Christ Fellowship views missions as one of our main family ministries. We consider everyone part of our Missions Team, some are going, others are sending. Some for short-term, some for long-term. Our Missions Ministries don’t all take place somewhere around the world. There are growing areas right here in the Nashville and Franklin areas of Tennessee.
If you’re learning about your place in God’s plan to bring the Good News of Jesus to people,
- begin by exploring the community right around you for areas to serve,
- then get connected with our Mission Coordinator for additional help and information about your short-term involvement, both locally or in a distant country,
- now, pick that place where the skills, talents, abilities, and gifts the Lord has invested in you can be best put to service so the Good News of Jesus is proclaimed.
Short Term International Missions
Croatia
Since 1991 Christ Fellowship has been a part of the ministry in Croatia indirectly through our support of Dorsey and Renee McIntosh. In 1997, we took a different form of ministry in Croatia when we decided to send our first short term international missions team to personally minister in Croatia. Since then we have sent 3 more teams over to work with college students and with the Jesus Film Ministry. This year we are committed to praying for the ongoing ministry in Croatia and for those who minister there as the ministries we were a part of can now be handled by the National Staff in Croatia!
The Czech Republic-Prague
The Czech Republic is a country in Eastern Europe where less than 1% of the population knows Christ many more know about Him, but they don’t know Him personally. Interestingly, Czechs are not antagonistic towards Christianity, they simply don’t think it is relevant to their lives.
Christ Fellowship will send a short-term team to the Czech Republic on March 4 to help establish a platform for on-going ministry in this country. We will work with university students in Prague as we teach English, and we will help show the Jesus Film in villages outside of Prague.
It is our prayer that as Czechs see the difference Christ makes in the team member’s lives, it will impact them dramatically causing them to see their need for a personal relationship with Christ as well.
Community2Community
Community 2 Community is an exciting ongoing ministry of Christ Fellowship with the goal of reaching our neighbors with the Good News of Jesus. By first building relationships with the children, we can be more effective in building relationships with the parents. Thus, most of our activities reach out to children or are family oriented. Children and families participate in: Kid’s Clubs, Carnivals, Concerts & BBQs, Basketball Camps, Basketball Leagues, and after-school Tutoring.
Additionally, we are involved in Graceworks – a ministry designed to meet the needs of Williamson County residents and with Harpeth Terrace – a nursing home our Discovery Club children regularly visit.
Building relationships is a great way to care and connect in the Name of Jesus, and the Lord is ever faithful and has moved in some amazing ways. Our backyard is our beginning place for Missions and it’s ripe with opportunity and a great place to be involved!
Nigeria
Musa & Tabitha Asake
Musa and Tabitha Asake live in Jos, Nigeria, Africa, with their daughters Anang and Linda. Their sons, Aminchi and Abasa, attend universities in the United States. Musa and Tabitha are committed to raising up laborers for the Harvest in Nigeria.
After attending Dallas Theological Seminary in the U.S. to gain a greater understanding of the Word of God and to learn how to lead others to do the same, Musa was elected General Secretary of the ECWA (Evangelical Church of Western Africa). This is a very challenging office as he is now the chief administrator of an entire denomination that has about four million members. Among his responsibilities outside the ECWA are training pastors and teaching at the seminary part-time. Pray for Musa’s strength and wisdom in these opportunities.
Croatia
Goran Simac
Goran Simac lives in Samobor, Croatia, which is very close to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.
In March 1997, he started working with the Jesus film project and since then has seen this as the place where God wants him. He joined staff of CCC in September 1998 and now works with the Jesus film project as one of the coordinators.
His responsibilities include being in charge of financial support for Croatian national staff and working with American church groups who come to Croatia to help with the Jesus film outreach. Goran is thankful to God for these opportunities.
Eastern Europe
Dorsey & Renée McIntosh
Dorsey and Renée McIntosh work with Campus Crusade for Christ in Eastern Europe and Russia. Campus Crusade in an interdenominational Christian movement on college campuses through the world.
The purpose of Campus Crusade is to WIN people Christ, BUILD them up in their faith through discipleship, and SEND those people out into the world to reach others for Christ.
Dorsey works as a Regional Director of CCC and is responsible for the care and training of the staff in five countries of Eastern Europe-Poland, Czech, Belarus, Croatia, and “Orange Grove” (a special project in a difficult country). He also works with the directors of each country giving them direction in their respective ministries.
Renée is active in leading Bible studies with a number of women and travels regularly with Dorsey.
The McIntoshs live in Budapest, Hungary. Their younger son Mark is in college at Wheaton. Their daughter Meagan is married and working in Budapest, and their older son Matt lives and works in Lexington, KY.
Church of Grace
Church of Grace is a small church located in West Nashville, in a low-income part of town. It’s a bedroom community in old Nashville that has long been in a state of decline. Drug and alcohol addictions, sexual immorality, broken families, poor health, and financial distress are characteristic of many in this community. Most are unchurched so their neighborhood is a mission field. Pastor Bill Smith, along with his wife Carol, have faithfully answered God’s call to minister to the people at Church of Grace through the teaching of the Word and by helping meet basic physical needs. As the pastor of the Church of Grace Bill and Carol seek to faithfully preach the Word to people who are hungry for truth and life.
For some time, the Church of Grace has helped people in need of food and warm winter coats. However the Lord led them to do even more for their community by guiding them to open the Samaritan’s Storehouse. The storehouse is stocked with clothing and groceries, but they also help with utility and housing bills as they are able. When there is a need and the Lord makes the resources available, they also will help those in need with appliances and household items. Bill says, “Our primary goal is not just to meet the physical need of the moment, but to help with their eternal spiritual need of salvation and a church family. They desire to give people ongoing help within the context of a local church family.”
Arkansas
David & Anne Newell
David and Anne are on staff with FamilyLife Ministries – a division of Campus Crusade for Christ. They live in Little Rock Arkansas, with three of their four children – Emily, Stephen, and Andrew. Their oldest son Jake just graduated from the University of Arkansas.
The mission statement of FamilyLife is “to effectively develop godly families who change the world one home at a time”. The ministry effort that started FamilyLife more than 25 years ago touches lives in profound ways through events, radio, the internet, small group studies and other relationally connecting resources.
David’s responsibilities include coordinating FamilyLife events and small group studies in Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. Identifying, training and equipping volunteer leaders are key aspects of David’s work. Each event and resource is designed to help rebuild and/or reinforce marriages and families based on the principles of God’s Word.
Ministry opportunities abound. Through FamilyLife there are more needs that we can begin to meet as we strive to touch the hearts of marriages and families. Our season of life is opening new opportunities to reach out to the adults at our kid’s school, people at church and in our neighborhood. Please pray that our walk with Christ, our marriage and our family would be vital so we would have much to give to others.