Glendale Road Church of Christ: Programs: Missions

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Missions	Kenneth Cleaver, Grundy Falwell & David Ryan , Elders
Local Bible Studies \| Away From Home \| Used Literature \| World Bible School World Christian Broadcasting \| Local Radio

Local Bible Studies	Todd Walker - Associate Minister
Glendale Road offers personal and correspondence Bible Studies. Some inquiries come from the Caring and Sharing Center, while others are turned in by members of the congregation who know relatives, friends and acquaintances who are interested in a personal Bible study or correspondence courses. A series of Bible correspondence lessons are sent to those requesting them. When returned, these lessons are graded and sent back to the student with a letter encouraging a personal Bible study. There are also personal Bible studies being conducted at the local jail on a regular basis.
Away From Home	Tommy Carraway & Artie D'Elia - Deacons
Asia Missions - Alan and Terri continue their mission work in Asia. Click here for a word from the Martins. Special Campaigns - Money has been budgeted to help our members who want to go on a special campaign. Since 1975, many of our members have been involved in campaign efforts here and abroad. This year campaigns are scheduled for Guyana, Mexico, Romania and Ukraine. Persons who are interested in going on mission trips should contact the group leader: Tommy Carraway or David Ryan. The church will pay one half of the travel and housing expense for those participating in approved programs. Operation Guyana - Operation Guyana, headed by Steve DeLoach, is a medical and evangelistic effort that is connected to Partners in Progress International. Since 1989, Steve and his family spend six months of each year in Guyana, South America. They bring in seven to eight medical teams consisting of doctors, nurses and dentist from the United States. Along with medical staff, there are Bible teachers who share Christ with the Guyanese. Steve is the coordinator for each team and works with all the congregations of the Church of Christ in Guyana. Each year eight to 12 Glendale Road members are part of the teams that are involved in this work. In addition to the teams that go to Guyana each year, Operation Guyana has a nurse that operates a clinic there year round. They also have a Bible training school with several satellite locations. Steve is sponsored by the Jenks Church of Christ in Jenks, Oklahoma, but the Glendale Road congregation helps in the personal support of the DeLoach family. Hope Children's Home-Guyana, South America - Although this work is not in our budget, the missions committee wanted to include it in the report to the Glendale congregation. The Hope Children's Home was designed to offer hope to the abused, abandoned and neglected children of Guyana. It is a ministry of the Church of Christ at Enmore, Guyana. Kenneth and Samantha Finlayson, who are friends of several Glendale Road members, direct this work. Each year when members from Glendale go to Guyana for our medical missions, the congregation is asked to give money for the purchase of medicines for the home. Thanks to the generous giving of our membership, we are able to take and deliver 300-400 pounds of medical supplies to Hope each year. The 42 children who were carefully placed by God into the care of Hope Children's Home thank you. Special Missions - This item is budgeted to help relieve the burden of people who are not in our congregation and wish to go on campaigns. Glendale Road receives requests from our sister congregations for funds to assist their members to go on campaigns. The mission committee reviews each request and makes a decision on each one. A Special Mission Fund has been in place at Glendale Road for a number of years. Worldwide Evangelism - Harvey Starling leads the World Evangelism Program. This program is under the oversight of the Midway Church in Madison, Alabama. Harvey has been conducting campaigns in the United States and overseas for many years. At this time, the greatest emphasis is in Romania where he works with nine different congregations. This work is carried out through the distribution of Bibles, booklets and tracts, and then follow up contacts with individuals expressing an interest in studying the Bible. Harvey directs a bible Training School and leads teaching teams throughout the year. Glendale Road has helped with Harvey's personal expenses for a number of years. Ronald Coleman - Ronald Coleman is the brother-in-law of our sisters, Ruby Herndon and Sadie Ragsdale. Ronald has done mission work in London, Ukraine, Samoa, Fiji, Australia, Russia, Tasmania and South America. He has also preached and taught in Guyana and Zimbabwe. Ronald has worked in the mission field for over 20 years. The Centerville Road Church of Christ in Garland, Texas, is Ronald's sponsoring congregation. Glendale Road supplies some financial support to this work. Benin Bible Institute - This work is a dream come true for the Benton Church of Christ, Benton, Kentucky. The continent of Africa has a population of 700 million people. One-eighth of them speak French. The Benin Bible Institute trains French-speaking men in a three-year program to become preachers and teachers for the Lord. The students come from French-speaking countries of Africa, Europe and the United States. Several members of the Benton Church are on the advisory board for the training center. Glendale Road helps support the students while they are enrolled in the school. Don Iverson - India - There are nine preacher training schools in the Tamil Nadu area of South India. The school offers one and three year programs. Eighty-six percent of all men trained in these schools are still preaching. The Banner Elk Church in Banner Elk, NC, has oversight of the Paramathy School. Our support is for students while attending the school. Don Iverson, preacher and elder of the Banner Elk Church, with his wife Cathy, teach in the school twice a year or more. Church of Christ Bible College - This work is an outreach of the Thomaston Road Church of Christ in Macon, Georgia. Dr. James Judd, who is now 84 years old, direct this training school. These schools are in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia. Over the last 12 years, well over 500 preachers have graduated from these colleges. This part of Africa suffered a devastating drought in 2003. Dr. Judd and his son Randy have distributed hundreds of tons of food during this disaster. Over 5,000 people have been baptized into Christ each year. Most of this work was done by the Malawi brethren. Over 50 Bible College Extension schools were conducted and 83 new congregations were established in 2003. Glendale Road has been a part of this work since 1999. Patterson Mission Fund - The Glendale Road church received a financial gift from the estate of George and Mamie Patterson. They were both active members here at Glendale. The Patterson's asked that the principle remain intact and that the interest on the money be used for mission efforts. At this time, the missions committee is working on a proposal to present our elders about how the interest can be used in future mission work. Approximately $30,000 will be used in 2007 in various mission efforts. Phillip Norwood - Phillip Norwood is the son of our sister Inez Norwood. Phillip graduated from Heritage Christian University, Florence, Alabama. He has been working with the Whiteville, North Carolina, church as minister for the last three years. Glendale Road is helping with Phillip's work fund in this mission effort. Hartsville Pike Church of Christ, Gallatin, Tennessee, has the oversight of the work. Mexico Mission Work - In January 2000, the Glendale Road congregation began work in the country of Mexico. Rick and Sherry Owens of Las Cruces, NM, who have been responsible for building over 100 church buildings all over Mexico, oversee the mission work in Mexico. Since 2000, Glendale has had a part in helping build in Muzquiz, Juarez, Piedras, Negras, Nuevo Laredo, Saltillo and Matamoros. Glendale members have been joined in these efforts by members from Antioch, Calvert City, Cooperstown (TN), Green Plain, Hardin, New Concord, New Providence and University Church of Christ. The people that participate in this mission work get to help with some phase of the construction of church buildings for our brethren in Mexico, as well as spending time with people who are very interested in spreading God's Word south of our border. Anyone interested in helping in this work please contact David or Nick Ryan. Ukraine Mission - This work in Dzerzchinsk, in the Donetsk region of the Ukraine, was started in 1994 by William Wharton and has grown into two Bible camps servicing 200+ school age children, along with many adults. There are also two congregations of the Lord's church. The preacher of the Kirovo church is supported by Glendale Road. Out of this work has come the creation of His Kids Too! headed by Treasa Filmon from the Meridian Wood Church of Christ in Tallahassee, FL. Through this group, tons of clothing, shoes, medicines, physical therapy equipment, bedding, mattresses, sheets and blankets have been collected and given to orphans, widows and others in need. One of the larger and rapidly-growing areas of work is with the adoption of children by U.S. families. There are also classes taught to both boys and girls about sex, drugs, smoking and physical health. medically-trained persons to work with this program and teachers in the Bible camps are needed. Glendale Road has supported the Ukraine mission for the past four years. Walter Lee Steely and Kevin Mack have spent time serving in this work.
Used Literature	Gerald Coles - Deacon
In January of each year, we encourage area churches to collect used literature for distribution to needy churches throughout the world. Gerald and Tim Coles then travel some four hundred miles to collect the literature and money for Bibles and transport them to the Crieve Hall congregation in Nashville, Tennessee, where sorting and shipping take place.
World Bible School	Tommy Carraway - Deacon
World Bible School is a Bible correspondence course system used to teach God's word all over the world. Now over one million people are studying the Bible by mail in nearly every country of the world. The WBS at Glendale Road sends about 12,000 lessons each year, resulting in many conversions. The work also includes over 600 campaigns a year with WBS students. It is the best evangelistic tool in the brotherhood today. About forty Glendale members work regularly as teachers in this effort. Artie D'Elia assists in the WBS program. Tommy or Artie will be happy to provide more information on WBS.
World Christian Broadcasting
Glendale Road has been involved in this Christian broadcasting outreach since 2004. Earlier this year, Andy Baker, vice president of WCB, informed us that the new tower is being built in Madagasgar; expanding broadcast coverage to another several million people. WCB has the possibilities of being able to broadcast to five billion people by radio. Because of this tremendous opportunity and the positive feedback from our membership, the mission committee included this work in the 2004 budget. World Christian Broadcasting is based in Franklin, Tennessee.
Local Radio	John Dale - Pulpit Minister
The church at Glendale Road has utilized radio opportunities for many years. The Sunday evening worship time has been broadcast live on the local station(s) for approximately 57 years. The Sunday morning services have been broadcast for approximately 32 years. In addition, we have presented early morning devotional programs each weekday for over 30 years. See our media section for radio archives.