Missions Budget
We believe that being the church means serving those inside and outside our local church body. Because of that, our church leaders have committed 15% of the total church budget to missions work.
Local Ministries
Below is a list of the local ministries we currently support. Click on the name of each to be redirected to the organization’s website, if one is available.
- Adoption Ministry
- American Red Cross (Blood Drive)
- Backpack Program
- Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts
- Catawba Regional Hospice (Carolina Caring)
- Catawba Valley Young Life
- Children’s Advocacy & Protection Center
- Christian Community Outreach Ministries
- Cooperative Christian Ministries
- Corner Table
- Cornerstone Counseling Center, Institute & Academy
- Family Care Center
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Lance Shealy, Hickory)
- Forgiven Ministry
- Good Samaritan Fund
- Habitat for Humanity
- Hickory Soup Kitchen
- Hope Garden
- InterVarsity (Greg Little, Hickory)
- Pregnancy Care Center
- Safe Harbor Rescue Mission
- Valley Haven Camp & Retreat Center
- Visiting missionary hospitality
- Western North Carolina Epilepsy Association
Cross-cultural Ministries
Below is a list of the cross-cultural ministries we currently support. Click on the name of each to be redirected to the organization’s website, if one is available.
- Benard’s Vision School (Benard Ondiek, Kenya)
- Camino Global (Chris Matthews, Spain)
- Carey Memorial School (George David, India)
- Common Global Ministries (Tom & Monica Liddle, East Timor)
- CRU – Bridges (Matt Pursley, NYC)
- CRU (Parker & Laura Murray, North Africa)
- Doxa Deo (Fyodor Lupanciuc, Moldova)
- Little Samaritan Mission (Florin Pindic Blaj, Eastern Europe)
- Mission Trips
- SEND (Larry & Karen Bigelow, Alaska)
- SIM USA
- The Hope Project (Farrell Burton, Nicaragua)
- Wycliffe Bible Translators (Corey & Delisa Wenger, Waxhaw, NC)
- Youth With a Mission (Richelle Roithner, Oregon)
UCC Ministries
Below is a list of the UCC-related ministries we currently support. Click on the name of each to be redirected to the organization’s website, if one is available.