So, you want to have an active missions group… What will you do? For many groups the motivation to do things is not a problem – the problem is finding things to do. Fortunately, there are a lot of ways to get involved, both by creating your own projects and getting involved with others’. Below are some opportunities and resources to find out more about them.
The key to finding something to do is finding needs of people around you. We should never forget, though, that the primary goal of our activity is not social work: it is missions.
 Project Ideas: Start with needs in your community. How can you help meet their physical and emotional needs and give them Christ at the same time? Do homeless people need food, clothes, blankets? Do children need school supplies, jackets, tutoring? Do sick people need help with day-to-day things, encouragement, comfort, friends? Do single moms need childcare? Do illiterate people need education? Do elderly need help running errands or getting to doctor appointments? Find and need and fill it – and share Christ!
- WMU of NC: Christian Women’s Job Corps/Christian Men’s Job Corps, Camp Angel Tree, Prison Retreat and “Red Boxes” (gift boxes) for incarcerated women, Partnerships with other states and countries, Operation Christmas Child, Literacy Missions, Hispanic Women’s Fellowship, Multicultural Ministries, Baptist Nursing Fellowship, Undergraduate Women’s Retreat, Camp Mundo Vista and more. Look under Organizations, Do and Go for more information.
- NC Baptist Men: Disaster Relief, Overseas Mission Trips, Medical and Dental Bus, Agricultural Missions, Aviation Missions, Baptist Builders, Prison Ministries, Sports Outreach, Camp Caraway and more. Visit www.ncmissions.com for more information.
- National WMU: Project Help (Poverty Missions), Pure Water Pure Love (Water Purification Missions), MissionsFEST, FamilyFEST, Christian Women’s Job Corps/Christian Men’s Job Corps, WorldCrafts, Baptist Nursing Fellowship, International Mission Trips, Acteens Activators, Youth on Mission Point Teams and more. Visit www.wmu.com for more information.
- International Mission Board: Prayerwalking, Sports Outreach, Education Missions, Evangelism, Technology Missions, Construction Misisons, Engineering, Career Missions, Short-term Missions, Children’s and Youth Missions, Church Planting, Cultural Exchange, Community Outreach, University Missions and more. Visit www.imb.org for more information.
- North American Mission Board: World Changers, Disaster Relief, Families on Missions, Operation Noah Rebuild, The Grove, Camping Missions, Short-term Missions, Career Missions and more. Visit www.namb.net for more information.
- Your Association: Check with your local Baptist association to find out what opportunities they may offer. Your associational WMU director and the associational director of missions should have plenty of ideas and opportunities to share. Not sure what association is yours? If your church is part of the Southern Baptist Convention, you can check here to find out.
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