Establish the KINGDOM
We desire to empower the Church to fulfill the Great Commission through building intentional relationships lasting generations. We do this by partnering with the work God is doing around the world through evangelism, equipping and empowering leaders, and compassion and relief efforts. As a church, we work to develop strategic partnerships with people and organizations around the world who align with the heart and vision of The Rock Family Worship Center.
We desire to encourage and equip people to go and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 18:19), both in our community and around the world! One of the ways we practically do this globally is by offering Team Trips.
Team Trips are usually week-long experiences where we share the love and hope of Christ by meeting physical, spiritual, and relational needs. Our short-term Team Trips partner with established organizations and long-term missionaries, joining alongside the ongoing transformation taking place, resulting in life change for those being served and in those serving!
Global Prayer Collective
Gather with us on the first Monday of each month to celebrate God’s work around the world, stand with the persecuted church, and cover missions in prayer. For meeting time and location, email Chris Sebastian at tharros@protonmail.com.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
MISSIONARIES
*For the protection of our global workers in closed countries, or where sharing their identity could cause a security risk for them or those they work with, we sometimes are unable to share details.
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Asia and Middle East
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Latin America
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Europe
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National Partners
Latin
America
Costa Rica, Mexico,
Nicaragua, and Honduras
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Costa Rica
Children - Cooper, Londyn, Carter
We are Corey and Lindsey Branson and we have three beautiful children: Cooper, Londyn, and Carter. God called us into Latin American missions in March of 2017, giving us a heart Costa Rica and for unreached around the world. Our desire is that all people have an opportunity to come into a relationship with Him and we know Costa Rica has a vital role in seeing this task carried out. Our ministry is multi-faceted. Through our local ministry, El Puente, we cultivate relationships and community to give opportunities for discipleship and spiritual growth. El Puente bridges the gap between the church and the community. Through mobilization and training, we help prepare Costa Ricans to step into their God-given calling to reach the unreached. to go and reach the unreached. With Globe Costa Rica, we provide Costa Ricans a missions sending agency, a way to GO and make disciples. We are committed to equipping and sending missionaries so that the Costa Rican church can fulfill its role in making disciples of all nations! Our greatest desire is that all people have the opportunity to know Christ!
PRAYER REQUESTS
Protection over our family and financial provision.
For the Costa Rican church to rise up and take part in the Great Commission by going to the unreached.
Financial provision for the ministry vision: a property and building for El Puente & Globe Costa Rica.
Wisdom as we continue to develop processes to equip and send missionaries from Costa Rica.
Continued impact in our community and surrounding areas.
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Mountain Gateway, US and Latin America
https://www.mountaingateway.org/joy-coleman.html
After completing missions training through Mountain Gateway Academy in 2023, I transitioned to the Prayer Branch and I continue serving as a prayer minister. Our vision is to equip people and ignite prayer and intercession in the local community as well where we have established work and missionaries advancing the Kingdom. I am honored to partner in prayer with affiliate ministries in Latin America, Israel and Southeast Asia. I continue to go and serve in US and Latin America locations.
PRAYER REQUEST
Pray that I continue to be steadfast in God's will: being humble, willing and obedient.
Pray the financial need is met consistently.
Pray for salvation and the Lordship of Jesus Christ in my family- immediate and extended.
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Honduras
Casa de Oracion Familiar / Prisoner of Hope International / Children’s Cup- Honduras
Pastor Daniel Dyer, Lorena Dyer, and Gianna Dyer have been missionaries in Honduras for nearly 40 years. Daniel Dyer is a native of Louisiana, Lorena Dyer is from Honduras, and Gianna is of mixed heritage. Currently, Gianna is in her fifth year of university, studying nutrition.
Daniel and Lorena are pastors of the Family Prayer Center, which has 14 church plants across Honduras, with a total attendance of about 2000 people. They also serve as directors of Prisoners of Hope International, discipling men and women in over 14 prisons, and are the founders of Children's Cup - Honduras, which operates 14 care points and more than 100 community development centers throughout the country.
PRAYER REQUEST
That God would continue to open doors of favor to transform Honduras into a discipleship nation.
That God would continue to open doors of favor with the prison system, with the guards, wardens, and leadership.
That the Lord of the Harvest would continue to stir and raise up a generation of men and women who will go into the harvest to transform this nation.
For continued resources to plant 500 churches and discipleship training centers in Honduras.
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USA, Mexico, Nicaragua
https://www.mountaingateway.org/the-founders.html
Britt and Audrey Hancock got married in 1988 and have been in full-time ministry since 1989. They have 4 children and 7 grandchildren. Their family began to serve in missions in Mexico in 1997. Mountain Gateway was formed in 2009. The focus continues to be starting churches in small villages of Mexico and Nicaragua, making disciples and training leaders, as well as having large gospel campaigns in Nicaragua. Mountain Gateway Academy leads people to a place of surrender and preparation for whatever it is that God wants them to do. Britt and Audrey want to simply hear what Jesus says to do and then do it. May it be so.
PRAYER REQUEST
Pray that we will be obedient to whatever Jesus asks us to do - whether going to 1 or 100,000 or 1,000,000. May we have the finances to accomplish that.
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Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama
Mountain Gateway
https://www.mountaingateway.org/jacobandcassie.html
CHILDREN- MICAH, HAVILAH, & OLIVIA
Jacob and Cassie Hancock serve as the Missions Directors for Mountain Gateway, a missions organization that recruits, trains, sends, and cares for ministers around the world. The couple married in August 2014, and have been pursuing Jesus together ever since. Together they completed the Mountain Gateway Academy (formerly the Great Commission Academy) in 2015 and have served on the international mission field together since then. They have served in Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama. Jacob and Cassie have three children, and as a family, they live to introduce the lost to Jesus - it is their greatest privilege in life.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Pray for grace to accomplish the call.
Pray that our Yes to Jesus will never lose its fire. That we will never lose our hunger and thirst to have more of Jesus.
Pray that we will always be willing to do what it takes so we give others the opportunity to know Him.
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Mexico
My name is Kyle Neese, and I am a missionary joyfully sent out by The Rock Family Worship Center to Mexico and beyond. My wife and I make our home in Reynosa, Mexico, where we serve full-time. From here, I travel throughout central and southern Mexico to bring the Good News to the indigenous and unreached—ministering among the Tepehuan, Huichol, and Cora people groups. My heart beats for those who have never heard the name of Jesus. Whether it’s preaching the gospel in remote regions, strengthening new church plants, or walking alongside pastors and leaders, my desire is to see God’s Kingdom established where it has not yet been proclaimed. Alongside my local ministry in Mexico, I also serve with Kaleo International, traveling with its leadership to minister across the United States, the Middle East, and Africa. Each trip is a fresh opportunity to see Isaiah 6:8 come alive—“Here am I. Send me!” Being a missionary is not without its challenges, but it is truly the greatest privilege of our lives. To carry the gospel to those who have never heard is both a responsibility and the deepest joy we could ask for.
PRAYER REQUEST
New Family Life in Mexico – Pray for me and my wife as we begin our new life together here in Mexico. Ask the Lord to bless our home with health, protection, and provision as we step into new responsibilities, such as renting a house and covering needs that were not present when I was single.
Church Plants in Central & Southern Mexico – Lift up the new church plants across central and southern Mexico. Pray that strong pastors and leaders would rise up, that they would thrive in their calling, and that the gospel would take deep root in these regions.
Protection in Difficult Places – Many of the areas we minister in are remote, rugged, and sometimes under the control of cartels. Please pray for God’s covering, safety, and peace as we continue to go into these places to share Christ.
Europe
Iceland
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Iceland
CHILDREN- Nyema, Thor, Eyja, Moses
The Erlingsson's are a family learning what it means to say YES to God in beautiful Iceland. After years of working in community and church ministry in Huntsville, Alabama, Bjarni and Jenny followed the call of God to serve and live in Iceland. After two years in the north of Iceland, they now make their home in Eyrarbakki, Iceland. From the ministry base of their Gróðurhúsið (The GreenHouse) they connect with and encourage local Christian leaders, speak and teach in various churches, and find ways to love their community to Christ. This home not only houses their family but hosts gatherings, small groups, visiting teams, and missionary/ministry workers. Their heart is to love Iceland well by lifting the arms of believers and being the hands and feet of Jesus to the surrounding community.
PRAYER REQUEST
Pray for continued wisdom as we minister in Iceland.
Pray for strength and encouragement for churches and Christian leaders.
Pray for open doors and boldness to share the Gospel.
Pray that members of the government church will have authentic encounters with Christ.
Pray for continued provision to pay off and complete the Greenhouse so that we can steward this ministry base well.
Pray for covering and protection over our family and spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional health.
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Iceland
Pastors of Loftstofan Baptistakirkja, Reykjavík, Iceland
CHILDREN- Mikael, Sigurrós, Salómon, Viktoría
Gunnar Ingi Gunnarsson, along with his wife Svava María, and his kids Mikael, Sigurrós, Salómon and Viktoría are on mission in Iceland, specifically in Loftstofan Baptistakirkja, which Gunnar started in August of 2013 with hopes of planting a biblically-faithful, gospel-preaching, disciple-making, Christ-glorifying and multiplying church. What started as a 4-person bible study in 2013 has grown into a gathering of around 120 people from around 20 different nations. We're now getting ready to start a church up in Akureyri in 2026, still supporting church planting work in Europe such as Warsaw, Poland, raising up leaders for Loftstofan and building spiritual infrastructure in the country that can hopefully be a blessing to the church for generations to come.
PRAYER REQUEST
Sustaining grace while wanting to build something with an enemy giving himself to tear down.
Workers in the harvest.
Healing for Svava and Salómon.
Wisdom and grace to shepherd people well, raise up leaders, see the church grow and the people there grow in faith, understanding and devotion and love for Jesus as His followers.
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Moldova
Philip and Chrissie have been married for over 40 years, and continue God’s calling together to reach the lives of orphans. Chrissie Cameron is “Mom” to so many. She works tirelessly to meet the physical needs of these priceless souls in the orphanages, villages, and homeless in Moldova and the Ukraine. She coordinates the tons of aide that is sent via container each year by The Orphan’s Hands. The Cameron family continue the legacy of missions through the next generation. Philip Cameron is known as a missionary-evangelist, preacher, singer, author. He has authored multiple books on the subject of Household Salvation, one of those having over 300,000 in print, and is deeply passionate about helping Christians win their loved ones to Christ. Philip is a consultant and innovator in ministry growth whether it be in missions, television or church ministry.
National
Partners
Working with immigrant communities
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Dearborn, Michigan, US-Intercultural Missions
https://usmissions.ag.org/MissionaryLocator/USMissionaryResult?Account=2225365
Trey and Becky Hancock have lived in Dearborn, Michigan since 1987. They are Assemblies of God US-Intercultural appointed missionaries, sharing the Gospel of Jesus with the goal of planting churches among Arab Muslims. In 1999 the Lord began to deal with their heart about planting a church in town. On the Sunday before Memorial Day 2000 they began meeting in their home to establish a church. They began by inviting their friends and neighbors to a meal and a time of worship and studying God’s Word. The Lord has been faithful and Springwells Church, is planted and growing.
Our objective is to reach our community which is 97% Arab Muslim. It is the largest concentration of Arabic- speaking people in the world outside the Middle East. People from Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Yemen are the main people groups. Dearborn is one of the most strategic cities in the world for the Gospel. This area is crucial to a worldwide movement of the Holy Spirit. Michigan has been targeted by Islam to be the first Islamic state in the United States, and Dearborn has long been a pulse point toward that goal. Dearborn must be realized as a strategic mission field. The focus is sharpening toward a major population of unreached people living in our country where evangelism is legal and accessible. Yemen is a country with very few missionaries if any. The AoG, at this time, has no missionaries in Yemen. Dearborn has a high population of Yemeni and the LORD is moving. Our prayer is that the new believers will take it “back home” to their families and country. Would that it be God’s heart to plant another church here that will cross the boundary to Yemen. Trey and Becky are NOW preparing for the next generation by training young adults with the call to minister the Gospel to Muslim people groups and plant churches. Springwell’s Intercultural Ministry Center (SpringwellsIMC.com) prepares college interns, ChiAlpha teams, and mission associates with a call to Muslim contexts.
PRAYER REQUEST
Pray for the conviction of sin that leads to repentance- they need to realize they are lost.
Pray that the Lord would raise up more laborers to continue the work of the Kingdom here- that the training center would produce young ones with a selfless heart to go plant churches or stay to plant churches here in Dearborn.
Pray that blindness and deception would be removed- vain imaginations that have exalted themselves would implode.
Pray for God to move in power and manifest the authority of Jesus in signs and wonders! Pray for boldness in proclamation.
Pray for unity in the believers.
Pray that Muslim background believers would love each other and be in unity to show His life.
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Pastors of One Voice Fellowship
https://onevoicefellowship.org/
#nationalpartner #pastor #churchplant
CHILDREN- David, Lucy, Campbell, Ginger
Chris Sicks is the church planter of One Voice Fellowship, a multi-lingual church focused on helping our new neighbors acclimate and discover the truth and love of Jesus.
Naomi is from Huntsville, where she lived and worked in Lincoln Village, then left to serve as a missionary in Haiti, before becoming a single foster mom to her special-needs nephew.
Chris lost his first wife, Sara, to breast cancer. Now Naomi and Chris have the joy of raising Chris' three children plus Naomi's nephew whom they have adopted.
PRAYER REQUEST
For David (23) who just completed a life-skills program for young adults with autism. He needs a job and an apartment!
For Naomi and Chris as they learn how to partner together as church leaders while having healthy boundaries as husband and wife.
For upcoming deacon elections, and some more adults who can disciple new believers and Muslims at OVF!
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Johnny Jernigan
https://johnnyjerniganministries.com/
Johnny Jernigan Ministries exists to teach, train, and mobilize individuals, and local churches ministries with real evangelism strategies, and effective evangelism outreaches. This ministry teaches local churches, and individual believers how to: 1. Share their personal testimony of salvation in Christ Jesus. 2. How to use the Roman Road scriptures to lead people to a salvation faith in Jesus. 3. How to lead people in the prayer of repentance. Each week, this ministry mobilizes the local church in outreach ministries, to reach the broken, lost and hopeless souls around their individual communities. This ministry touches many thousands of people each year with the gospel message of salvation, and a new life of faith in Jesus, the Savior of the world. Thousands of people come to a new faith in Jesus each year at the altar of decision, salvation and renewal. This ministry believes that we must reach the unchurched masses with the gospel of Jesus before it is simply just too late. Johnny has been married to his High School sweetheart Karen, for 41 years. They have three children, John David and his wife, Courtney, Abigail, and Jacob Jernigan. They have one grandchild, Junie Elora Jernigan. Johnny and his family live in Mobile, Alabama.
PRAYER REQUEST
Please pray for Johnny Jernigan Ministries to walk in a Jesus like humility, a grace for all people, compassion for the hurting and the broken souls in the unchurched local community, and a passion to train the church to go "out", to bring "in" the harvest of souls.
Pray for the finances to keep going outside the church, to touch the unreached in every community we are given the honor to serve as their evangelist.
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City Revival Ministries, New Orleans, Louisiana
CHILDREN- Gracie DeButy, Dax, Evie
After 11 years of serving in many capacities and leading evangelistic outreaches at The Rock, the Presson family followed the call of God to New Orleans, Louisiana. There, the Lord opened divine doors for them to establish an outreach ministry and church in the French Quarter. From that foundation, God has continued to open doors to the nations, pouring out His Spirit and using the Presson family in a powerful way. Most recently, they have ministered in the nations of Nepal and Ghana, where many were saved, healed, delivered, and empowered, and where the church was strengthened to multiply.
PRAYER REQUEST
That we would achieve our goal of winning one million souls to Jesus (Mark 16:15)
Increased monthly support to carry out the increased vision the Lord has given us to reach the nations with the gospel before Jesus returns (Phil. 1:3-5)
Spiritual protection over our family, as we enter intense territories and reclaim them for the Kingdom of God (Isaiah 54:17)
That the Lord would continue to open doors domestically and internationally and pour out His Spirit upon our ministry (1 Cor 16:9)
That in our street ministry we would continue to be in the right place at the right time with the right word for the right person (Acts 10:38)
That as we minister in churches the Holy Spirit would fall on all those who hear the Word (Acts 10:44)
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#local #global #evangalism #partnership
Ken Pounders is a missionary evangelist ministering in the U.S., Eastern Europe, Asia, and Central America. Ken and his wife Sonya founded Priority Evangelism in 1998 as a world evangelism training and sending organization. They have devoted themselves to new church planting, missionary evangelism, and Residential Discipleship ministry for over forty years.
PRAYER REQUEST
We have a lot of new and powerful opportunities in world evangelism and need wisdom on which doors to step through and also wisdom in placing younger men I to these fields.
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World International Network Ministries (W.I.N. Ministries)
Rines S. Varrette is the founder of World International Network Ministries established since October 1998. He has been ordained and fulfilled the positions of teacher, elder and pastoral counselor in his years of ministry. He operates in the office of a prophet. His ministry has carried him to many countries, Japan, Ukraine, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jamaica, Dubai, Iraq, India, Kuwait, China and Thailand.
With over forty years of ministry there is no sight of slowing up. As an ordained prophet, his calling and mantle are evident in the ministry of exhortation and direction. Missions are another area this ministry excels to promote God’s love to his people. Prophet Varrette’s military background is carried over into effective training and demonstration of kingdom principles. His ministry of encouragement is fueled by a desire to see God’s power flow in the individual members of the body of Christ. As preaching, teaching and prophesying goes forth, direction and purpose are imparted with clarity. He and his wife Carol are members of The Rock Family Worship Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Rines and Carol served as pastoral counselors to the body and the community. With the rapid growth of the church the demand is needed for Rock Solid Counseling. They also are directors of the National Association of Marriage Enhancement (N.A.M.E.) and both are certified marriage specialist the region. To included directors of Elijah House Prayer Ministry for the region as well.
PRAYER REQUEST
Prayer for the ministry to grow its reach on Zoom, connecting with people both locally and globally. The goal is to share the Good News and offer true hope to those who are at home, no matter where they are.
Asia &
Middle East
Hong Kong, Israel, India
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Hong Kong
My name is Beth Strickland. I am from Huntsville, AL and The Rock has been my home church since 2005. I first heard God's call on my life to missions when I was 16. Twelve years and many shorter term mission trips later, I found where I was called to go and live - Hong Kong. I first visited in 2013 and during that trip felt God saying, "I am doing something awesome and wonderful in Asia. Do you want to come join me?" My spirit jumped within me and I knew I had come 'home'. I have been in Hong Kong and Asia ever since, preaching the Gospel, seeing people choose Christ, be baptized in water and the Holy Spirit, encouraging the Church and helping make disciple who then disciple others.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Many people across Hong Kong are opening their hearts to Jesus. Please pray for a greater sensitivity to the Holy Spirit so that we can follow His lead more closely.
Continue to pray for greater unity among the churches in Hong Kong and throughout Southeast Asia and for a greater sensitivity to the Holy Spirit and where He is leading.
Pray for the Harvest to be GREAT and for more workers to help in harvesting.
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Israel
Robert Stearns is globally recognized as a communicator, musician, and thought leader. Equally at home among prime ministers and small faith communities alike, Robert works tirelessly for the dignity of all peoples everywhere and is widely respected around the world for his groundbreaking efforts.
We are a global movement advancing three biblical mandates:
JERUSALEM- Actively praying and working for a just and lasting peace for Jerusalem and all her inhabitants
COMMUNITY- Renewing the importance of spiritual community
BUILDING BRIDGES- Fostering understanding across cultural divides
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India
Greetings and welcome to the world of Faith Welfare Society! It's 36 years of serving the heart of the Father. I am very excited to look forward in anticipation of greater things God has in store for us!
The mission the Lord God has entrusted me with is to stand for the lost souls fighting the ruthless demons of hell for the deliverance of masses of children, women, and people who are bound in the shackles of ignorance. The anointing of God on me compels me to strive to bring radical change in the lives of people waking them up to the knowledge of the Holy, which is, man is created to be a royalty to live a life of overcoming enabled by the grace of God and thereby becoming a threat to the devil and destroying all his schemes without being neutralized by the system he has developed. The mentality of a victim should be transformed into a mentality of sheer confidence in the love of God and His goodness whereby we are changed. This confidence should then propel us with momentum forward and help us to champion the very cause for which we are born!
I am thankful to God who makes no provision less for me in accomplishing the mission. I thank you for taking time to read my heart! Wake up my friend! You are destined to be a winner!
May God bless you and make you and enforcer of 'the overcoming'!
PRAYER REQUESTS
Pray that we reach 100 villages with the Gospel in this season.
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CHILDREN: Asa, Gemma, Taya
Naiah and Janis Fischer help lead China Missions, a strategically based ministry in Hong Kong China with a mission to evangelize and disciple the next generation of unreached Chinese people.
Accepting Christ at a young age, Naiah felt a call to China when he was just seven years old. At twelve, he moved with his family to Hong Kong as missionaries, where he and his family engaged in various outreach initiatives. It was through one such outreach that Janis, a local Hong Kong resident, accepted Christ. Years later, Naiah and Janis were married, embarking on a journey of ministry and family together. They are proud parents of three children: Asa (born 2016), Gemma, and Taya (both boran 2018).
Naiah is passionate about worship and leadership; he currently serves as a pastor and worship leader at his family's church plant in Hong Kong and leads missions teams in China. Janis, gifted in discipleship, serves as a pastor while managing the responsibilities of family life at home. Together, they are committed to their ministry and the growth of their community.
PRAYER REQUESTS
Pray for the believers in China to be strengthened in their faith.
Pray for more missionaries to be sent to China.
Pray for open doors of ministry in Hong Kong and China.
Pray for supernatural protection and safety for the Fischer family.
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Please pray for our partners in a closed region.
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Local
Huntsville
Alabama
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Our impact spans worldwide through the Dream Center Network,
and locally through churches and communities.Huntsville Dream Center is dedicated to community restoration
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In addition to our Emergency Food Pantry, we also offer an Emergency Financial Assistance program that provides financial support to individuals and families who are facing an unexpected financial crisis. Financial assistance can be gained by clients who need additional help with utilities, or mortgage payments. HAP strives to provide a safety net for those who are struggling to make ends meet. Our compassionate volunteers work with each individual to understand their unique situation and provide assistance that meets their specific needs.
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Empowering women and men to make confident and healthy life choices.
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OMA Inc was founded in 1969 by Jim and Judy Summers and has provided a real solution for those struggling with addiction for over 52 years. OMA is a 12-month residential discipleship program for young people coming out of addiction. We have graduates across the US and around the world spanning 56 years that are living productive lives to the glory of God. Our director, Ken Pounders is a 1983 graduate of Outreach Ministries of Alabama.
Ken and Sonya Pounders serve as directors of Outreach Ministries of Alabama Inc, a Christian residential discipleship training center for young men overcoming addictions. OMA Inc was founded in 1969 by Jim and Judy Summers and has provided a real solution for those struggling with addiction for over 52 years. Ken is a 1983 graduate of Outreach Ministries of Alabama.
PRAYER REQUEST
Complete transformation in the lives of our students.
God may ask some of you to GO overseas as a global missionary, but we know He is asking all of us to:
PRAY for nations in the parts of the world where people do not have access to the Good News about Jesus.
FUND missions globally by living more simply and financially supporting missionaries monthly or by giving to Rock Missions to help missionaries complete projects that will help build His kingdom.
HELP mobilize people to the mission field as an advocate for global missionaries.
GO on a short-term mission trip with one of our Rock Missions teams.
WELCOME people from foreign countries who live right in your neighborhood or in our city by building a friendship with them and sharing your faith with them.
We all have a part to play in reaching the unreached around the world and we want to help you discover your role. As you grow in your faith and are exposed to different missions opportunities, your heart may resonate with one or more areas. We know that God will direct you as you lean into Him. If you already know that you are called to serve God overseas someday, please share that with us; we would love to meet with you. If you are not sure of your role, obey God in whatever He asks you to do now and get involved with our local outreaches through Sharing Good News!