{"id":40138,"date":"2021-06-18T10:46:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/?p=40138"},"modified":"2021-06-22T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T20:36:17","slug":"first-baptist-ofallon-launches-new-short-term-missions-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/2021\/06\/18\/first-baptist-ofallon-launches-new-short-term-missions-model\/","title":{"rendered":"First Baptist O\u2019Fallon launches new short-term missions model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>O\u2019FALLON \u2013 <\/b>In July, First Baptist Church O\u2019Fallon (FBCO) heads to Hamilton, Ohio, to work with Inspiring Hope Church (IHC) under a new short-term missions program that establishes expectations for both churches as well as FBCO\u2019s future partnerships.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe FBCO Missions Team wanted to put a strategy in place that would help guide the team through partnerships,\u201d says chairman Jerry Woodruff.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cIn the past, we struggled with allotment of resources. With the new strategy, our partners know up front what to expect from FBCO.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">FBCO sponsors dozens of short-term local, US, and international missions opportunities each year that involve church members. Until recently it had no formal plan guiding its commitment to its US partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe (new) structure is for both monetary and trip commitments,\u201d Woodruff says. FBCO will now have a three-year commitment with a partner, schedule six supporting trips over that period, and make established financial investments that reduce year-to-year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">FBCO Associate Pastor of Gospel Proclamation Brandon Kiesling oversees domestic mission trip planning. He says the program change helps \u201ca new church plant to plan for the future and be more strategic as to how they can reach their community for Christ.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">IHC Pastor Ben Mangrum is also encouraged by FBCO\u2019s new policy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cHe was very excited and relieved knowing that he has the full support of a church for three years,\u201d Kiesling says. \u201cThe pledge of financial support and multiple trips per year gave him the confidence to look ahead at future ministry.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt means so much to have a long term partner as we plant IHC,\u201d Mangrum <\/span><span class=\"s2\">says. \u201cIt allows me to have more resources (mission teams and financial support) to support the mission God has called us to accomplish.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">For FBCO members, Kiesling says, \u201cthe benefit of an extended partnership\u2026is that our people can see multiple phases of church planting and begin to catch the vision of churches who multiply.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Kiesling says FBCO hopes to sustain two US partnerships at the same time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Inspiring Hope resides in suburban Cincinnati, which is in the NAMB\u2019s Send Network. \u201cSend cities\u201d are NAMB priorities for church planting. For FBCO in suburban St. Louis the NAMB church plant is also within a day\u2019s drive, aiding missions logistics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Mangrum\u2019s church planting strategy includes building local relationships and taking the church to the community rather than waiting for people to come through the church door. One Sunday a month, for example, the morning service is suspended so the church can aid a local organization. Mangrum expanded that strategy for FBCO\u2019s May visit, which was scheduled before the missions policy change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">FBCO\u2019s 10-member team served lunch to a local fire station, organized an office and assembled shelving for an after-school youth ministry, and served dinner to a children\u2019s soccer team after its last seasonal practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The team also went door-to-door in nearby neighborhoods, letting residents know about the church, inviting them to a free park event on Friday evening, and witnessing and praying with folk as opportunities arose. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The park event attracted hundreds of residents to bounce house inflatables provided by MBC\u2019s Twin Rivers Baptist Association. TRBA also lent snow cone, popcorn, and cotton candy making machines. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Mangrum says the activities helped the church make \u201cnew connections with people that we would have never been able to do apart from (the FBCO team).\u201d One new family joined the church and Mangrum believes others will. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Kiesling met Mangrum through Reagan Wagoner, lead pastor of Grace Point Fellowship, which is about 30 minutes away, and itself only four years old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Church planting is a missions strategy at Grace Point and Mangrum had just completed a one-year church planting internship there. Since he was working to start Inspiring Hope, Wagoner suggested it for the partnership. Inspiring Hope launched on Easter and now runs around 30 adults and children in services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">FBCO also has an IMB missionary partnership in Mexico and has sent teams to Canada, Scotland, and Israel. Sending multiple annual missions teams overseas is challenged by cost and distance. However, FBCO\u2019s missions committee is considering how to manage ongoing international partnerships. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Kiesling encourages churches to engage in strategic church planting partnerships because \u201cchurch planters and missionaries all over the world need the support of local churches.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b><i>(Michael R. Smith is a member of FBCO\u2019s missions team.)<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In July, First Baptist Church O\u2019Fallon (FBCO) heads to Hamilton, Ohio, to work with Inspiring Hope Church (IHC) under a new short-term missions program that establishes expectations for both churches as well as FBCO\u2019s future partnerships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":40139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_selected_social_profile":[]},"categories":[177,40,41,45,8,15,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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