Ampthill Baptist Church Home Mission Sunday

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Ampthill Baptist ChurchHome Mission Sunday
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For the common good Neh 218

• Context rebuilding of walls of Jerusalem
• So they committed themselves to the common good.
  (NRSV)
• So they began this good work. (NIV)
• They strengthened their hands for the good.
  (literal from Hebrew)

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For the common good Neh 218

• Context needs of Christians in Jerusalem
• And God is able to make all grace abound to
  you, so that in all things, at all times, having
  all that you need, you will abound in every good
  work. 2 Cor 9 8

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For the common good Neh 218

• See the bigger picture
• Needs energy and commitment
• Involves a generous spirit
• Blesses us

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Baptist Principle

• ... each Church has liberty,
• under the guidance
• of the Holy Spirit,
• to interpret and administer his (Christs) laws.

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Home Mission supports mission. 2m

• Each year around 400 churches and organisations
  receive a grant to support mission work in their
  area.

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Home Mission feeds people.

• Mission Project Grants have helped churches to
  run luncheon clubs, community cafes, a food bank
  
• and helped with evangelistic projects.

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Home Mission supports Associations. 1.7m

• 25 of the money given by churches in your
  Association comes back to support the work of
  your Association.

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What has Home Mission ever done for us?
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Home Mission pays for the ministerial
recognition, settlement and support systems.
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Home Mission provides free help and advice for
all Baptist Churches.
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Some current national priorities

• Encouraging women in leadership
• Inter-faith engagement
• The Ministers Pension Fund
• Creation Care
• Baptist identity
• Racial Justice
• Encouraging young missionary disciples

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Okay. Apart from supporting ministers, and the
National Settlement Team producing resources
like Safe to Grow about safe guarding children
giving legal advice such as on church
constitutions, health and safety, data
protection, food hygiene providing financial
advice the campaigning by Faith and Unity on
political issues, local media advice, advice
about being a multicultural church, specialist
mission facilitation days.... What does Home
Mission do for us?
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Our church is a Home Mission Church.

• Wherever your church meets if you are part of
  BUGB then you are a Home Mission Church!

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What have we ever done for Home Mission?
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ABC Home Mission involvement

• We give Money
• Home Mission Sundays
• Attendance at Association and Assembly meetings
• Stephen and Ruth both mentor NAMs
• Prayer
• People serving on committees and councils
• What more can we do...?

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Home Mission, for the common good, is asking for
5 of your churchs income.
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• Thats how much it costs to support the wider
  Baptist family, 6.3m in 2010

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Home Mission is not just about money.

• Use the Prayer Guide to support the work of the
  wider Baptist family in prayer.

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• Baptist Home Mission
• Baptists working together
• for the common good
• to the glory of God
• and the increase of his kingdom
• Amen!