Mission Partnerships

Advent Giving 2011

Lizzie Hughes (third from left) with other members of her
BMS Action Team and some Peruvian friends.

Each year at Ampthill Baptist Church, we choose four projects to support in the run up to Christmas. This year, we are supporting two close to home and two overseas: Click on the links to give you more information on each of the projects.

Why Mission?

The last great command that Jesus gave to his followers was that they should go to all peoples everywhere, making them his disciples, and teaching them to obey his commandments.

We believe that God loves the whole world and wants every person to discover this great love. We also believe that God desires justice, wholeness and wellbeing for each person and community.

The amazing thing is that God has called every Christian believer into partnership with him in bringing his 'Kingdom' of peace and love throughout the world. We do this through our partnerships, prayers, giving, going and sending.

Partnerships

For our global mission to be effective and meaningful, it needs to be focussed. For that reason, we at ABC have decided to concentrate our support, and to work at making real partnerships to which we are committed.

Prayers

We pray for our mission partners individually, in small groups and when we meet together as a church fellowship. Our monthly 'Prayer Pointers' leaflet gives prayer suggestions. Visit the Prayer page to download the latest prayer pointers

Giving

We aim to allocate 20% of the finance donated to ABC to mission partnerships at home and abroad.

Going

We are all called 'GO'. Some of our ABC family have been called to go to Angola, Benin,
Sri Lanka, Uganda or Albania. All of us have been called to serve our neighbours, friends and family in the Name of Christ.

Sending

We send out mission partners into all the world. That gives us the responsibility of praying, caring, communicating, listening, providing, giving and sharing in their mission task.

The 6 main mission partnerships of ABC

The Baker Family

TEAR Fund

The Association of Baptist Churches in Israel

BMS World Mission

Baptist Home Mission

Bedford Area Schools Christian Support Trust.

For other information about our Mission Partnerships,

please contact our Administrator

Advent Giving

Each year we choose four causes to support during the time of Advent and this year we have chosen the following four people or organisations:

Open the Book
Taking Bible Stories into Primary Schools
Jigsaw
Supporting Physically handicapped adults in Ampthill

The Baker and Vickers families
ABC families who are working with Wycliffe Bible Translators
and BMS World Mission
Kigezi Diocese Water and Sanitation project, Uganda
Supplying water and sanitation to the Kabale area of SW Uganda
(pictured below)

Ampthill Baptist Church

Helping people meet Jesus Christ...

Mission Partnerships