Inasmuch Facilitates Public-Private Partnership
Inasmuch United High Point Spring 2016 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 Inasmuch Founder, David Crocker, visited with the principals of […]
Inasmuch Exported to Guatemala
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 […]
Schools Get Boost from Inasmuch
Increasingly, public schools are considered off-limits for churches and church groups. Not so in Sweetwater, Tennessee. At their May meeting, the Sweetwater School Board recognized four churches that held their first Inasmuch United Sweetwater for the work they did on behalf of several of their schools in April. Three hundred volunteers from First Baptist, First […]
Shining the Light in the Sunshine State
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” (Matthew 5:14, ESV) Jesus came as the light of the world and called his followers to shine his light for all the world to see and to know. His light was very evident in the Sunshine State over the […]
“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 […]
First Statewide Inasmuch Held in Kentucky
2015 marked the first year that Kentucky Baptist Convention churches were invited, encouraged and trained to conduct a statewide Inasmuch effort. Over 130 churches attended regional trainings in preparation for an emphasis for Inasmuch Days in the fall of 2015. Through the end of November we know these amazing results. 104 churches have already […]
Operation Inasmuch and Carson-Newman University Share an Anniversary
Ten Years and Counting for Inasmuch at Carson-Newman University When were your values formed? When in your development did you decide what you wanted to be involved in? Most of us would answer these questions “in my college years.” Knowing this, Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee, has promoted community service for all of their students […]
INASMUCH HIRES NEW ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Pastor John Daugherty Joins Inasmuch Staff Years ago, when the Inasmuch ministry was first launched as a full-time, free-standing ministry, David Crocker was asked about the ministry’s fundraising strategy. He answered: “We will live by the belief that God provides.” For eight and a half years now that line has been more than a sound […]
Maine Is the Newest Inasmuch State
Maybe you heard. The Northeast was hit especially hard by winter storms this year. Maine is no stranger to harsh winters but this year was harsher than most. Even so, Greene Baptist Church in Greene, Maine, had David Crocker, Executive Director of Operation Inasmuch, in January to train them in how to conduct an Inasmuch […]
Operation Inasmuch Has Much to Celebrate
Oldest Inasmuch Volunteer Some congregations are reluctant to conduct an Inasmuch Day because “our congregation is mostly old people and there isn’t much we can do,” they say. Don’t try telling Jim Garrison of Christiansburg, Virginia, that. At 102, Garrison is among the volunteers who serve the Radford, Virginia community in each Inasmuch. In the […]
