With Willing Hands

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With Willing Hands Serve. Sacrifice. Surrender
2009 America for Christ Offering
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• Since 1832, The American Baptist Home Mission
  Societies, now National Ministries, has been
  increasingly effective in identifying and
  equipping leaders in the U.S. and Puerto Rico to
  proclaim the gospel in word and deed, and bring
  Christ-like change to persons, communities and
  cultures.

Could any mission in this country be more
important?
Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III Executive
Director, National Ministries
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We are called to invest ourselves in people,
churches, cultures and communities!
For the love of Christ urges us on ...
2 Corinthians 514-15
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• Why are evangelism and new church planting
  important?

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Did you know?

• The United States is the still the third largest
  mission field
• in the world

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Did you know?

• 71 of America
• is UNCHURCHED

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Did you know?

• 30 of Americans attend
  church once a week
• 12 almost every week
• 13 once a month
• 44 seldom/never

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Did you know?

• 78
• of Americans say they believe
• in God

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Did you know?

• Nearly half (43) of all Americans who accept
  Jesus Christ as their savior do so before
  reaching the age of 13

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Did you know?

• Two out of three born-again
  Christians
• (64) accept Jesus Christ as their savior before
  their 18th birthday

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• He/she is no fool who gives what they cannot
  keep to gain what they cannot lose.
• Jim Elliot

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National Ministries and Regional Partnerships
Make Transformational Impact
Your America for Christ gift provides financial
support for

• National Evangelism Team (NET)
• More than 100 team members from 33 regions
  trained in Got Style?
• New Church Planting vision
• Phoenix Initiative
• Clark Grants and so much more

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Evangelism 1998 to 2007
Your America for Christ gift provides financial
support for
621,165 individuals who made New Life decisions
for Christ
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New Church Planting 2000 to 2007
Your America for Christ gift provides financial
support for

• 419 new churches planted in 30 regions

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• Why are caring ministries and prophetic justice
  important ?

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• American Baptists have always been marked by our
  sacrificial following of Christ in response to
  the needs of others.
• Dr. A. Roy Medley, ABC USA General Secretary

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Did you know?

• Crime in the United States accounts for more
  death, injury and loss of property than all
  natural disasters combined
• Approximately 13 million people are victims of
  crime every year
• United States Uniform Crime Report, 2007

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Did you know?

• Of the 7,720 single bias
• hate crime incidents
• committed in 2006,
• 51.8 were racially motivated
• United States Uniform Crime Report, 2007

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Did you know?

• Poverty Thresholds, 2007
• One person 10,590
• Two people 13,540
• Three people 16,530
• Four people 21,203

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Did you know?

• According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 35.9 million
  people live below the poverty threshold in
  America, including 12.9 million children

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Did you know?

• According to the Bread for the World Institute,
  3.5 of U.S. households experience hunger
• 9.6 million people, including 3 million children,
  live in these homes

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Did you know?

• The U.S. Census Bureau reports
• that 29.2 of children with
• disabilities live in households with
• incomes below the poverty threshold

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• If anyone has the worlds goods and
• sees his sister or brother in need but
• shuts off from showing compassion
• toward themhow can Gods love
• reside in them?
• 1 John 317

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National Ministries and Regional Partnerships
Make Transformational Impact
Your America for Christ gift provides financial
support for

• Children In Poverty Initiative
• Neighborhood Action Programs (NAPS)
• J. Alfred Smith Sr. Institute(Speak until
  Justice Wakes)
• Chaplaincy
• Volunteer Ministries and so much more

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Your America for Christ gift provides financial
support for

• National Ministries Children in Poverty
  Initiative and its summits and resources for
  leaders and pastors to engage in advocacy with
  school boards, state legislators and members of
  congress to address public education issues

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Your America for Christ gift provides financial
support for
Neighborhood Action Christian Centers that
provide literacy classes, food, shelter,
parenting classes, youth leadership programs,
immigration and employment counseling, and so
much more
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Your America for Christ gift provides financial
support for
Military chaplains who minister to men and women
serving at home and around the world
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• The less I spent on myself and the more I gave
  to others, the fuller of happiness and blessing
  did my life become.
• Hudson Taylor

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• Why are discipleship
• and transformation
• important?

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Did you know?

• More than 65 of Christians in America have never
  read the entire New Testament

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National Ministries and Regional Partnerships
Make Transformational Impact
Your America for Christ gift provides financial
support for

• Discipleship partner training
• Discipleship church conferences and seminars
• Partnerships with colleges and seminaries
• Campus ministries
• Judson Press discipleship resources
• National Youth Conferences and so much more

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Discipleship Resourcesfrom Judson Press
To order, call 1(800) 458-3766 or visit
www.judsonpress.com Save 20 when you order
online!
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National Ministries Partnerswith American
Baptist College Seminaries
Your America for Christ gift supports
scholarships for ABCUSA students studying at
these institutions

• Colleges/Universities
• Alderson-Broaddus College
• Bacone College
• Benedict College
• Eastern University
• Florida Memorial University
• Franklin College
• Judson University
• Kalamazoo College
• Linfield College
• Ottawa University
• Shaw University
• University of Sioux Falls
• Virginia Union University
• William Jewell College

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National Ministries Partnerswith American
Baptist College Seminaries
Your America for Christ gift supports
scholarships for ABCUSA students studying at
these institutions

• Seminaries
• American Baptist Seminary of the West
• Andover Newton Theological Seminary
• Central Baptist Theological Seminary
• Colgate Rochester Crozer, School of Theology
• Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico
• Fuller Theological Seminary
• Morehouse School of Religion
• Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Palmer Theological Seminary
• Shaw University of Divinity School
• The Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology,
  Virginia Union

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• Why are intercultural ministries
  important?

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Did you know?

• The ethnic makeup of ABCUSA is
• 47 African-American
• 46 Euro-American
• 3 Hispanic
• 2 Multiracial
• 1 Native American
• 1 Haitian
• 1 Other

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As people of prayer, purpose, and passion, we
are in the forefront of creating a community of
faith where people of every race, nationality,
and culture gather as one in worship, service,
and work. ABCUSA Mission Statement
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National Ministries and Regional Partnerships
Make Transformational Impact
Your America for Christ gift provides financial
support for

• Intercultural seminars workshops
• Refugee resettlement (e.g. Burmese)
• Immigration concerns
• Gender and cultural conferences for
• church leaders
• Advocacy training and support and so much more

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What your gifts to the America for Christ
Offering support
The 2009 America for Christ Offering goal
is2,010,000
Give Today!
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To download resources, visit the AFC Web site at
www.abc-afc.org
Your generous gift can make a difference!
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Anything that we put into Gods hands will be
ours for eternity.
For more information contact the Mission
Interpretation and Development Office at
1(800)222-3872, ext.2028
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