What is the Indiana State Missions Offering?
Our church is a part of the Southern Baptist Convention, which means we work together, alongside other like-minded churches to bring the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus, to all corners of the world. In order to complete the mission, many churches came together many years ago in order to support missions work. Southern Baptists have started the International Mission Board, the North American Mission Board, and state conventions.
We take part in the annual Indiana State Missions Offering in order to help bring the Gospel to our everyone living in Indiana.
We take part in the annual Indiana State Missions Offering in order to help bring the Gospel to our everyone living in Indiana.
Why should I give to the Indiana State Missions Offering?
THE NEED:
There are still many people in Indiana who have not been told that God’s Kingdom has come! Here are a few statistics:
There are still many people in Indiana who have not been told that God’s Kingdom has come! Here are a few statistics:
- Only one in eight Indiana households attend an evangelical church once a week.
- Two-thirds of Indiana households do not have even one evangelical believer.
- There are more than 4.3 million unreached people in Indiana.
Where do the funds go?
1. Indiana Disaster Relief:
Disaster Relief is nothing new to Southern Baptists. It is a very effective ministry for sharing and showing the love of Christ with people in times of great need. The SCBI is committed to boosting this ministry by expanding training and better organizing our efforts so that churches can more easily participate.
2. Indiana Children's Services:
When your church supports our Children’s services organization (financially or supporting families from your church who foster and adopt), you will see children in homes with people who love Jesus and will model a Christlike lifestyle, and you could change a generation of Hoosiers. This is an incredible mission!
3. Missionary Pipeline Awareness & Equipping (with IMB Advocates):
We’re going to utilize our IMB alumni (missionaries who completed their assignment) to connect and couple.
CONNECT– Make one connection (phone call, etc.) with an SCBI pastor each week and be available to speak in churches/associations when missionaries are desired.
COUPLE– Every Hoosier candidate in the IMB pipeline will be paired with one of our IMB Advocates to have prayer and emotional support throughout the process.
4. International Pastor's Training (with OnMission2):
This ministry partnership is nothing new, but it’s one we’re going to keep strengthening. David Wilson leads an organization called OnMission2, and the SCBI scholarships two pastors for three trips a year to Ecuador to train pastors there. Giving pastors this opportunity to teach theology in several locations throughout Ecuador exercises their gifts of teaching and helps ignite a new passion in them for missions that they will bring back to their churches.
5. Strategic International Short-term Experiences:
These experiences are still being developed, but we are partnering once again with the IMB to create short-term mission trips for Indiana churches. We’re choosing a strategic location where church members can go and serve alongside missionaries. Over time, we’ll be able to see the impact our churches have had in a particular part of the world.
Every penny donated goes directly towards funding ministry opportunities across the state. Joining resources through the State Missions Offering and Prayer is one way we work together.
Disaster Relief is nothing new to Southern Baptists. It is a very effective ministry for sharing and showing the love of Christ with people in times of great need. The SCBI is committed to boosting this ministry by expanding training and better organizing our efforts so that churches can more easily participate.
2. Indiana Children's Services:
When your church supports our Children’s services organization (financially or supporting families from your church who foster and adopt), you will see children in homes with people who love Jesus and will model a Christlike lifestyle, and you could change a generation of Hoosiers. This is an incredible mission!
3. Missionary Pipeline Awareness & Equipping (with IMB Advocates):
We’re going to utilize our IMB alumni (missionaries who completed their assignment) to connect and couple.
CONNECT– Make one connection (phone call, etc.) with an SCBI pastor each week and be available to speak in churches/associations when missionaries are desired.
COUPLE– Every Hoosier candidate in the IMB pipeline will be paired with one of our IMB Advocates to have prayer and emotional support throughout the process.
4. International Pastor's Training (with OnMission2):
This ministry partnership is nothing new, but it’s one we’re going to keep strengthening. David Wilson leads an organization called OnMission2, and the SCBI scholarships two pastors for three trips a year to Ecuador to train pastors there. Giving pastors this opportunity to teach theology in several locations throughout Ecuador exercises their gifts of teaching and helps ignite a new passion in them for missions that they will bring back to their churches.
5. Strategic International Short-term Experiences:
These experiences are still being developed, but we are partnering once again with the IMB to create short-term mission trips for Indiana churches. We’re choosing a strategic location where church members can go and serve alongside missionaries. Over time, we’ll be able to see the impact our churches have had in a particular part of the world.
Every penny donated goes directly towards funding ministry opportunities across the state. Joining resources through the State Missions Offering and Prayer is one way we work together.
How can I give?
You can give any time online, but we will be receiving the offering during the worship service on
Sunday, September 25, 2022.
Sunday, September 25, 2022.
