The Samaria Update is designed to help you identify resources available through the North American Mission Board (NAMB) as your church plans and implements a strategy to reach our continent for Jesus Christ. Previous editions of the Samaria Update are available here.

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Pregnancy Care Ministries: The Three M Model

Across the United States, thousands of Southern Baptist churches, local associations, and state Baptist conventions are choosing to partner with their local pregnancy care centers.

In doing so, they share the gospel with women in unplanned pregnancies; reduce the number of abortions by empowering women to choose life for their children; providing physical, financial, and spiritual resources; and introducing women and their families to the fellowship of a local church.

Recognizing that each church, association and convention are unique, the Three-M Model is designed to suggest ways each organization may choose their level of support for their local centers and provide ideas and support to the organizations to successfully achieve their goals.

Read more about the Three M Model >>>

For more information, contact Elaine Ham at NAMB's Pregnancy Care Ministries (800-962-0851), and don't miss our recent interview with Elaine on the Acts 1:8 Challenge Podcast.

                                                                                       

Each Samaria Update highlights key Acts 1:8 Challenge Kingdom-growing responses to assist your church in fulfilling its Acts 1:8 Challenge commitment.

Multiply - Embrace Baltimore This Summer 

Baltimore is one of our newest Strategic Focus Cities, and we are gearing up for a phenomenal season of ministry.

Local Church Participation: At least 41 of 64 Baltimore Baptist churches have connected with Embrace Baltimore to host an evangelistic outreach this summer! Active participation and interaction in a Strategic Focus City's first year of implementation can be a strong predictor of exponential fruit-bearing to come. It also provides local churches the opportunity to see and experience the blessings of a spiritual harvest first hand.

Intercessory Prayer: Nearly 41,000 Prayer Intercessors have been mobilized to intercede for Baltimore! Praise the Lord! We continue to experience the supernatural benefits that flow from a concert of intentionally focused prayer.

Church Planting: Three new churches have started in Baltimore since January 1, with seven others in some form of development. Its amazing to see more than 17 church-to-church partnerships developed in just three and half months.

Check out Embrace Baltimore's site to keep up with everything going on this summer.

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Pray/Send - Church Starters in Eastern Canada

Please pray for Gary Smith, Church Starting Coordinator in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Eastern Canada and the prospects for partnering in planting new churches. Pray for the people in the communities as well as for the church planters. Pray for established churches to come and assist in partnering with the Canadian convention and these church planters and be involved in church planting movements among all people groups in Canada.

Click here to pray for communities and local team members by name. For encouragement and partnerships, contact Gary Smith at churchstarting@yahoo.ca

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Go - Become a Semester Missionary

Semester Missionary positions are NOW available across North America and Canada. Semester missionaries assist local churches, campus ministries and NAMB missionaries with evangelism and church planting in a variety of venues. Ministry opportunities include, but are not limited to, community ministries, ministering to teenagers, working with campus ministries, creative evangelism, First Nations ministry across Canada, inner city ministry, or assisting in church planting.

For more information, go to AnswertheCall.net or call
800-462-8657, ext. 6476

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Go - Participate in SBC Crossover

Southern Baptist volunteers from throughout North America will crisscross Indianapolis the first week of June, when "Crossover’08" comes to town in advance of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting at the Indiana Convention Center June 10-11.

Crossover’08, set for June 6-7 in Indianapolis, will mark the 20th anniversary of this annual evangelistic event, designed to share the gospel of Jesus Christ in the host city the weekend before the SBC’s annual meeting.

Find out more >>>

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Tell - Become a US/C2 Missionary

US/C2 is a mission pathway designed to give recent college or seminary graduates a meaningful two-year missions experience in the United States or Canada. Candidates serve in areas such as church planting, church and community ministry, and resort ministries.

For more information, go to AnswertheCall.net, or contact us at 800-462-8657, ext. 6179

Explore Other 'Kingdom-Growing' Commitments

Be sure to check out other Acts 1:8 Challenge Kingdom-Growing commitments here. Additional information about your church's Samaria response is available here. For questions or comments about the Acts 1:8 Challenge, email tyarbrough@namb.net or call 1 800 4 ACTS 18 (800-422-8718).