Missions

Faith Promise
Redeemer Church is a missional church.  That means we consider reaching the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ a high priority in the overall life of our church.  As you spend time at Redeemer you will soon notice that a missionary spirit is reflected in every ministry of our church.

Our Mission Department exists to instill this missionary vision and to encourage our congregation in the work of the Great Commission by providing the church with resources, personnel, evangelistic training, and opportunities to serve and to share as God provides.  Our key function as a department is to work as a team SENDING, FUNDING, and EQUIPPING our missionaries and GOING as a church into all the world making disciples of every people group.

We believe God is using Redeemer as a part of His grand scheme to call His elect out from every nation, tribe and tongue.  But reaching the world with the Gospel does not come cheap.  There is a cost on our time, our energies, our skills, our spiritual gifts, and our resources.  Jesus set the model for us in Scripture through His life of sacrifice.  We join Him in sacrificially investing in the lives of people who need to know the love and grace of God found only in the person of Jesus Christ.  Redeemer’s financial investment into missions is provided in two ways:  a percentage of the general budget that is set aside for Missions, and a mechanism called FAITH PROMISE GIVING.

What Is Faith Promise Giving?  A Faith Promise investment is primarily sacrificial giving that is “over and above” giving.  There is money that each one of us should give, our tithe, but there are also those funds we could give;  that’s sacrificial giving.  There are also funds that we would give if the Lord would provide them.  Faith Promise giving is the could and the would gifts.  We are encouraging each member of Redeemer to make a Faith Promise pledge to give as God blesses them.  It’s the money we all have and spend when we discover that we have more than we expected to get from a job or project, a bonus or a special gift or inheritance.

Faith Promise Giving enables us to participate in missions on even a greater scale than we normally could with just our regular giving.  It is designed not to interfere with the regular giving to the church, and it is not a substitute for our tithes and our special offerings for the building and other ministries of the church.  Along with the Missions support provided through our tithes and offerings to the General Budget, Faith Promise gives us additional funds with which we can support more ministries and mission efforts locally and around the world.  You will find Faith Promise Investment Cards in the card racks on the back of every pew.  Please take one and pray and plan now to invest in missions through Faith Promise.

Foreign Missions
"Foreign Missions" includes all missionaries and mission organizations that are outside the United States.  Many are affiliated with Mission to the World (MTW), the foreign missions agency of the Presbyterian Church in America, but a number of them are affiliated with other churches or agencies, and some are independent.

Below is a list of the missionaries and organizations supported by Redeemer Church.  You can click on many of the organization names to visit their websites or click on their email address to send them a note of encouragement and let them know they are in your prayers.
 

Missionaries (Click to e-mail)	Ministry & Location (Click to visit website)
Adams, Earl & Rosie	Mission To the World;  Bolivia
Boersma, Mark & Britt	African Bible College;  Malawi Medical Clinic;  Mark Boersma's personal ministry website
Boyett, Mike & Susan	Mission To the World;  Uganda Bible Institute Uganda
Chinchen, Paul & Laura	African Bible College;  Malawi
Ellison, Dale & Susan	Christian Missionary Society;  Peru
Francis, Nichol	Mission To the World;  Uganda
Hartman, Ed & Emily	Mission To the World;  Romania
Hollenbeck, Dale & Kathy	Mission To the World;  African Inland Mission Uganda Bible Institute;  Uganda
Horlings, Laura Christel	Wycliffe Bible Translators
Jimenez, Jaime	Christian Missionary Society;  Peru
Joseph, Henry	Capital City Baptist Church;  Malawi
Joseph, Will	Redeemer NYC International Church Planting
Larsen, Eric	Mission To the World;  Youth & Family Ministries
McNeill, Don & Fran	Mission To the World;  Uganda Bible Institute Uganda
Mhango, Bentry	African Bible College;  Malawi
Mukhopadhyay, Vivek & Soma	Partner's International;  India
Oyler, Naomi	YWAM;  Thailand
Phillips, Sara	Mission To the World;  Ethiopia HIV
Ponomarev, Alex & Irina	Ministry to Slavic Tribes;  Eastern Europe
Rahaim, Robert & Linda	Mission To the World;  Scotland
Schobesberger, Werner & Lisa	Austria
Smith, Allen & Sandi - visit our website	Christian Missionary Society;  Peru
Urquhart, Hyacinth	Ministries in Action;  The Caribbean
Foreign Missions Organizations	Location
African Bible College	Uganda
African Bible College Clinic	Malawi
Here's Life	Africa

Home Missions
"Home Missions" includes all Christian organizations, missions, and home missionaries within the United States.  The list below contains the home missionaries and organizations supported by Redeemer Church.  You can click on many of the organization names to visit their websites or click on their email address to send them a note of encouragement and let them know they are in your prayers.
 

Home Missionaries (Click to send an email)	Ministry & Location (Click to visit website)
Matu, Aung Lai	Woodside Community;  New York
Batluck, Mark	Campus Outreach Minneapolis Augsburg College;  Minneapolis, MN.
Hammond, Bob & Wendy	Mustard Seeds & Mountains McDowell County, West Virginia
McGowan, Elbert Jr. & Karen	Reformed University Fellowship;  Jackson State University
Plummer, Wy	Coordinator for Domestic Ethnic & Multi-ethnic Church Plants;  Mission to North America
Romaine, Jim	Redeemer New York Church Plant
Scheibe, Marc & Liz	Reformed University Fellowship University of Northern Colorado
Sleeth, Brian	Grace Pointe Presbyterian Church;  Detroit, MI.
Swain, Mark	Grace Community Church;  Memphis
Home Mission Organizations (Click to visit website)	Location
Belhaven College	Jackson, MS.
Center for Pregnancy Choices	Jackson, MS.
Child Evangelism Fellowship	Jackson, MS.
Christian Medical & Dental Assoc.	Local Jackson, MS. affiliate
Friends of Alcoholics  (Ph:  601-362-3648)	Jackson, MS.
Future Redeemer Church Plant	Jackson, MS.
Lagniappe Presbyterian Church	Bay Saint Louis, MS.
Madison Heights PCA Church Plant	Madison, MS.
Mission Mississippi	Jackson, MS.
Neighborhood Christian Center	Jackson, MS.
Reformed Theological Seminary	Jackson, MS.
The Veritas School	Jackson, MS.
Tyrannus Hall (Rev. Elliott Greene)	Jackson, MS.