Missions

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A Special Thank You....

 To each church for your generous and faithful financial gifts that support the mission work here at OCBA!

Ministries Impacting the World
Gideon Don Johnson has partnered with Campus Crusade for Christ to provide clean water in Kenya. If you would like to help donate, please contact Don at 803-606-1315.
West Virginia Mission 2020
Thanks to you, we were able to accomplish the following this year in our WV Christmas efforts:
192 cases of food / 424 shoeboxes & bags / 82 Senior cold kits / 192 cases of food / 12 bags children's new jackets / 182 racks of bread / 12 comforters / 16 homemade quilts / $5200 love offering for pastors / 28 people / Ministered to 9 churches and 4 food pantries.
A big THANK YOU to everyone that donated, traveled, and prayed for this ministry!!
Health Kits 2019

13 of our churches participated in WMU's local Mission of providing Health Kits to people in Orangeburg & Calhoun Counties. A total of 292 bags were donated!! The kits were delivered to Dalton's Home for Veterans, Council of Aging (DSS Foster Children), Home Health nurses at The Village, CASA, DAZZ, Harvest Food Bank, and Grace Home in Santee. Many thanks to Mrs. Jane Courtnay, our WMU Director, and all the ladies that helped organize the kits. We appreciate all you do!

 

Magnolias Assisted Living Outreach
Join us the first Wednesday of every month at 2:30 pm at Magnolias in Santee. Fellowship of Praise shares the love of Christ with the residents through a short devotion, singing and a dessert. Please call Pam Kemmerlin for details 803-492-3446. 

 

WMU Prisoner Bags 2020
Even during the pandemic our churches were able to donate 556 prisoner bags (our goal was 200)!! We had 16 of our 40 churches to participate in this ministry. St. George Baptist donated 113 (WOW!!) Please talk with Betty Rowell, WMU Association Director, for details on how you and/or your church can join in! 803-378-4054 
Mission Trips

Email the office with your church's missions details so we can add to webpage at
ocba@bellsouth.net

 

 

Spread the Word!

If your church is going on a mission trip in 2021 and interested in inviting volunteers from other churches to join you, we would be glad to spread the word! Please let us know here at the association when you are going on mission trips so we can be in prayer for you.

Associational Brotherhood
There has been a desire to organize an associational brotherhood, which would allow a joint effort for our churches to meet monthly and discuss mission projects locally as well as abroad. Please contact Rick Jackson (803-707-4212) or Dr. Porter (534-9712) with questions.
Parson's Pantry
Helping God's Servants
100% of tax-deductible gifts will go to help needy pastors, widows of pastors, and married ministerial students. Over 500 families have already been assisted.
For information, call Ron or Karen Jackson at 864-489-6709
Parson's Pantry
PO Box 777
Gaffney, SC 29342
Mission: Dignity
GuideStone's MISSION DIGNITY ministry helps almost 2000 retired Southern Baptist ministers, workers and their widows living on very limited income. Almost 60% are widows. One of every four is a pastor's widow age 85 or above.
Qualifying individuals receive $225 a month and couples receive $300 a month. The neediest persons with at least 25 years of SBC ministerial service may receive as much as $600.
MISSION DIGNITY ministry can accept a gift of any amount and nothing is taken out for administrative costs--100% is used to help someone in need! All gifts are tax deductible to the maximum allowed by law.
Do you know a pastor or widow in need? We'd like to help! Visit MissionDignity.org and click "Refer Someone in Need" or call 1-888-98-GUIDE.
Nursing Home Ministries
Special thanks to Bill Courtney, Adrian Haigler, and Rickey Redmond (all on our pulpit supply list) for their wonderful reach-out ministries in local nursing homes. These men visit area nursing homes and pray, preach, and have revivals for many seniors in our community.
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