First Baptist Church Jackson

~ Women on Mission ~

Our Ministry Mission Statement:

Women on Mission (WMU) challenges Christian believers to understand and to become radically involved in the mission of God.

Who We Are...
WMU is an established, structured organization, and its partiipants are from 18 years of age up - from the young to more mature.
WMU/Women on mission groups are thinking outside the box. We are not wrapped up in structure any longer. We are reaching out to the young women to involve them in missions and accepting the differences that they bring.
Women on Mission (WMU) are definitely about servant leadership with a goal of developing and mentoring relationships with the younger believers in Christ.

Our Core Values are...

We uphold the foundational principles of the priesthood of every believer and the autonomy and uniqueness of each local church in carrying out the Great Commission.

We Embrace the strategic role of prayer and giving for missionaries and missions needs.

We Recognize the role of the family in decipleship and missions' development.

We recognize the giftedness of women and girls and accept the responsibility to help them use their gifts in serving Christ.

We accept the responsibility for nurturing preschoolers, children, youth, and adults in missions.

We accept the responsibility for developing and equipping missions' leaders.

We accept the biblical mandate to respond to human need with actions modeled by Jesus Christ and with the message of God's redemptive plan

We partner with other great Commission Christians to lead a lost world to Christ

We believe that Jesus Christ, Son of God, gave His life a sacrifice for the salvation of all the people of the world, fulfilling God's plan for the ages as revealed in the Bible, God's Holy Word.

WMU ministry projects include:

Prayerwalking (HMS, JHS, DES, JES)

Prayer groups

State Missions

Shoe Ministry for K-8, Christmas Child (shoeboxes) Lottie Moon Christmas offering/IMB

Annie Armstrong/NAMB Poverty

World Changers Honduras

Kim Nelson (Africa)

Haiti

Women's Morning Out

Bible Study

Book Study

Back to School Project

Community Needs

LeaderLife Lab Training,

WMU Emphasis for 2011-2012:

We call all Christ followers to RISE UP and to throw off those things that hinder us.

We commit to pray for God's Spirit to be unleashed in the world.

We commit to be leaders of influence with uncrompromised integrity.

We commit to be courageous in our calling and engaged in our culture.

We commit to be passionate about God as we step out and take risks together.

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perserverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Heb. 12:1-2 NIV).

Serving Christ,
Faye O'Dell, Ch. of WMU Leadership Team and members of the WMU