Center of Missional Engagement Booklet

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MISSIONAL ENGAGEMENT

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MISSIONAL ENGAGEMENT Texas Baptists seeks to engage our churches to incorporate missions through strategic opportunities in Texas and around the world without duplicating the role of traditional mission-sending agencies.

ministries Church Starting & Replanting

BOUNCE & Disaster Recovery

Missionary Adoption Program Texas Baptist Missionaries Minister of Missions Minister’s Development & Missional Networks

(214) 828-5212 josue.valerio@txb.org

“The Center for Missional Engagement connects churches with missional opportunities whether that is in their community, the city, the state, the US or internationally.

From a practitioner’s perspective, this is not just praying, giving and going, but also the development of a different way of thinking – a missional lifestyle” – Josué Valerio

River Ministry & Mexico Missions

House Churches & Philippi Churches

JOSUÉ VALERIO director

RIVER MINISTRY & MEXICO MISSIONS We connect churches to specific projects along the Texas/Mexico border and in the most populous Mexican cities. Churches can

CHURCH STARTING & REPLANTING Texas Baptists Church Starting helps assist, train and support church planters as they start new works. We work with churches and associations to identify where new churches should be started and where existing churches need assistance. The heart of our ministry is to connect people to a church where God is present, because when God shows up, good things happen.

txb.org/churchstarting

TOM HOWE associate director,

center for missional engagement (817) 201-2653 tom.howe@txb.org

serve with and through our River Ministry missionaries along either side of the Texas/Mexico border or the interior of Mexico at any time of the year in a multitude of ways.

txb.org/riverministry

MARIO ALBERTO GONZALEZ director, river ministry/ mexico missions (214) 828-5389 mario.gonzalez@txb.org

HOUSE CHURCHES & PHILIPPI CHURCHES There are many ways to start a church. We focus on the organic model for church planting, a natural model comprising a simple way to work as a church without the complications of

BOUNCE BOUNCE offers student ministry leaders the opportunity

a full system of programs. Visit us online to find information on starting churches in homes, work areas, parks, restaurants and more.

txb.org/philippi

to mobilize their middle school, high school and college students to be engaged in challenging mission service and inspiring times of worship through disaster recovery, community rehabilitation, and church planting. It’s all prepackaged– BOUNCE takes care of all the details so ministry leaders can focus on their students and serving others.

txb.org/bounce

DAVID SCOTT director, bounce (214) 828-5123 david.scott@txb.org

PAUL ATKINSON director, multi-housing/house

congregation & philippi churches (214) 828-5191 paul.atkinson@txb.org

TEXAS BAPTIST MISSIONARIES Help us come alongside Texas-based missionaries who serve in Texas and around the world by providing prayer,

MISSIONARY ADOPTION PROGRAM The Missionary Adoption Program (MAP) facilitates partnerships between Texas Baptists churches and individuals with churches and missionaries around the world. MAP missionaries focus on evangelism, discipleship and church planting. Local Baptist entities provide training, support and regular check-ins.

txb.org/map

encouragement and other resources that strengthen their gospel impact.

txb.org/txbmissionaries

MINISTER OF MISSIONS We partner with Texas Baptists churches who are practicing missional principles within their church, their community

NOE TREVIÑO director, map, txb missionary, minister of missions (361) 920-2481 noe.trevino@txb.org

and around the world. We also partner with Texas Baptists churches in expanding the outreach/community ministries of the local church.

the pastor’s common The Pastor’s Common exists to strengthen the Church by creating a space for Millennial and Gen Z Pastors to build community, grow intellectually, be resourced, and be heard.

If you are interested in this group, join us on Facebook.

Devoted: Devoted seeks to gather and empower young adults from across our state to live with purpose. Young Adult Pastors, College Pastors and young adult church leaders help us plan

MINISTER’S DEVELOPMENT & MISSIONAL NETWORKS church planting center

events in your city to gather young adults with the goal of identifying leaders to further develop into ministry positions for churches and ministries around the state.

Embrace: Embrace exists to create mentorship cohorts for young women in ministry. These cohorts exist at different times during the year. If you know a young woman in ministry who may enjoy this type of mentorship and fellowship, please contact us.

Community Ministry: Community Ministry is here to support pastors and churches who desire to connect with their communities through missions and ministry and connects them with opportunities, resources, and missional leadership training. We work with pastors to mobilize church members in their communities and to develop ministries that meet physical, spiritual and relational needs.

A Church Planting Center is a residency of current and potential church planters with the purpose of assessing, equipping, coaching, mentoring and resourcing them to start new Texas Baptists churches and ministries. Help us identify potential residents for the CPCs across the state and sponsor these important training centers.

DAVID MIRANDA director of minister’s development and missional networks (214) 828-5297 david.miranda@txb.org

TEXAS BAPTISTS E-TRAINING Equipping pastors, church leaders and volunteers for the work of ministry in innovative ways. Train your team with flexibility of time and place.

txb.org/etraining

DANILO ANTUNES VIEIRA e-training equipper danilo.vieira@texasbaptists.org

CONNECT WITH US. Administration Josué Valerio

Director, Center for Missional Engagement Personal development for missional leaders Assisting churches to connect with their community Helping churches to have a functional structure to mobilize their members (i.e. missions committees, missions teams, etc.)

Missional and spiritual mentoring and training Orientation for mission trips Cross-cultural training Spiritual and gift assessments Helping churches to create missional experiments Training to develop a Memorandum of Understanding (214) 828-5212 Cell: (972) 261-6640 josue.valerio@txb.org

Church Starting & Replanting

River Ministry and Mexico Missions

BOUNCE

Tom Howe

Mario Alberto Gonzalez

Director, BOUNCE

Associate Director, Center for Missional Engagement CPCs Vision Trips Consult with dying churches to begin the process of replanting Retreats for church planters Assessment centers to discover church planters Worship leader essentials to train pastors and worship leaders (817) 201-2653 tom.howe@txb.org

John Silva

Church Starting Strategist (806) 392-6902 john.silva@txb.org

Daniel DeLeon

Church Starting Strategist (956) 330-6527 daniel.deleon@txb.org

Lonnie Tucker

Church Starting Strategist (985) 351-1883 lonnie.tucker@txb.org

Clay Jacobson

Church Starting Strategist (325) 436-1219 clay.jacobson@txb.org

Director, River Ministry/ Mexico Missions

Coaching and mentoring for pastors and leaders Training on “No Mas Violencia” / “NO More Violence” Conferences for pastoral families Discipleship in English and Spanish according to the Latino culture Assistance on organic church planting Sports clinics and other evangelistic tools Informational lectures about the opportunities for churches to do the Great Commission and practice the Great Commandment in the areas we are working Working with Immigrants- along with local associations in Texas or Regional Baptist Conventions in Mexico border cities (214) 828-5389 Cell: (214) 505-8324 mario.gonzalez@txb.org

David Scott

Spring Break mission opportunities for middle school, high school, and college students Summer mission

opportunities for middle school, high school, and college students (214) 828-5123 david.scott@txb.org

Missionary Adoption Program Noe Treviño

Director, MAP, Minister of Missions, and Texas Baptist Missionaries Missional Best Practices: Sharing best practices for the local church as they participate in missions Local Church Missions Tool Kit: How to Start/ Strengthening the Missions Ministry in the local church.

Sharing creative ideas on how a church can have a vibrant missions ministry Children on Mission: How to introduce, encourage, and mobilize your children’s ministry in missions (361) 920-2481 noe.trevino@txb.org

Texas Baptist Missionaries Noe Treviño

Director, MAP, Minister of Missions, and Texas Baptist Missionaries Same as above (361) 920-2481 noe.trevino@txb.org

David Kemerling

Texas Baptists Missionary Encourager dwkemerling@gmail.com

Ministers Development and Missional Network David Miranda

Director, Minister’s Development and Missional Networks Seven ongoing Church Planting Centers (CPCs) across the state The Pastor’s Common trainings/meetings Devoted gatherings Embrace cohorts

Community Mission

(214) 828-5297 Cell: (903) 335-6329 david.miranda@txb.org

Josué Valerio

Danilo Antunes Vieira

Director, Center for Missional Engagement Consultations with Pastors and Churches On-site Training Community Missions/ Ministry Leadership Development (214) 828-5212 Cell: (972) 261-6640 josue.valerio@txb.org

House Churches and Philippi Churches Paul Atkinson

Director, Multi-Housing/ House Congregation & Philippi Churches (214) 801-7195 paul.atkinson@txb.org

E-Training Equipper

Training on using the E-Training platform danilo.vieira@txb.org

CONNECT WITH US. Contact  (() 972) 261-6640 

josue.valerio@txb.org

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