Affiliation
Immanuel is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA and the American Baptist Churches of the Dakotas.
The American Baptist Churches of the Dakotas are people of faith in Jesus Christ in 56+ congregations spread across North and South Dakota.
Common priorities include:
Spiritual Life Development
Christ-Centered Ministries
Taking the Gospel to the Lost
Christian Camping Ministries- Camp Bentley
American Baptists Are Mission Minded
Immanuel Baptist continues its long history of generous support of missions including the following:
Local:
Minot Youth for Christ, Community Travelers Assistance, Immanuel Baptist Soup Kitchen, Minot State Campus Crusade for Christ, and Immanuel Baptist Diaconate Fund.
Regional:
Camp Bentley, Child Evangelism Fellowship, Kenmare Baptist Home, American Baptist Dakotas New Church Development, University of Sioux Falls, and Church of Hope Prison Ministry in South Dakota.
National and International:
United Mission of American Baptists, Regional Ministry of American Baptists in Dakotas, Central Baptist Seminary, Northern Baptist Seminary, Green Lake American Baptist Assembly, Taku and Katie Longkumer (Nagaland), Kikongo Hospital (Congo), Hand in Hand Ukrainian Mission, Second Baptist Church (Santiago de Cuba), Baptist World Alliance, Kodiak Baptist Mission (Alaska), and Cape Haitian Eye Clinic (Haiti).
Visiting Missionaries:
Immanuel Baptist regularly invites missionaries to visit our church. We are inspired and challenged when we hear first hand reports of Christ-centered ministry in many areas of the world. Missionary guests in recent years have included: Dr. Bill Clemmer (Congo), Ray Schellinger (Mexico), Duane Binkley (Thailand), Jill Lowry (Congo), Ruth Mooney (Costa Rica), Mario Morales (Bolivia), Susan Linderman (Bulgaria), Virgil Nelson (Congo), and David Turley (Japan).
White Cross:
The American Baptist Women (ABW) of Immanuel Baptist Church contribute annually to the White Cross support program with material goods and cash gifts for the support of missionary work.
Through International Ministries, Overseas White Cross supports the work of our missionaries and missions partners in 19 countries around the world such as Bulgaria, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Congo, Haiti, India, Philippines, and Thailand as they serve in programs of evangelism, education, community service, and medical care.
Through National Ministries, Overland White Cross provide important aid to 56 authorized sites. These sites include children's homes and Christian Center work in Alaska; ministries with Native Americans in Arizona, Nevada, Montana, and Oklahoma; Neighborhood Action Christian Centers in urban areas across the country; Race Track ministries; New Church plants; Asian and Hispanic ministries with community outreach programs; and churches in Puerto Rico.
Special Interest Missionaries:
The American Baptist Churches assign a group of missionaries to each part of the United States to insure that all churches have an opportunity to pray for specific missionareis at home and abroad. Special emphasis on prayer for these people is requested. The 2008-2011 assignment for North Dakota includes:
International Ministries: Rev. Gary and Rev. Mylinda Baits (Costa Rica), Rev. Daniel Buttry (Global Consultant- peace and reconciliation), Mrs. Debra and Mr. John Coats (Cambodia), Mrs. Anne and Rev. Jeffrey Dieselberg (Thailand), Miss Catherine Holmes (India), Rev. Susan Kay Linderman (Bulgaria), and Dr. Stanley Slade (Global Consultant- theological education).
National Ministries: Rev. Michele Bradley (Church of Hope, South Dakota Women's Prison), Dr. Barbara M. Hartnett (Peoria, Illinois - Friendship House), and Mr. Trevor Jones (Kodiak Baptist Mission, Alaska).
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Did You Know?
Immanuel Baptist Church regularly supports American Baptist Mission efforts throughout the world.