Statement Of Purpose For Miracle Temple Church

For my Meet the Believers assignment, I focused on Catholicism and Nondenominational Christianity. My Catholic interviewee, who I’ll refer to as John, is middle aged and was raised Catholic. My Christian interviewee, who I’ll refer to as Jane, is a young adult and was similarly raised Christian. From my interviews and attendance of worship services of both groups, several themes and concepts came to the forefront: the tensions between fundamentalism and modernism, the important conversation of gender and ethnicity, and the “true” good understood by both believers through their respective religious groups.

On Sunday, September 24, I visited Champion Forest Baptist Church to observe one of their classes. This class consisted of 3 to 4 year olds. Their overall goal for the program was to honor parents and respect others according to the bible in which they follow. They want children to learn manners and since they are within the church, they use the bible as a reference. I was told that the children learn best by having short lessons and interactive activities. By the end of the year, they would like for the children to apply what they have learned all together into their daily lives, for example, praying and manners. As for discipline, they have a verbal warning first. If the actions continue, they take them away from activities. Lastly, they call the parents.

I knew one thing for certain: Tennessee was a very stupid state filled with stupid people and I would never drink their stupid sweet tea. Thus was my twelve year old opinion.

Church, temple, sanctuary, or the Lords’s house, these are just a few names that your average person might call the place you come to worship God, I have always called it home. The Church I have been attending, Memorial Baptist Church, which is also where I attend high school, I have been attending since I was the age of three years old. Moving to the area that my family lives in now, I do not believe is any accident. At the age of two years old, my father was stationed in Tennessee for the military. After passing away from brain cancer, my Mother moved my two older sisters and me to Killeen Texas, to be closer to her family. Memorial Baptist Church was the only church we have ever been members of since moving to Texas, it has always felt like

While the women in the church have an organized discipleship effort happening, there is not a concerted effort to grow men into faithful followers of Jesus Christ. The men of the church need a program where discipleship happens intentionally. The scripture that First Baptist Church uses for it’s vision is Matthew 5:13. The City on a Hill theme comes for this verse. The idea is that we should be salt and light to the world so that others will know Him through us.

This mission, to me, means that The University of St. Thomas is committed to their students. It shows that the college truly cares about their students and their success. Not only does the staff want all of the students to graduate from St. Thomas but, also become a better person while they are there. They want the students to become smarter, not only in knowledge of books, but also in life. The goal is to create well rounded students who can be morally responsible and make good decisions on their own. By bettering the students while they are there, the students can then go out into the real world and change things, making our world better. I believe that by St. Thomas educating their students, they will not only make a change in the students'

Urban Ministries of Wake County’s mission statement is “advocating for those affected by poverty.” In this case, they are aligning with their mission. For about 35 years, they have met the critical needs for their community and each year they have to serve more than 27,000 low-income of Wake County residents. They have been helping the community by providing basic needs such as food, medicine and shelter. Furthermore, they help clients to build a higher quality of life.

Heavens Gateway Ministries, Inc. is a nonprofit organization established seven years ago South of Atlanta, in Jonesboro GA. We currently serve South Atlanta, Clayton County, parts of Fayetteville and McDonough area. Our mission statement is “Each one reach one” and we apply this by helping to provide physical, emotional and social assistance to those in need. This organization has been working very hard to accomplish our mission through feeding, clothing and more.

The Mt. The Peace Missionary Baptist Association of Western NC was established around the year 1890. The earliest recorded history is derived from the 44th annual session’s minutes.  The Association was held at the Gold Hill Baptist Church, Lowesville, NC on October 16-19, 1912.

Secret communities are living within the boarders of every state in America. Americas lost and forgotten people reside within these encampments. Homelessness in Alachua County affected seven hundred and seventy seven people last year (DCF). A solution to the problem of homeliness in the community is the Fruitful Blessing Outreach. This Outreach will provide basic needs, socialization and reintegrate the local homeless back into the community.

The creation of a great city is composed up of bettering that which is good and helping that which is frail. United Ministries and Triune Mercy Center both go beyond helping its community in many factors. United Ministries protracts its outlooks and helps people who need to get back on their feet. They serve by getting a good education, home, and supplies for the homeless. Triune Mercy Center focuses on providing the spiritual and physical strength.

The lessons I’ve received from transitioning through the church as a child, youth, and adult member have taught me a number of lessons; patience, reverence, and empathy are all traits I’ve strengthened, and they have undoubtably helped me through my high school career. Taught how to ask thoughtful questions, I’m unashamed of my curiosity. Our faith is not always one of direct answers— even our most devoted

Gary United Methodist Church is a small congregation of less than fifty members with an average worship attendance of ten or less. The congregational leaders, known as the administrative council, are looking for ways to increase attendance, which has been dwindling over the last few decades, and find new ways to engage in mission work in their small northern Minnesota community of less than 3,000. A decrease in employment opportunities over the last thirty years and the shutdown of two major employers in the town have led to the mass exiting of families with children. The town has several properties that are either condemned or dilapidated. Recently their schools combined with a neighboring town to offset the lack of enrollment and suspend the closing of both sets of schools.

Rev. Bruce Ritter always had the dream to give back to the community. He designed the covenant house to be dedicated to serving all God’s children with absolute respect and unconditional love, to help suffering homeless kids and to protect and safeguard all children in need. He wanted open the Covenant House in 1972 to help children that are homeless. The first Covenant House was officially open New York City but over the years has open up around the United States. Covenant House mission statement is to, “Recognize God’s providence and fidelity to his people are dedicated to living out His covenant among ourselves and those children we serve, with absolute respect and unconditional love. That commitment calls us to serve suffering children

Over the years my worldview has evolved from as a by product of cultural influence, to one steeped in my belief of God. However, until I got married 4 years ago, I had never actively worked on developing my Christian theistic worldview. Brown, Phillips and Stonestreet (2008) described a persons’ worldview as the framework that guides our beliefs and viewpoints (p. 21). With this in mind, I have established 3 main tenants of my worldview, God is, the universe was and morality will be. These are the foundations for the way I live, move and express my being in this world.