Missions

We see in the Scriptures that, in the early church, missionaries had relationship with the people who supported them. The missionaries would report to them and the members of the church would rejoice with them (see Acts 14:27, 15:3, 21:19-20). There were even feelings developed between the missionaries and their supporters because of their participating together in the gospel (see Philippians 1:3-7). Because of this, at Stone Creek, we have decided to do missionary support in a way that fosters these things. We have partner missionaries, whom we try to visit on church mission trips, and encourage their regular reporting to us as a congregation. We encourage contact and care between missionaries and individuals in our church. We do that in part by having financial support done individually. People decide who they want to support and how much they want to give, as opposed to corporate giving out of the budget. We have found this to foster more relationship, care, involvement, and joy between missionaries and their supporters. We encourage you to pray and consider supporting one or more of our partners in reaching the world with the good news of Jesus Christ and the truth of the Bible.