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Missions
When we think about missions at Sherwood we believe that our involvement goes beyond giving to the Cooperative Program. While we do financially support the Cooperative Program we also believe we must see where God is working and invest in those ministries or persons to help us "reach the world from Albany, Georgia." Our laity give of their time and resources to see that ministries are ongoing, effective and relevant to certain needs in our community, while supporting fulltime missionaries on the field and sending Sherwood members as short term missionaries to meet the needs in any place that God directs. Our areas of Missions can be broken down using the command found in Acts 1:8 - Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and the uttermost parts of the earth.
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Our Jerusalem:
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Drey Line Ministry - ministering to homeless men of Albany by providing them a hot breakfast, work clothing and job leads.
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The Anchorage - provides treatment for men struggling with alcoholism.
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The Alpha Crisis Pregnancy Center - ministering to women who are facing a crisis pregnancy and may be considering abortion. We offer them alternatives to abortion and share the Gospel through compassionate counseling.
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ReFresh Conference - ReFresh is a conference for those who thirst for revival. It's not about church growth or the latest worship fads. It's a time to come apart from the distractions and chaos of life and seek the face of God.
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Sherwood Sports Complex - Sherwood Recreation is designed to reach people for Christ, connect families to Christ, and use sports and recreation as tools to do so. From the fields to the courts
to the classes we want to strenghten the heart, mind,
soul, and body to glorify Christ.
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Sherwood Christian Academy - The mission of Sherwood Christian Academy is to assist Christian parents in obeying the Biblical instruction to bring up their children in the training and nurturing of the Lord. SCA provides an excellent academic education integrated with a Christian view of God and the world based on the inspired, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God.
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The Lord's Pantry - The mission of the Lord's Pantry is to provide free groceries, clothing and spiritual encouragement to the impoverished in Dougherty county and surrounding counties.
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Albany Outreach Center - This center exists to financially assist families or individuals in our community who are on the verge of loosing their home due to the inability to pay rent. They also assist families who have a familiy member with the early stages of Alzheimers by providing both daycare and in home care.
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The Havner House - Named in honor of one of America’s greatest preachers, the Havner House serves as a temporary stateside home to Missionaries on furlough. Request for use can be made through the Sherwood Missions office. Many missionary families have made the Havner House their home while on furlough in the Unites States. Missionaries interested in furloughing at the Havner House click here to submit an application.
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Our Judea:
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Our Samaria:
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EQUIP Ministries - Equipping international Christian leaders to effectively serve the growing Body of Christ around the world.
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LifeStyle Ministries - Before his death June 29, 2001, at the age of 64, due to Pulmonary Fibrosis, Ronald Dunn had an extensive itinerate ministry of Bible teaching and preaching and served as the Minister-at-Large for the MacArthur Blvd. Baptist Church in Irving. He was also the president of LifeStyle Ministries, an organization that produces Bible study cassettes, which he founded in 1970. He preached Bible Conferences all over the United States, Europe, Australia, Canada, Central America, South Africa and the Caribbean Islands.
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Our Uttermost Parts of the Earth:
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Why Missions?
It’s the Great Commission. It’s how we reach the world from Albany, Georgia. Through what we are doing in local, state, national and oversea’s missions, the impact of Sherwood is being felt around the world. Whether it is by training pastors overseas through Equip or our recent trips to Costa Rica and Cuba, we are seeing God touch lives we could not touch otherwise.
When you think about missions, you think about getting of our self centeredness and becoming other’s centered. The reason we are on TV across the country is to hopefully impact people’s lives with the gospel. There is so much bad theology and false teaching in this post-modern world. The truth needs to be shared. That’s why we are on FAITH TV in nearly 100 markets nationally.
When you think about missions, you think about going to places you wouldn’t normally go. We’ve been to New Hampshire, we’ve worked inner city projects locally and on student mission trips. We’ve helped people rebuild their lives after the floods of the 90’s. We’ve gone to communities overseas where there was no church. We’ve been to Africa, Russia, the Caribbean, Mexico and more. We’ve been on TV and radio in the Philippines, Europe and North Africa.
Yes, you can change the world from Albany. Yes, YOU can change the world. Consider being a part of what God is doing through missions at Sherwood. Contact John Spencer and find out how you can get involved and ‘reach the world from Albany, Georgia.’
The Pastor
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The Havner House
Named in honor of one of America’s greatest preachers, the Havner House serves as a temporary stateside home to Missionaries on furlough. Request for use can be made through the Sherwood Missions office. Click here to see some of the families who have made the Havner House their home while they were in the U.S. on furlough. Missionaries interested in furloughing at the Havner House click here to submit an application.
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Mission Club
Our pastor is challenging us to follow our Lord in World Missions by Praying, Going, and Giving. . . $250,000 annually by the end of the decade. Let’s participate together. Join Southern Baptists around the world to reach the Nations.
Please consider giving on a weekly basis:
Given Weekly Monthly Total Annual Total
$1 $4.33 $52.00
$5 $21.67 $260.00
$10 $43.33 $520.00
$15 $65.00 $780.00
$20 $86.67 $1040.00
$25 $108.33 $1300.00
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