Missions
Mission Interest Groups
In addition to supporting missionaries on a church wide level, there are also small groups that meet together to focus on specific missions. These groups come together and provide prayer, encouragement and financial support to their adopted missions.
Ratio Christi Barnabas Group - Led by Ken Smith
Supporting Anna Kitko at the University of Tennessee.
Ratio Christi (Latin for ‘The Reason of Christ’) is a global movement that equips university students and faculty to give historical, philosophical, and scientific reasons for following Jesus Christ. Bringing together faith and reason to establish the intellectual voice of Christ in the University, Ratio Christi is planting student and faculty led apologetics clubs at universities around the world. Students, engaged in the battle for the mind, learn to defend God's existence, the reliability of the Bible, and the fact of Christ’s resurrection. We seek a Renaissance of Christian Thinking in the University.
Supporting Anna Kitko at the University of Tennessee.
Ratio Christi (Latin for ‘The Reason of Christ’) is a global movement that equips university students and faculty to give historical, philosophical, and scientific reasons for following Jesus Christ. Bringing together faith and reason to establish the intellectual voice of Christ in the University, Ratio Christi is planting student and faculty led apologetics clubs at universities around the world. Students, engaged in the battle for the mind, learn to defend God's existence, the reliability of the Bible, and the fact of Christ’s resurrection. We seek a Renaissance of Christian Thinking in the University.
YOKE Club - Led by Jacob and Margaret Daniels
Serving Yoke Club at Union Grove Middle School
YOKE is a faith based ministry that connects middle school students with adult mentors through after school clubs, camps and special activities. Founded in Knoxville in 1977, YOKE now has programs at 27 schools across Knox, Anderson, Blount, Jefferson, Loudon, and Grainger Counties.
YOKE helps transform communities through four primary areas of impact: mentoring middle school students, equipping college leaders, engaging local churches and impacting local schools.
Serving Yoke Club at Union Grove Middle School
YOKE is a faith based ministry that connects middle school students with adult mentors through after school clubs, camps and special activities. Founded in Knoxville in 1977, YOKE now has programs at 27 schools across Knox, Anderson, Blount, Jefferson, Loudon, and Grainger Counties.
YOKE helps transform communities through four primary areas of impact: mentoring middle school students, equipping college leaders, engaging local churches and impacting local schools.
Church Supported Missions
At Marble Hill we gladly support the Southern Baptist Convention Cooperative Program. This includes:
The Chilhowee Baptist Association (focusing on making disciples of Jesus Christ locally, nationally, and internationally).
The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board (focusing on making disciples of Jesus Christ in Tennessee by working with over 3,000 SBC churches throughout the state).
The North American Mission Board (focusing on making disciples of Jesus Christ nationally and throughout North America).
The International Mission board (focusing on making disciples of Jesus Christ globally with over 3,500 missionaries working in foreign countries throughout the world).
The Chilhowee Baptist Association (focusing on making disciples of Jesus Christ locally, nationally, and internationally).
The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board (focusing on making disciples of Jesus Christ in Tennessee by working with over 3,000 SBC churches throughout the state).
The North American Mission Board (focusing on making disciples of Jesus Christ nationally and throughout North America).
The International Mission board (focusing on making disciples of Jesus Christ globally with over 3,500 missionaries working in foreign countries throughout the world).
Ethnos360
Jack and Janie Housley
Jack and Janie have dedicated their lives to glorifying Jesus Christ, primarily through serving on the mission fields of Papua New Guinea (PNG) since 1973. Jack and Janie have served in many different roles over the decades, and we are thrilled to have been a part of how God has used and continues to use this couple and their family.
Jack and Janie's Blog and History
Jack and Janie Housley
Jack and Janie have dedicated their lives to glorifying Jesus Christ, primarily through serving on the mission fields of Papua New Guinea (PNG) since 1973. Jack and Janie have served in many different roles over the decades, and we are thrilled to have been a part of how God has used and continues to use this couple and their family.
Jack and Janie's Blog and History
Puerto Rico Deaf Ministries (PRDM):
David and Marsha Mitchell
PRDM conducts church planting activities to establish churches, missions and house churches to bring individuals into relationships with Jesus Christ. It conducts leadership training, evangelism and deaf education for individuals to better work with deaf people. Since 1985, David and Marsha Mitchell have been faithfully and sacrificially planting deaf congregations, assisting previously-started deaf groups and training deaf leaders for serving congregations.
David and Marsha Mitchell
PRDM conducts church planting activities to establish churches, missions and house churches to bring individuals into relationships with Jesus Christ. It conducts leadership training, evangelism and deaf education for individuals to better work with deaf people. Since 1985, David and Marsha Mitchell have been faithfully and sacrificially planting deaf congregations, assisting previously-started deaf groups and training deaf leaders for serving congregations.
Grace Iris Ministries
Vijay and Vansantha Kumar
Grace Iris Ministries, started in 1878, is a Christian ministry headquartered in Bobbili, India, in the far northeastern section of the state of Andhra Pradesh. This ministry serves Bobbili and the rural surrounding region with ministries which include: a Christian boarding school (~150 students), a network of local pastors and churches, pastoral training, church-planting, medical and dental camps, clothing and rice distribution, goat distribution, women’s prayer groups (up to 800 women), bore well drilling, and many other activities for the purpose of making disciples of Jesus Christ.
http://www.graceiris.org/
Vijay and Vansantha Kumar
Grace Iris Ministries, started in 1878, is a Christian ministry headquartered in Bobbili, India, in the far northeastern section of the state of Andhra Pradesh. This ministry serves Bobbili and the rural surrounding region with ministries which include: a Christian boarding school (~150 students), a network of local pastors and churches, pastoral training, church-planting, medical and dental camps, clothing and rice distribution, goat distribution, women’s prayer groups (up to 800 women), bore well drilling, and many other activities for the purpose of making disciples of Jesus Christ.
http://www.graceiris.org/
The Chilhowee Baptist Center (CBA)
Gabe and Amber Brown
The Baptist Center is a ministry of the Chilhowee Baptist Association (CBA). CBA churches donate food, clothing, household items, furniture, appliances and personal toiletry items for donation to Blount County residents in need. (currently serving about 125-150 families every week).
Pleas checkout the CBA Facebook page for more info.
Gabe and Amber Brown
The Baptist Center is a ministry of the Chilhowee Baptist Association (CBA). CBA churches donate food, clothing, household items, furniture, appliances and personal toiletry items for donation to Blount County residents in need. (currently serving about 125-150 families every week).
Pleas checkout the CBA Facebook page for more info.
Blount County Jail Ministry
Participating since 2013, with the privilege of sharing the gospel and God's Word with inmates through both one-on-one conversations (with inmates in lockdown on Monday evenings), and preaching services (on Tuesdays and Thursdays with inmates in general population).
Participating since 2013, with the privilege of sharing the gospel and God's Word with inmates through both one-on-one conversations (with inmates in lockdown on Monday evenings), and preaching services (on Tuesdays and Thursdays with inmates in general population).