Missions

St. John’s Baptist Church is a church on mission to the wounded, hungry, homeless and impoverished which includes all those who are physically and spiritually in need. SJBC affirms Emil Brunner’s observation that "The Church exists by mission, just as a fire exists by burning.” We strongly encourage members of our church family to experience the blessings, joys, and challenges of being part of an active Servant Community. There are always meals to be served, overnight shelters that need to be staffed, children to be tutored, food pantries to be stocked, refugees to be helped, and other opportunities to do the work God leads us to do. Our commitment is reflected in many ongoing ministries both in the Charlotte community and beyond. The following reflects some of the mission involvement of the SJBC community of faith:

Local hands-on involvement:

Organization	Organization’s Mission / Information	Volunteer Opportunities	For Information or To Get Involved Contact
Room in the Inn (An Urban Ministries Program)	Provides warm, safe place for Charlotte’s homeless men to eat, sleep and shower Held every Friday night December – March on the St. John’s campus Partner with Caldwell Presbyterian to host	Provide evening meal Stay overnight / supervise Make bag lunches for men to take with them Assist with laundry	Alice Wirz ahwirz@carolina.rr.com Dale Johnson dwj9578@yahoo.com
Moore Place (An Urban Ministries Program)	Provides permanent housing for the chronically homeless	NA / Financial support only at the present time	Wanny Hogewood wannyashley@bellsouth.net
Friendship Trays	Provides meals to elderly, handicapped and convalescing people Friendship Trays is a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Meals on Wheels program	Assist in assembling meal trays 8:00 – 11:00 AM M-F Deliver meals during lunch hour M-F Pack meals 1:30 – 3:00 PM M-F	Marvin Carter 704.665.7620
Hope Chapel	Hosts weekly worship service for Charlotte’s homeless men (chapel open 6:00 – 9:00 AM on Sunday) Located next to Men’s Shelter	Substitute as worship leader, coordinator or piano player Provide underwear / toiletries for distribution before the service	Kevin Lynch lynchero3@aol.com Linda Merchant lpmerchant@att.net
CROP Walk	Hosts a walk to raise awareness and funds to fight hunger locally and around the world Walk is held annually in October CROP Walk office is located on the St. John’s campus	Walk, volunteer, and/or financially support largest CROP Walk in the world	Todd Stillerman stillerman@gmail.com
Right Moves For Youth	Guides and motivates youth to succeed in school and improve critical life skills	Mentor a child / youth grades 4-12	Phillips Bragg phillips@braggfinancial.com
Highland Renaissance Academy	Provides uniforms and school supplies at the beginning of school year Provides weekly weekend food backpacks to CMS Title 1 school K-5	Contribute backpack food items Help pack or deliver backpacks Provide uniforms and school supplies annually in August Tutor students, EOG proctors	Linda Merchant lpmerchant@att.net Betty Harkey bgharkey@carolina.rr.com
Crisis Assistance Ministry	Provides the working poor with emergency rent and utility assistance, clothing, household goods and furniture	Serve Free Store customers Help with clerical projects Work at the Furniture Bank Interview clients in need Sort clothes for the Free Store	Sondra Hellund shellund@hotmail.com
Mecklenburg Ministries	Promotes interfaith relationships, foster racial and ethnic understanding, and inspire collaboration to address social issues	Participate in workshops, conferences and services Help with clerical projects	Judy and Dan Biber jbiber@carolina.rr.com
Charlotte Family Housing	Provides shelter-to-housing program for homeless families CFH’s main offices are located on the St. John’s campus CFH”s Hawthorne Place residence is also located on the St. John’s campus	Provide quarterly meals for families Spend the night / supervise quarterly Provide supplies / assistance for collections	Charlie Harper chharperjr@yahoo.com
Habitat For Humanity	Partners with families and our communities to provide affordable home ownership solutions	Help build or rehab homes Youth Mission Trip every other year	Bert Green bert111@att.net
Men’s Shelter of Charlotte	Provides a meal to over 300 homeless men at the Men’s Shelter facility Meal served from 5:00 – 7:00 PM on third Friday of each month	Provide a banana pudding Buy groceries Serve a meal	Joy Jarrett worthjarrett@att.net
Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America	Gathers, equips and mobilizes Baptists to build a culture of peace rooted in justice	Office work, stuffing envelopes, bulk mailings, data entry, packing and unpacking materials for meetings, etc.	Judy Biber jbiber@carolina.rr.com
Hyaets	Serves low-income, high-risk neighborhoods in Charlotte Inspires and enriches the communities Hyaets serves	Assist with Summer Vacation Bible School lunch, stories, crafts and day trips Provide community meals for 30 – 40 people on the first and third Friday	Dale Johnson dwj9578@yahoo.com Carolyn Allred callred2@carolina.rr.com
Loaves & Fishes	Provides a network of local pantries that supply a week's worth of nutritious groceries on a referral basis to individuals and families in a short-term crisis	Help man the phone center Serve on warehouse delivery crew Volunteer at a pantry Assist with food drive	Eva Lee evaflee@aol.com
Caldwell House	Provides overflow housing for Salvation Army’s homeless women on the Caldwell Presbyterian campus	Prepare and serve quarterly meals	Betty / Erskine Harkey bgharkey@carolina.rr.com
Charlotte Sudanese	In 2001 established a mentoring program to pair volunteers with young refugees from Sudan to assist them in acclimation to life in the US and specifically in Charlotte Those relationships have evolved from helping relationships to ones of mutually enriching friendships across cultural lines	Establish a relationship with the Sudanese Invite the Sudanese to participate in a special program or activity	Nina or Carl Phillips ninacarl@gmail.com Morgan Newman mnewman90@carolina.rr.com
Raising South Sudan	Supports a campaign to build schools in Southern Sudan Led by James Lubo Mijak, one of the Sudanese who came to St. John’s as a refugee	Funding support through Mothering Across Continents	Phillips Bragg phillips@braggfinancial.com
Charlotte Rescue Mission	Provides an intensive drug and alcohol recovery program to homeless or about to become homeless men (Rebound Program) and women (Dove’s Nest Program).	Serve a meal Provide food for special events Tutoring	Pat Culp patsybea1@carolina.rr.com
Community Culinary School	Provides culinary training and life skills management training Addresses hunger at its root cause – unemployment	Use Encore Catering (for profit arm of the school) for church or personal events	Marvin Carter 704 665.7620
Hospitality House	Shelters out of town families in medical crisis	Work at front desk Provide a listening ear for guests	Fredda Kimball freddafk@aol.com

Partners beyond Charlotte:

Partners	Click on Logo for More Information About Our Partners	Liaison
Alliance of Baptists		Ashley and Wanny Hogewood wannyashley@bellshouth.net Steve Hoffman hoffmans4@earthlink.net
Baptist World Alliance		Ken and Judy Sanford sanf2058@bellsouth.net
Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America		Judy Biber jibber@carolina.rr.com
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship		Cathy Hartsell hartswn@bellsouth.net
NC Cooperative Baptist Fellowship		Cathy Hartsell hartswn@bellsouth.net
NC Council of Churches
United Baptist Association		Kevin Lynch lynchero3@aol.com

Other groups that we support through our budget:

Organization Name	Click on Logo/Link for More Information
Baptist Retirement Homes
Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond
Mars Hill College
Wake Forest Divinity School
Wingate University
Counseling Center of Charlotte	Counseling Center of Charlotte
Ecumenical Institute	Ecumenical Institute