SUPPORTED MISSION MINISTRIES

Jerusalem Ministries:

Union Baptist Association - Focused on the mission of participating in the ongoing movement of God, UBA has a vision for healthy, reproducing congregations transforming our communities, Houston, and the world. www.ubahouston.org

Baptist Mission Centers - Transforming Houston's Inner-City communities’ one life at a time. www.bmchouston.org

Less Than the Least - Less Than the Least Prison Ministry is a testimony to the power of the Gospel and what can be accomplished through Brothers and Sisters working together in unity. Working with prisoners is a great challenge requiring a team of workers to meet physical and spiritual needs. One of the most important needs is a support system. www.lessthantheleast.org

Houston Baptist University –It began with our Founding Fathers and their commitment to establish a clearly Christian university in a major metropolitan setting. HBU is a university where the foundation of every student's education begins with liberal arts but, also a university where students can learn more about themselves and their faith, and enjoy an academic experience where that faith and learning go hand in hand. www.hbu.edu

International Friendship Program – A ministry in which Sagemont Church is reaching out to the many international college students who come from all walks of life to study here in Houston Texas.

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary began offering theological education in Houston in 1975 with extension courses on the campus of Houston Baptist University. Twenty-five years later, a seminary looking for a home campus and a church looking to minister, joined forces to provide a full campus for master level studies in theology. Park Place Baptist Church, true to its well known heritage of faith, deeded its facilities to Southwestern Seminary in 2002. The seminary began transforming the property into a state-of-the-art campus. www.swbts.edu

Act of Life - Born from a passion to help people discover God’s heart toward adoption, Act of Life promotes the benefits of adoption as a loving way to create families. We desire to see adoption recognized and presented as a parenting choice. As a network resource center we offer an objective view on adoption and all related services. We focus our efforts on raising adoption awareness by providing training and resources for Pregnancy Centers, Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents, Pastors, Churches, Counselors, and Schools. www.actoflife.org

Pregnancy Care Centers - Outreach ministries to the community. Sagemont Church supports CPC Friendswood, Pasadena, through counseling, education and support the CPC helps women through the stress of an unplanned pregnancy. The CPC also assist women that have suffered through the emotional and spiritual pain of a previous abortion through "Forgiven and Set Free" a post-abortion Bible study. All services are free of charge. Volunteers are trained through the Pregnancy Center and are vital to the ministry. www.cpcseh.org

Women’s Missionary Union - Founded in 1888, Woman's Missionary Union is an auxiliary of the Southern Baptist Convention that seeks to equip adults, youth, children and preschoolers with missions education to become radically involved in the mission of God. Headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., WMU is a nonprofit organization that offers an array of missions resources including conferences, ministry ideas and models, volunteer opportunities, curriculum for age-level organizations, leadership training, books and more. www.wmu.com

Mission Organizations (Acteens) - Acteens is a mission’s organization for girls in your church who are aged 12–17 or in grades 7–12. Through Acteens, teenaged girls in your church can have opportunities to grow in their relationships with God and their peers. Acteens learn to look beyond themselves and become actively involved in missions and ministry. Missions is at the heart of Acteens, and members explore and do hands-on missions in their communities and beyond. Acteens are also actively involved in learning about missions and praying for and giving to missions. www.acteens.com

Harbor Ministries - The purpose of The Harbor Ministries Life Training Center is to help men who have life controlling problems, first see, then with God’s help; permanently overcome any of those life long problems. Our mission is to help men who are homeless, addicted to drugs or alcohol, coming out of jails and prisons or men who just need a fresh start in life. www.harborministries.org

Jail Chaplaincy – A ministry reaching the incarcerated in the Harris County Jail System.

Transition Church Ministry – A ministry to aid declining inner city churches by provided temporary ministerial support or by entering into a covenant agreement with churches with the goal of revitalizing them to an Acts 1:8 Church.

Retirement Assistance – A monthly stipend given to support retired Ministers and/or widows.

Judea Ministries:

North American Mission Board - The North American Mission Board exists to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, start New Testament congregations, minister to persons in the name of Christ, and assist churches in the United States and Canada in effectively performing these functions. www.namb.net

The Gideons International - Having God's Word can lead people to faith in Christ, and those new Christians can then grow by studying their Scriptures and even use them to share their faith with others. For this reason, we focus on distributing complete Bibles or New Testaments. These Scriptures are printed in more than 80 languages and are either given directly to certain individuals or placed in selected public locations where large numbers of people who may be searching for answers will have the ability to encounter the Word of God. www.gideons.org

Manna Worldwide – This organization has a heart for feeding needy children around the world. Though we see this as one of our main objectives, we are also keenly aware of the spiritual needs of these children and their families, we believe it is not enough to just feed them for a season, but to also reach their families, community and country at large for Christ. www.mannaworldwide.com

Westport Church – A church devoted to a simple vision. Helping people in the western part of Portland Oregon to see the beauty of Jesus Christ, his words and his church so that they may experience forgiveness, restoration and joy. www.westportchurch.org

North Dakota Church Plant (Sosa’s) – A church planted in Conjunction with the North American Mission Board by members Alex and DeAnna Sosa to reach the American Indians in Ft. Yates North Dakota.

Samaria Ministries:

International Mission Board - Leading Southern Baptists to be on mission with God to bring all peoples of the world to saving faith in Jesus Christ. www.imb.org

Jews for Jesus – Reaching the Jewish community in the United States and around the world. www.jewsforjesus.org

Lost Sheep Ministries - Founded in February of 1992 by Evangelist Brother Bob Gibson. Our primary goal is to demonstrate our obedience to the Great Commandment by our obedience to the Great Commission. LSM works mainly in Mexico and Central America. www.lostsheepministries.com

Living Water International – Living Water International exist to demonstrate God’s love by helping communities acquire desperately needed clean water and to experience “living water” – the gospel of Jesus Christ, which alone satisfies the deepest thirst.

International Latin Harvest – International Latin Harvest was founded for the purpose of carrying the gospel to the unreached in Latin America as well as building churches. We are a link between the Latin American Churches and our partners in missions in the United States. www.ilhmissions.org

Chosen People Ministries – Reaching the Jewish community in the United States and around the world. www.chosenpeople.org

Wycliffe Bible Translators (Heather Tuggy) – Today about 200 million people do not have the Bible in their own language. Wycliffe’s vision is to see the Bible accessible to all people in the language they understand best. To make this vision a reality, Wycliffe also focuses on literacy development, community development and church partnerships. www.wycliffe.org

Ends of the Earth Minstries:

Innovative Mission Opportunities - Innovative Mission Opportunities is an independent mission ministry mobilizing churches and individual believers to fulfill the desire of God that every nation and every tribe hear the truth about Jesus, His Son, and Our Savior. IMO works within the 10/40 window with the unreached people of the world. www.imoi.org