Local & Global Outreach

Missions

Sent out from Hickory Street to serve our neighbors in Hartselle and partners on five continents.

“How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?”

ROMANS 10:14–15

Local Missions and Outreach

Faith House

The purpose of the Faith House Ministry is to assist people by showing them God’s love. They provide prayer and counseling to some, disciplining and Bible study to others, and an opportunity to give back by maintaining the property or assisting in serving those who come for help. They work closely with Hope House.

Home to our Good Samaritan Ministry

Good Samaritan

“Good Sam” was formed to help families in need. Good Sam provides food, medicine, utilities, gas, and rent. Good Sam can be reached by phone at (256) 751-1347. 

Tuesdays from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m

Hope House

Hope House aims to help those with basic needs like clothing, furniture, and other household and kitchen items. Each family receiving help is also ministered to spiritually and prayed for before they leave the premises. Hope House also does yard sales periodically and equally divides the proceeds between local and foreign missions

Open Wednesdays from 9:00am-12:00pm

Good Shepherd Lunch

Our Good Shepherd Lunches are hosted on Sundays. We invite all our neighbors whom we serve through our mercy ministries to come have lunch with us and our people. The lunch includes a hot meal, devotional and door prizes for our guests.

3rd Sunday at 12:00pm

Global Missions and Outreach

Springville, al

Big Oak Ranch

Our church proudly supports Big Oak Ranch in its mission to provide Christian homes for boys and girls who need a second chance.
Big Oak Ranch grounds its mission in four core promises made to every child who enters their home:
  • Love & Emotional Support
  • Truth & Honesty
  • Security & Discipline
  • Hope & Purpose — discovering God’s true plan for their lives.
Across the country, millions of children are in need of intervention. Our financial support directly helps Big Oak Ranch build homes, educate children, foster key partnerships and reach young people in desperate need of stability and care.

Honduras

Heart of Christ Justice Project

Missionaries: Gracie & Lee Murphree
Honduras remains one of the most violent countries in Latin America. The Biblical Justice Ministry is dedicated to bringing hope, protection, and restoration to those most vulnerable.
  • Rescue & Care: Rescuing women, children, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities from violence, providing holistic care, and working to fully restore their lives.
  • Prevention & Training: Equipping community leaders, local authorities, pastors, missionaries, churches, parents, and children with tools to prevent violence, intervene in crisis situations, and effectively serve God in their communities.

Costa Rica

Voice of Liberty

Our church proudly supports Carlos and Karla Cunningham through Voice of Liberty in Costa Rica. Voice of Liberty serves through several key initiatives:
  • Kairos Prison Ministry: Leading Kairos weekends in local area prisons, ministering to both general population facilities and APAC.
  • APAC Program: A government-approved, faith-based prison ministry providing essential tools for transformation, including:
    • Biblical counseling & Celebrate Recovery
    • Job training & college coursework
    • Craft workshops producing items families can sell for income
God is working powerfully through this ministry—very few APAC "graduates" ever return to crime.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Far East Broadcasting Co

David & Vicki Creel
Our church supports David and Vicki Creel with the Far East Broadcasting Co. (FEBC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Radio & Media Ministry: FEBC shares the Good News of salvation to listeners across Phnom Penh and its surrounding provinces.
  • Personal Connection: Beyond operating broadcast facilities, the Creels regularly visit listeners in local villages to build relationships, share in their joys and concerns, and encourage their faith journey.

Albania

Alongside Ministries

Doni & Gail Lilo
Our church proudly sponsors Doni and Gail Lilo with Alongside Ministries in Bilisht, Albania.
They serve as pastors and leaders to a thriving church and ministry.
  • Broader Mission: Alongside Ministries exists to encourage and empower Christian leaders and churches to advance the Gospel across Albania, Europe, and North America.
  • Local Impact: The Lilos serve alongside the Bilisht Evangelical Church—the only evangelical presence in a town of 12,000 residents and 44 surrounding villages.
  • Leadership & Discipleship: Doni and Gail provide equipping and visionary leadership to the church, grounding believers in Scripture and challenging them to live zealously for Jesus.

South Asia

Allegro Solutions

Preston and Hali
Preston and Hali are involved in several strategic projects across South Asia reaching the unreached—the region is situated where the Christian population is less than 5%, leaving millions without access to the Gospel.
Strategic Focus: Our missionary partners serve as part of a larger team dedicated to sharing the Gospel with local communities in ways that produce lasting, multiplying fruit.
Core Activities:
  • Training local leaders
  • Planting house churches
  • Distributing Bibles

SouthEast Asia

Compassionate Hope

Compassionate Hope is a global mission organization dedicated to bringing hope and a future to victims and potential victims of human trafficking and religious persecution in Southeast Asia.

They serve "the least of these"—vulnerable children who are at high risk for human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
  • Holistic Care: Providing loving, safe homes where children receive complete care for their physical, emotional, educational, vocational, social, and spiritual needs.
  • Breaking the Cycle: Committing to each child through university, Bible college, or vocational training—equipping them to break the cycle of poverty that so often leads to exploitation.

Decatur

First Priority Ministries

First Priority is a Christian non-profit organization operating as a strategic partnership of local churches, ministers, business people, educators, parents, and students united in their commitment to the moral and spiritual well-being of Alabama’s youth.
  • Equipping Students: Partnering with local churches across Central Alabama to equip, encourage, and empower Christian students to confidently live out their faith on public school campuses.
  • Student-Led Impact: Built upon student-initiated and student-led campus clubs in middle and high schools.
  • Campus Outreach: Mobilizing students to reach their peers through active service, need-oriented evangelism, and positive community leadership.