Mission Advocates

Mission Adocates in Partnership

• Mission Advocates model, encourage, communicate, and ask for support of American Baptist mission, as they serve Christ through this important ministry. They are well-trained and informed laity with a desire to share American Baptist stories of mission and ministry in their own congregations.

• Mission Advocates serve as a mission education resource to their pastors and represent their local congregation’s mission in the wider mission of American Baptists.

• Mission Advocates in each American Baptist region meet together to receive commissioning, training, and ongoing support.

• Mission Advocates become part of a network that includes the entire American Baptist family. They represent the ministries of our national and general boards.

• Mission Advocates help bring Acts 1:8 to life in their communities, their regions, our country, and around the world.

The Mission Advocates in Partnership program was launched via a televised satellite event on September 13, 1997. More than 1,500 advocates in 50 locations were simultaneously commissioned. Currently, over 2,500 American Baptists, representing 1,700 congregations, serve as Mission Advocates.

• Do you have a natural enthusiasm for the cause of Christ and the Gospel?

• Would you like to know how American Baptists “do mission” in your community, your region, our country, and other countries around the world?

• Would you like to help your pastor develop your church’s mission potential?

Talk to your pastor and regional minister of mission support about becoming a Mission Advocate in Partnership.

Advocates in Action

MAP Quarterly Newsletter – Fall – Winter 2002/2003, Vol. 5, No. 3
MAP Quarterly Newsletter – Spring 2002, Vol. 5, No. 2
MAP Quarterly Newsletter – Winter 2001/2002, Vol. 5, No. 1
MAP Quarterly Newsletter – Fall 2001, Vol. 4, No. 4
MAP Quarterly Newsletter – Summer 2001, Vol. 4, No. 3
MAP Quarterly Newsletter – Spring 2001, Vol. 4, No. 2