CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP Proposal for Church Plant
spartanburg
south carolina
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Vision Statement Ministry Focus Group Objectives Strategy Our Staff Our Ministry Partners Our Core Group What We Do Why This Community? Business Objective
Mark Everett PO Box 52 Moore, SC 29369
864. 648-WORD (9673) topastormark@gmail.com www.whatafellowship.org
Christian Community Fellowship is a new church in Spartanburg, South Carolina, serving the needs of inner-city public housing communities.
Vision Statement Our Vision is to bring souls to Christ by sharing the love and gospel of Christ; serving the needs of the community; and building relationships through study, service, prayer, and fellowship.
Ministry Focus Group Our church targets the residents (specifically lower socioeconomic residents, but certainly not limited to) of northside Spartanburg who do not have a church home.
Objectives 1. To make church easily accessible to local residents. 2. To create, through partnerships, opportunities (education, counseling, food) to meet the needs of those we serve. Offering: • • • • • • • •
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free GED education for adults or high school diploma for teens. meals to those in need. professional mental health counseling or drug/alcohol counseling. free legal consultation for indigent residents in need of assistance. free personal finance and budget counseling by a licensed banker afterschool enrichment program to school-aged children music lessons by an experienced musician academic tutorial service governed by a certified experienced educator.
To build community. • •
field trips neighborhood gatherings and events.
strategy Our strategy is to become a positive community presence. We will have teams to walk the community and go doorto-door meeting to invite individuals and families to our services and outreach events such as free gospel concerts, breakfast, backyard Bible clubs, fellowship dinners, and outdoor gatherings. We will build personal relationships in the community by establishing friendships that go beyond the activities of the church.
Our Staff
Mark Everett, Pastor – ordained minister and experienced musician and teacher
Priscilla Everett, Financial Advisor – personal banker, Wells Fargo
Mark & Priscilla Everett
Natalie Jones, Treasurer and Legal Advisor – attorney at law and certified educator
Melissa Morrow, Ministry Coordinator – local resident
Our Ministry Partners South Carolina Baptist Convention Spartanburg County Baptist Network Bethlehem Baptist Church, Moore, Sc United Baptist Church, Spartanburg, Sc Lorell Smalls-Gordon, Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Our Core Group We have a core group of new believers from the Northside Spartanburg community that we’ve led to Jesus Christ. This core group meets weekly for worship, prayer and Bible teaching. They currently prepare And serve food at our weekly services and are looking forward to being in a facility that will allow us to serve the entire Northside community.
What We Do We have Sunday Worship service at United Baptist Church located at 7319 Valley Falls Road, Spartanburg, SC 29303 at 12:45 pm. We bus an average of 40 residents from Oakview and Victoria Gardens Apartment each week for this service. We have community Bible-study each Tuesday night at 6:45 pm at the Victoria Gardens Apartments Community Center. We have an average attendance of 45 local residents. We have Thursday afternoon home bible-study at one of the local resident’s apartment. We have enrolled 7 adults into the G.E.D. program at Z.L. Madden Learning Center. We transport them Monday through Thursday. We encourage and assist residents in seeking employment by providing job leads, transportation to job interviews, resume assistance, and encouragement. We currently have 5 adults who we’ve assisted in finding employment. We founded a youth community choir that rehearses each Wednesday evening from 6 pm at a Victoria Gardens resident’s apartment. We develop free recreational field trips for the residents. To date we’ve taken groups to CiCi’s Pizza, The $2 Movie Theater and the YMCA swimming pool.
Why This Community? Northside Spartanburg, SC 29303 Approximate population of 24,888 residents
Fremont School Apartments
Cleveland Elementary School
Education In 2010, 29.31% of residents within the 29303 area code failed to finish high school, compared to 18.13% of South Carolina’s residents. In 2010, only 15.35% of the United States residents failed to finish high school.
Victoria Gardens Apartments
Crime Rate In 2010, the total crime rate index for the 29303 community was 174, compared to 122 for the state of South Carolina. This places the area of 29303 far above the United States crime rate index of 100.
Income In 2010, 36% of households living in 29303 had a yearly annual income of less than $24,999, compared to 24.78% of households in South Carolina.
Oakview Apartments
Business Objective It is our desire to acquire a facility within walking distance of the Oakview, Victoria Gardens and Fremont School apartments located in the Northside Spartanburg community. We plan to share the love and gospel of Jesus Christ and offer our services to the entire Northside Spartanburg community. Our current annual budget is 18,000 dollars. We need approximately 80,000 dollars for the first year and 40,000 for the following two years. This will cover:  partial salary for the lead planter  administration costs (rent, insurance, security, licenses, transportation, repairs, etc.)  program costs for equipment (musical, printers, computers, copiers) supplies, various ministries, and furnishings (classroom, office, kitchen, dining hall and sanctuary).
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