Ministries

"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
which God prepared in advance for us to do." - Ephesians 2:10

Brotherhood

The purpose of the Brotherhood is to be guided by the Holy Spirit in a quest to bring brothers together at EBC with the Word of God, and to go beyond as we learn and become stewards under the Holy Spirit's leadership.

Ministry Leaders:
Edward Carter, Greg Hill, Rev. James Russell

Activities:

• Men's Monday Night Bible Study - 7:00 p.m., Rm #217 {every Monday night except for Holidays]
• Quarterly Men's Night Out, Fridays (Jun, Sep, Dec, Mar) - 6:30 p.m., Agape Hall | Join the brothers for a good time in the Lord with songs, prayer, a message from God's word, cards, chess, and dominoes, and o'plenty of good down home food!

Please come and join us in the Spirit of God!

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Children/Youth Ministries

In addition to meeting the overall mission of Emmanuel Baptist Church, the Youth Ministry's mission is to shepherd youth through the process of ministry involvement.

Youth Ministry works to foster the total personal and spiritual growth of each young person and seeks to draw young people into responsible participation in the life, mission and work of the Christian faith.

Activities:

• Kidz4Christ (Ages 0 thru 4th Grade) | Sundays, 11 a.m. | Children’s Room
• Youth on Mission (5th thru 12th grades) | Sundays, 11a.m. (EXCEPT 4th Sunday) | Agape Hall

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Discipleship Ministry

Mission:
Lead in equipping members for discipleship and personal ministry, which includes new church member training and church leader training.

Vision:
To ensure that all new members complete New Member Orientation and subsequent classes (201-Continuation of Discovering Church Membership, 301 - Discovering your gifts, (401) - Preparing membrs for Ministry and to ensure that all new members don't become victims of the "revolving door syndrome". Also, to involve the entire congregation in the process of learning, fellowing and missions.

Activities:

• New Member Orientation | Sundays 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Main Sanctuary
• New Member Orientation | 3rd Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | FLC 1st Floor Conference Room
• New Member Fellowship | Semi-Annually | Agape Hall

Events:

• Ministry Fair | Sunday, June 14, 2009 | 1:00 p.m. | FLC Gym
• Vacation Bible School | June 22-26 |6:00 - 8:30 p.m. (5:30 Light Meal) | All Ages

Ministry Leaders:
Deacon Andrei Anderson
Rebecca Austin (chair)
Deacon Andrew Williams

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Evangelism Ministry

MISSION:
To equip and assist the lost in understanding God’s plan for salvation through His Son Jesus Christ by use of the Holy Spirit and God’s divine Word

VISION:
That men, women, boys, and girls come to the knowledge of the saving grace of Jesus Christ and that they accept Him as Lord and Savior.

Ministry Leader(s):
Claudette Lindsay
Tracy Glover

Activities:

• Various evangelism and outreach projects throughout the year

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Music & Worship Arts Ministries

Blessed with a tremendous number of gifted musicians, song writers, and singers Emmanuel has long been known for its dynamic music ministries. The Music & Worship Arts Ministries consists of seven choirs, a dance, drama, and sign language ministries. See the Music and Arts Ministry website for more information.

Ministry Leader(s):
Virginia Roberts, Minister of Music & Arts
Dewayne Sweet, Lead Instrumentalist / Director of Media

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Operation Share

MISSION:
Operation Share is a ministry focused on the churches mission statement of Caring.  By providing and distributing food for the community.  We strive to show the love of Jesus to the ones that come to our center by providing them not only with food for their body but food for their soul.

VISION: 
To form a Network with other community based resource centers to provide food, health and other supportive needs to our brothers and sisters in need.

Ministry Leader(s):
Frances Jacobs

Activities:

• Food Give Away | Wednesdays | 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
• Annual Thanksgiving and Christmas Food Basket distribution

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Personnel Committee

MISSION:
Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit and in conjunction with the Pastor and the Church Leadership Team,
the mission of the Emmanuel Baptist Church Personnel Committee is to prayerfully assist the church in  administering such programs as salary planning, benefits, performance management, recruitment, and handling potential staff conflicts. The Committee also assists the church in developing and administering strategies, personnel policies and procedures for the EBC staff.

VISION: 
To provided leadership to the church in the area of Human Resource Administration with respect to handling communications issues among staff members, contract administration, compensation, benefits and hiring qualified staff members. (Full & Part-time) Our vision for this committee is to perform these tasks in a way that glorifies the Lord and meet the needs of our church.

Ministry Leader(s):
Chester Hutchinson
Cassandra Anderson

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Sunday School

MISSION:
To commit to Sunday School as the foundational strategy for doing the Great Commission.

VISION:
To build kingdom leaders committed to the task of teaching God’s word to their Families and others they come in contact with.

Ministry Leader(s):
Willye McCoy
Larry Childress

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Usher Board

MISSION:
To assist the Pastor or minister in charge, in making the service a success by helping to put the congregation in the right frame of mind to receive the message.  Ushers are to be forerunners…prepare the church for guest by being the first to arrive at church to ensure that proper conditions exist.  Usher’s see that hymn books, bibles, fans, church literature collection envelopes and any other things that are to be distributed to the congregation are in place. In addition, ushers take part in the offering worship service by taking up the collections.  Ushers serve the congregation before, during and after services and assist in maintaining a worshipful atmosphere in the church.

VISION:
To provide an Usher ministry that will include all that desire to serve as Ushers from the age of 7 and above.  To train and support the board members to accept the responsibility of being doorkeepers for the Lord with a friendly smile, loving heart and willingness to service together as one. 

Ministry Leader(s):
Patricia Canciller, President
Flora Duckett, 1st Vice President
Jackie Dunbar, 2nd Vice President

Activities:

• Recruiting--Annual Ice Cream Social | 3rd Sunday in July
• Usher Annual Day | 3rd Sunday in September
• Usher's Christmas Social | December

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Women’s Missionary Union

MISSION:
Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, our Mission is to equip women and girls in meeting  the spiritual and physical needs of people with the intention of sharing the love of Christ

VISION: 
WMU challenges Christian believers to understand and be radically involved in the mission of God.

Ministry Leader(s):
Michele Manja

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