The Magnolia church of Christ believes very strongly in trying to carry out the Great Commission whether that be here in Magnolia or in other places. Jesus said in Mark 16: 15-16 "Go into a the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned."

To accomplish this task we spend a high percentage of the congregation's budget on mission efforts. We thought you might like to know where we are involved outside the Magnolia area so you will be able to see that no matter what time of the day there are brethren around the world spreading the Gospel of Jesus because the family of God here at the Magnolia church of Christ shares the financial blessings God has entrusted to our stewardship.

We provide funds to print Bibles and Bible literature in Eastern Europe that are sent into areas that were a part of the Soviet Union as well as countries that were closed for so many years to Christianity but now are open such as Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and many others. We enclose addresses in the literature we send out so that if anyone desires to set up a Bible study they can contact willing Christians who are committed to simply teaching the Bible and sharing the story of Jesus and how salvation is found only through Him.

We also believe it is very important to help train men in various areas of the world to preach and teach to the people in their own country where there is a shortage of workers to tell people about Jesus. One such area is in the western part of Africa in the country of Benin which borders the western boundary of Nigeria. Benin and several other countries in that region are French speaking countries. A few years ago it was realized that there were no preacher training schools for French speaking men other than in Canada and with over 100 million French speaking people in western Africa it was determined a school should be established in that part of the world and the Magnolia congregation has been helping in a significant way to make that school possible.

Another place the Magnolia church of Christ provides significant support is in India. In India we provide funds for Bibles, bicycles, and preacher training. We also provide funds to underwrite the cost of conducting Gospel meetings in areas where the story of Jesus has not yet been taught. The people of India are probably the most religious people on the earth and Christianity has been growing rapidly. Each year tens of thousands are baptized into Christ.

We also share in the same commitment of helping men be trained to be preachers here in the U.S. and provide funding for the Sunset International Bible Institute in Lubbock, Texas where Americans are being taught how to preach and teach the Gospel here in America where it is needed just as much as overseas.

Mission New Zealand - In 2007 we began supporting Skylar and Morgan Ely in their work in New Zealand. Updates and partnership information may be obtained at their web address.
http://www.skyandmo.com

    
Lastly we try to help with other good mission efforts that may need some extra funds from time to time. This money comes from the "Special Appeals" portion of the Missions budget and is for one-time assistance to various missions efforts other churches of Christ are sponsoring. The  Missions Committee considers each request and prioritizes the requests so we can help as many good efforts as funds allow.