 The flags that line the walls where we worship remind us to pray for our brothers and sisters around the world.
Missionaries who attended our 2005 Mission Conference
Missions Conference 2006
Sunday service in Romania
 Honduras 2005
Honduras "Christmas for the Children" 2005 |
We are a missions-minded church. Azalea Garden Church actively supports World Missions with prayer and finances. Additionally, in obedience to our Lord's command to "Go ye," Azalea Garden organizes short term missions trips and sends forth short term missionaries in the U.S. as well as various areas of the world. Through the power of the Holy Spirit in the form of prayer, giving, and hands on ministry and construction, we are witnesses of Him in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, "and unto the uttermost part of the earth." We serve God through our fellow man..."Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
Azalea Garden Church has a heart for World Missions. Each year approximately thirty to forty mission projects and/or missionaries are funded by the local congregation. Many years ago, Azalea Garden started a district missions conference in which various missionaries come to the area to visit and introduce their program needs to the area churches. Today, this event is still one of the high-lights of the church and is held each January.
Our Men/Women of Action program is outstanding. Our teams, along with others in the state, go to various world locations about two to three times a year. These teams have been to Alaska, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Honduras, Ireland, and Peru. Orphanages, churches, and medical clinics have been built through the help of the Lord. We are glad that God has blessed our church with many opportunities to serve Him through our construction teams and ministry teams.
Peru feeding center
Pastor Maye preaching with Pastor Ramos translating in Honduras 2005
Kathy Popejoy's send-off to the Philippines
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me'...whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' Matthew 25:35-36, 40 |