our jerusalem
For us our Jerusalem is Carter County and Elizabethton as our first line of missions. We have participated in many local outreaches and ministries here including but not limited to: Easter Egg Hunts, Vacation Bible School, Trunk or Treat, Christmas Baskets of families in need, and the John 3:16 shoe ministry placing shoes on children’s feet who are in need in all schools in Carter County and the city.
our judea
He also sends them to Judea, these would have been fellow countrymen. In our context Judea would be other Americans and places in North America. Any work done with disaster relief or in state missions trips would fall into this category. He instructed them to go to Samaria, the place that was filled with the undesirable half Jewish people. They were undesirable because their families were mixes of pagans and Jews, it was not based on race, but on a mixed up faith. In a similar fashion there are places in our own back yard that people consider to be “undesirable” and we are called to go there.
ends of thE earth
And finally the ends of the earth, nations outside of our own. We are called to engage in these areas. We have sent teams to Haiti in the past and are currently partnering with a church plant in Aviemore, Scotland.