But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Acts 1:8
Our Jerusalem
Local
Jerusalem is where God has placed you. It is your location or your home base. For Lighthouse, our Jerusalem is Jackson County, NC.
While this is not a complete list of the missions we support and do, it hopefully gives you a good understanding of the variety happening at Lighthouse.
RBC Ministries (Daily Bread)
United Christian Ministries
Homebase
Local Missions (Food giveaways, events, trainings)
Kid Local Missions (DI Kids Mission Day)
WMU
Children’s MissionTrip
Teen Mission Trip
Our Judea
Regional
Judea is close but not home. We define Judea as the locations near or surrounding Jerusalem. For Lighthouse, Judea is the range from our surrounding counties to the state of North Carolina.
Appalachian Christmas Outreach
NC Mission Offering
Pregnancy Care Center
Mens challenge
Life Challenge
Baptist Children’s Home of North Carolina
Baptist on Mission Region 10
Our Samaria
National
Samaria is typically further away but within a restriction. For this example, we take our Samaria to represent states surrounding North Carolina to the entire United States of America.
Annie Armstrong Mission Offering
SBC Cooperative Program – NCCP
Gideons International
The Ends of the Earth
International
Easiest to define, the literal “rest of the world.”