Community Outreach Center Project

History and Background Information

The Second Temple Church of Christ(Hol.)U.S.A. was established in the Georgetown area in the year of 1915. The church has maintained a strong presence in this community to this present day. The majority of our membership still live in this community, which has undergone significant changes. This area was viewed by many as a striving community with citizens who took pride in raising their families in this area. Now, in 1998, this community is greatly impoverished. Crime and drugs have greatly devastated this community, thus leading to a mass exit of citizens from this area which resulted in a great number of vacant housing. The church has been constantly striving to make a difference in this community. In the past the Second Temple Church has assisted the needs of the community in the following ways: Clothes Closet, Mississippi Food Network and Financial assistance to the homeless and needy. Currently, our church offers and provides the location for a tutoring program that works with the assistance of the Neighborhood Christian Center. In 1993, the Second Temple Community Outreach Foundation was established as an 501c3 organization to address the need of this community. The Church purchased five vacant properties and donated them to the Second Temple Community Outreach Foundation for community development. We are in the process of completing the funding for one of these properties to establish the Outreach Center.

 

Goals and Objectives

The goals and objectives of our ministry is to provide for the needy in the community through economic development and to see the lives of those in inner city of Jackson transformed spiritually, emotionally and physically. We anticipate expanding our outreach ministry as resources permit us.

We are a body of believers that are committed to the Great Commission. We believe that the Lord has placed us in our community to be the light of Christ and to enlarge the Kingdom of God. We are committed to preaching and teaching the truth of God’s word.

Gospel of John Ministry

This ministry was first made part of our church by Elder Jarvis C. Ward. What this ministry does is that it gives willing people small Gospels of John, 5 to 10 each month, and they are able to pass them out to people around them to help teach them more about God's saving grace. The Gospel of John ministry is part of the Pocket Testament League which gives the small Gospel of Johns out FREE, they just want to bring more people to Christ. In the bask of the small Gospel of John there is a little sheet that the person who recieves the Gospel can fill out if they want to learn more.

Youth Explosion

Each fourth Sunday at 5:00 p.m.
Purpose:

1) Bring boys and girls to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
2) Encourage young individuals to let their light shine for Jesus by being steadfast, unmovable, and always abounding in the work of the Lord.
3) Resist the tricks of the devil by putting on the whole armor of God, and to abstain from all appearances of evil.

Marlene W. Cline--Chairperson
Vida Mills--Co-Chairperson

Vacation Bible School

Coming June 2006, more details later.

Tutorial Program

Coming 2006, more details later.