MISSIONS INVOLVEMENT
OF HHBC!
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N.O.B.T.S. Scholarship Endowment
We actively support the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary by funding a Scholarship Annuity Fund in the name of our church. This fund is used by the Seminary to help students with scholarships for their seminary education. We believe in so doing, we are actively assisting in the training and equipping of men and women for the Gospel Ministry, home and abroad. We trust the Lord Jesus to use the money and send the servants as He sees fit through this missionary endeavor.
Jack Goldfarb Christian School in PERU
Our Associate Pastor, Rev. Jack Goldfarb, in 1999, helped to establish a vibrant Christian School in Lima, Peru. It had humble beginnings of 23 students, 3 teachers and a few classrooms. Today they have an enrollment of well over 200 and many more on the waiting list. They now have 26 teachers and the building they are using has had several more stories added to it in the subsequent years. HHBC actively supports this mission ministry with its continual funding and actual missions trips to Peru. Rev Goldfarb has been in the Gospel Ministry for some 40+ years! He was born in Peru and is a naturalized US citizen. He serves on our staff as an Associate Pastor and Membership Counselor. He and His wife Bonnie are a tremendous blessing to Milton and our church family!
In June of 2003, 24 people from Hickory Hammock Baptist Church went to Comas-Lima, Peru to the Jack Goldfarb Christian School and to its sponsoring mother Church - Christian Missionary Alliance Church of Comas, Pastored by Mario Perez.
We helped to build the 4th floor of the school. We worked with thousands of children over a 10 day period in vacation bible school type settings. We took money, clothing and supplies to the school and people of Comas. We conducted medical clinics with medical professionals that went with us. We preached in 7 churches in 11 worship services over 10 days. There were over 170 professions of faith. We spoke to over 1000 people in another Christian School across town in a specially called assembly for that purpose.
We preached 2 major youth conferences challenging them to purity and faithfulness. There were over 1500 youth reached in these conferences. While we were there the country of Peru was declared under martial law by the President of Peru. There was also a 5.0 earthquake with tremors every day after that until we left. But, the team never lost heart or hope. We continued to preach, build, minister, teach and heal. The Lord blessed mightily!
Upon our return, we challenged the church to fully support the 70 children in the school that do not have sponsors for their school tuition for the next year. ALL 70 CHILDREN will be sponsored by HHBC! Praise Jesus and the committed folks of HHBC for meeting this challenge.
We lived in their homes, ate meals with them, worshipped with them and experienced God with them. We laughed together, we cried together and we celebrated together. Jesus was victorious, our churches were united in Christ and in Heart. We now have brothers and sisters for life in COMAS, Peru.
Pastor Mario Perez (wife- Rosa, daughter - Debbie, son - David/Kevin, daughter - Hannah)
email - mario_rosa_perez@hotmail.com
FOR A "Journal" of all of HHBC'S activities and missions endeavors in Peru...Click HERE!
The Pregnancy Resource Center Ministry
The PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER at Milton, Florida is our answer to the abortion holocaust! Several churches and individuals in the Milton area support this vital ministry to our community. We have seen numerous babies spared, mother saved and won to Jesus and even some fathers reached for the Lord! People from our church continually volunteer their time in service, counseling and working at the center. Several of our members serve and have served on the Board of Directors of this great Missions Ministry. We support this ministry whole heartedly with our time and our finances.
VISIT THE PRC WEBSITE HERE!
The Shepherd's House
THE SHEPHERD'S HOUSE is an independant ministry-church to the inner-city and Government housing projects of Milton, Florida. Its founder and Pastor is the Rev. Cecil Downing. For several years now, HHBC has had a heart for reaching this specific area of Milton. Since our location prohibits us from making a direct impact there, we have chosen to be partners with Shepherd's House. We assist with our time, work, financing, use of facilities, copiers, vans, baptismal, etc. The Lord is greatly blessing this wonderful ministry and the hard work of Bro. Cecil.
University of Mobile Scholarship Endowment
We actively support the University of Mobile (A Southern Baptist University in Mobile, Alabama) by funding a Scholarship Annuity Fund in the name of our church. This fund is used by the University to help students with scholarships for their college education. We believe in so doing, we are actively assisting in the training and equipping of men and women for the Gospel Ministry and Secualar work force both home and abroad. We believe along with the Univeristy of Mobile in "changing the world through changing lives".