includes two church plants, kids clubs, youth group, adult Bible studies, and afterschool tutoring in eight low-income multi-housing communities.
“Our biggest need in the ministry are people willing to invest their lives in the apartment communities,” Scott says.
The goal of Mission Raleigh is to plant churches in all eight multi-housing communities. One church plant is established, another is on its way, and the ministry continues to look for persons of peace in the others.
“We just want to love God and love people in these communities,” says Scott.
The communities Mission Raleigh will reach are about 60 percent African American and 40 percent Hispanic and most are poor. Raleigh is the 15th fastest growing city in the United States and joins Durham and Chapel Hill in creating the research triangle, but many of the city’s urban poor are not experiencing the benefits of the prosperity that surrounds them.
In addition to the goal of planting people within these communities who can plant churches, Mission Raleigh wants to work itself out of a job by helping residents apply biblical principals to their lives.
“As people accept Christ and begin to apply biblical principals to their lives, they no longer need to live in government-subsidized housing,” says Scott. “This causes our attendance to drop. But that’s what we want. We’re not about attendance. We’re about people growing in discipleship under Christ.”
Project Details: In the mornings, groups will help with food distribution, canvassing, surveys, and Backyard Bible Clubs. In the afternoons and evenings, you’ll work alongside Mission Raleigh volunteers as they provide tutoring services to kids from elementary through high school.
“Come ready to work,” Scott says. “We can put you to work day and night. Just make yourself available.”
More Information: If you and your church would like to experience a fast-paced and rewarding time of ministry in the innercity of Raleigh, North Carolina, contact Scott Brewer 919-847-0160 or visit Mission Raleigh at www.missionraleigh.org.