Trucking

At any given time there are a half-a-million truckers moving down our nations highways. In the United States alone we have 7 to 8 million truck drivers. The industry has a culture of its own made up of drivers, dispatchers, loading dock workers, truck stop employees, just to name a few.

Truckers Lives are Unique

• Drivers are away from families, friends, churches, and community.
• Many spend days, weeks, and months out on the road.
• Society stereotypes them in a negative way because of the culture they live in.
• Their daily routine of driving 10-hours and taking an eight-hour break or waiting to load or unload gives drivers a lot of time to think.
• Many drivers are Christians and need fellowship, encouragement, feeding, and counseling.
• The majority however, is lost and need the Lord in their life.

Truckers Setting Brings Challenges

We see big trucks everyday but what is their culture like?

• They are a diverse group of men and women, from United States, Canada, and Mexico.
• For them this country is like a big city, going from one part to another, load after load.
• They are responsible for a rig that weighs up to 80,000 pounds.
• Due to regulations they keep logs of where they have been and how long they were there.
• The main form of communication is a CB radio.
• Breaks are spent in rest areas, off ramps, or truck stops. Truck stops are most common.
• Truck stops offer services such as television and movie rooms, restaurants, motels, barbershops, convenience stores, gift shops, dentists, chiropractors, and chapels.
• Temptations are also frequent to the drivers. Prostitution, gambling, bars, and drugs exist to fill a driver's time and weakness.
  

Truckers can be reached through your church

Our call is to serve not only in our comfort zones but also reaching out to places we have maybe never considered. The trucking environment ensures us, the church, opportunity to serve fulfilling God's will.

"And the Lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled." (Luke 14:23)

• One church member, entire churches, associations, or state conventions can be a part.
• A CB radio near a road where trucks travel.
• Truck sops to place Bibles, tracts, tapes (music/preaching), hold Bible studies, and other ministry with owners' permission.
• Drivers in your church can become missionaries, giving testimonies when they are home. This gives them an active part in their home church.

There are many options of ministry in this field. How can we assist you as God leads?

For information about your involvement in Truckstop Ministries contact:

Kevin Kurtz
Truckstop Ministries Consultant
(706) 335-3477
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