Faithful Inasmuch Church Rises from the Ashes
Just weeks after completing their seventh year of conducting an Inasmuch Day on July 18, 2015, most of Bethlehem Baptist Church of Taylorsville, NC was destroyed by fire. All that was left was the lower part of the fellowship hall. For several months while smoke damage was repaired, the church met at a nearby elementary school. […]
Need + Passion = Lifestyle Compassion Ministry
Bill and Judi Willard had no intention of establishing a regular, long-term ministry to the veterans at the Veterans Restoration Quarters (VRQ) in Asheville, NC, when they agreed to prepare and serve breakfast one Saturday as one of the projects of the Beverly Hills Baptist Church (Asheville) Inasmuch Day, but that’s what happened. That was […]
Simply Show Up
Sometimes, all we need to do is share a story. Thanks to our friend, Hal Melton, Associate Pastor of Missions and Senior Adults at Trinity Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC for sharing this wonderful testimony from Rev. Elizabeth Burgess and the project she led on their Inasmuch Day April 25 of this year. “Prior […]
NC Churches Experience Renewal Through Inasmuch
2018 marks the 10th year of North Carolina Baptist Missions partnering with Operation Inasmuch in an every-other-year, state-wide emphasis and regional training events. Beginning January 27 through March 3, 2018, there will be regionalInasmuch Day training events for each of the ten regions designated within the Missions Department of the Convention. Executive Director, John Daugherty, […]
What’s in Your Toolbox?
Every minister that has been at it for a while has a toolbox of ministries—ideas, programs, “tricks of the trade” he has used in prior places of service. These are tried and true ideas he can implement in a new place of service which will enhance his church’s effectiveness as well as the congregation’s confidence […]
Inasmuch Facilitates Public-Private Partnership
Public-private partnerships are the rage in communities—collaborative efforts involving public or governmental entities, private agencies and churches. Just such a partnership took place in May in High Point, North Carolina and Inasmuch was the tool that brought it together. When David Crocker visited with the principals of this partnership in June, they were thrilled with […]
“Training Up” in 2016!
In Proverbs 22:6 it reminds us how important good beginnings and valuable training are, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (ESV) The picture is of my new friend, Logan, who attended the North Carolina Region 8 NC OIAM 2016 training […]
Happy Birthday Operation Inasmuch!!
Inasmuch Celebrates 20 Years “We now have an entire generation of young people who have experienced Operation Inasmuch,” said Rev. John Cook, Pastor of Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, Fayetteville, North Carolina. His comment came at the end of the morning worship service at Snyder Memorial on March 22 at which the 20th […]
Collegians Tap Inasmuch to Serve
It’s common knowledge that college students love to “give back,” or serve people in need and more of them are discovering that the Inasmuch model is useful in achieving that worthy goal. Last fall 46 members of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, conducted an Inasmuch Day on their campus. They […]
Inasmuch Assembles 11,000 Meals for the Hungry
In October the Inasmuch ministry assembled more than 11,000 meals to feed hungry people in Haiti with the help of people who gathered in Fayetteville, NC, and Knoxville, TN, to consider their support for the ministry for 2013. That’s right; these annual fundraising events became major service events! Fundraising is the lifeblood of non-profits. It […]
