Our desire is to show God's love to those in need and to see every man, woman, and child experience a personal relationship with God in the fullness of Jesus Christ. That includes supporting organizations within our local community as well as missionaries spreading the Good News throughout the world. A minimum of 10% of all contributions received by Grace Bible Church are donated to the various organizations and missionaries listed here. In addition, several people attending Grace Bible volunteer in various capacities at some of the local organizations and our church, as a whole, supports individual organization fund raisers throughout the year. We also have a prayer team that prays specifically for each of these organizations and individuals.
Coaches Outreach (Tommy Maxwell)
Connection to GBC: Tommy Maxwell, the founder, is a former pastor of GBC
Coaches Outreach seeks to build coaches of conviction by encouraging and equipping coaches and their spouses to have Christ-like character through practical application of biblical truth.
Kishinev Bible Church Ministries (Eugene and Irene Sologubenco)
Connection to GBC: Every year Pastor Dave spends two weeks teaching at Moldova Bible Seminary, which is a part of Kishinev Bible Church (KBC) Ministries
The mission of Moldova Bible Seminary is to prepare students for vocational or lay Christian ministry through development in spiritual maturity, Bible knowledge, ministry skills, general education and intellectual skills by means of programs of academic instruction, field education, and student development.
Oakridge Ministries
Connection to GBC: John Hargrove, the founder, was the youth pastor at GBC at one time, and Pastor Dave is a regular guest speaker for Oakridge.
Oakridge Ministries is a non-denominational, non-profit Christian ministry that coordinates Christian after-school programs in Georgetown. It is funded by individuals and several local churches. The programs are SPURS (for 6th grades) and Crossroads (7-8th grades) and they meet every other week from 4:00-5:30 pm at each of the three middle school campuses for snacks, games, guest speakers, and Bible studies.
Pregnancy Help Center
The mission of the Pregnancy Help Center is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ by providing spiritual and physical needs of women and their unborn children. Because all human life is sacred, we exist to bring compassionate help and hope to women who are unprepared for pregnancy; to present abstinence as a positive lifestyle for singles; and to provide opportunity for healing and restoration through Jesus Christ to those who have been hurt by abortion.
WorldHelp
WorldHelp exists to fulfill the Great Commission and the Great Commandment through partnering, training, helping, and serving, especially in the unreached areas of the world. GBC sponsors two children, Archana Kumari and David Okello, through WorldHelp.
Mission Aviation Fellowship (Andy and Erica Christensen)
Connection to GBC: Erica attended GBC from 1999-2003
Mission Aviation Fellowship's (MAF) is to share the love of Jesus Christ through aviation and technology so that isolated people may be physically and spiritually transformed. Andy Christensen desires to serve the Lord as part of the Central Asia team, and is looking forward to this partnership as a mechanic with MAF to help keep the planes flying safely. Erica hopes to work with women in literacy, or vocational training.
Young Life (Frank and Terrae Liesen)
Connection to GBC: Frank Liesen was an exchange high school student in 1985/1986 living in Georgetown with a GBC family. During that time he accepted Christ and was baptized just prior to returning to Germany. Frank considers GBC his home church, and we have always looked at him as one sent from our church.
Frank is the Director for Young Life in Berlin. His ministry is concentrating on German youth who have never been connected with the church and have been raised to see religion as superfluous.
Orphanos Foundation (Richard and Ximena Roseland)
Connection to GBC: Richard and his parents and sister were active members at GBC for several years before moving to Corpus Christi in 2007
Orphanos' sole objective is to glorify the Lord Jesus and serve His purposes on earth through a concentration, in the name of Jesus Christ on meeting the needs of children in the world, with a particular emphasis on orphaned children.
Wycliffe Associates (Larry & Shirley Sallee)
Connection to GBC: Larry's parents were early attendees of GBC, and he visited a number of times while he was a student at Dallas Theological Seminary.
Wycliffe Associates recruits volunteers to fill support tasks for Wycliffe Bible Translators, so the linguists can focus on translating the Bible into the remaining 2,400 languages.
New Tribes Mission (NTM) Aviation (Jim and Linda Sims)
Connection to GBC: Jim was introduced to Dan Norwood, former GBC pastor, by Jim's mother. Dan then invited Jim and Linda to present their ministry to GBC.
New Tribes Mission Aviation trains and enables pilots to be direct support to missionaries working with unreached tribal groups in some of the most remote places on Earth.
Cadence International (Ken & Judi Wooten)
Connection to GBC: Ken Wooten is a friend of Dan Norwood, former pastor at GBC. GBC has been involved in construction, maintenance, and ministry activities for the Soldier's Hospitality House over the years.
The Soldier's Hospitality House provides a place for military personnel who are far from home, family, and friends to feel the warmth of a "home away from home". The ministry includes providing Bible studies, prayer, counseling, small groups, fellowship, activities, and support.
Piedras Negras/Mexico Outreach
The Piedras Negras Outreach provides support to a house church, a home for handicapped people, and a soup kitchen. Pastor Francisco and Alma Moreno started and run the house church in a small one-room building behind their home. GBC's outreach to this church includes visiting with the members, providing food and clothing to them, and helping with construction and maintenance of the church building.
Prison Ministry (Ted and Pam Ludlow)
Connection to GBC: The Prison Ministry was started at GBC by Ted Ludlow and his wife Pam, former members of the church.
The mission of the Prison Ministry is to bring hope, encouragement, counseling, and salvation to "the least of these" -- those in prison. Volunteers minister to incarcerated men and women through individual counseling and group discussions concerning an individual's relationship with God and their own dysfunctional families and lifestyle.
