Compassion Revolution Networking Conference
September 13, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Hope you’re “saving-the-date!”
Operation Inasmuch, Inc. is hosting the first Compassion Revolution Network Conference August 2-4, 2018 in Knoxville TN. We’ve mailed out nearly 2,000 “Save-the-Date” cards, and posted information on our Facebook page, and a conference website will soon be up linked from www.operationinasmuch.org.
On Friday and Saturday of the conference we will be offering between 30-40 break-out sessions featuring some leading church consultants and coaches sharing thoughts and ideas about mobilizing congregations into the future. There will also be sessions led by Executive Director John Daugherty and Founder David Crocker. [Read more…]
Inasmuch Feeds Orphans
August 22, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Volunteers from Central Baptist of Bearden in Knoxville packing meals.
For the third time in four years, Operation Inasmuch has sent thousands of meals to Guatemala… this time to feed orphans in as many as 50 orphanages. In two food packing events in Knoxville, Tennessee 100,000 meals were prepared by about 450 volunteers. This month these meals were shipped to Guatemala and will be distributed by Orphans Resources to children in 50 orphanages. Visit our Facebook page to view pictures from the events.
Rod Martin, President of Orphans Resources says: “I would like to thank Operation Inasmuch and all their supporters who put this food together. It will go to 50+ orphanages in Guatemala Central America and feed 2700 orphans. The homes tell us many times that they could not exist without the donations of food products. May God bless you richly for caring for the orphans as God has directed his people to do so many times in the Bible.”
Food packing projects have been an auxiliary ministry within the larger Inasmuch ministry since 2013. David Crocker, Founder of the Inasmuch ministry and coordinator of the packing projects says: “When we got into the packing ‘business’ we really didn’t know what to expect. We knew it fit who we are and what we do in terms of our mission, but we weren’t sure how it would go. Well, here we are several years and about three quarters of a million meals later no longer wondering about it!”
“In our first year, we packed more than 300,000 meals,” says Crocker. “The next year we did about the same. And this year we have done 140,000 meals and expect to exceed 250,000 by year end.” [Read more…]
10 Years and Going Strong in Essex County, VA
August 8, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Any one who has ever started something knows how hard it is to keep it going. New events, organizations or programs usually begin with an exciting vision—dreams about what is possible, about how the world (maybe just the community) will be better as a result of the vision–but that vision almost always fades with the passing of time. And its initiators are left with less going for them than when they began.
So, when a handful of “dreamers” in Essex County, Virginia on the southern shore of the Rappahannock River not far from the Atlantic began Inasmuch United Essex in 2008, their vision was many of the congregations of various denominations and races working together to serve people in need in their community. David Crocker, Founder of Inasmuch says: “I remember clearly the training session in early 2008 in Tappahannock. One percent of the total county population turned out to participate! I knew then that something unusual was afoot in that small Virginia community. It is no surprise that ten years later Inasmuch United is still going strong there.” [Read more…]
Inasmuch United Brings Unity
July 19, 2017 by Leave a Comment
The following story is the kind that makes what we do at Operation Inasmuch so rewarding, and encourages us to keep on keeping on!
There are two Concord Baptist Churches in Chase City, Virginia. Following the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, the black members of Concord Church requested permission to form their own autonomous congregation. Property was donated adjacent to the original, separated by the cemetery, and the two congregations have been neighbors for more than 150 years, and share the same name.
Here is the story as shared by one of the pastors, Rev. John Mann of the original Concord Church, and published in The News Progress, posted May 3, 2017. [Read more…]
What About the Next 10 Years?
February 24, 2017 by Leave a Comment
In the article by our founder, Dr. David Crocker, celebrates and remembers the ten years since the beginning of the full-time Inasmuch ministry. Incredible things have occurred because of the faithfulness and blessing of God over these last ten years.
Dr. Crocker ended with this, “What do the next 10 years hold for Inasmuch? We don’t know…” And he’s correct, it is impossible to project ten years down the road. However, in the Fall of 2015 the board and ministry leadership gathered for a “futuring” retreat led by consultant, George Bullard. From our conversations and dreaming, George “sketched” out a possible story for ten years from now. With those broad-strokes we are moving forward with some goals, hopes and yes, dreams for the future.
Perhaps the largest goal driving our work is the development of a Compassion Revolution Network of churches who are part of the Inasmuch family of churches. These are the 2,000 or so churches who have conducted Inasmuch Days, Inasmuch United Days and who are embarking on Inasmuch Life. Our hope is that this network will serve as a support fellowship for churches driven to live out the compassion ministry Jesus has called us to and exampled for us. [Read more…]
Inasmuch Exported to Guatemala
June 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
One of David Crocker’s favorite lines (he often uses it in training churches to conduct Inasmuch events) is “When you do what God tells you to do, He always has more in mind.”
Again and again, this truth has shown up in the Inasmuch ministry. God opens a door and invites Inasmuch to go through it, and, lo and behold, fresh, unforeseen opportunities are revealed!
Such has been the case with Inasmuch’s experiences in Guatemala. In 2014 the ministry shipped a full shipping container of more than 252,000 meals to Guatemala which were distributed by mission teams visiting there throughout the summer of that year. David Crocker and Board member Corky Corcoran were among those who went with a mission team from Central Baptist Church of Johnson City, TN. A video showing the distribution of these meals may be seen by clicking here. [Read more…]