A CRY IS HEARD!

Introduction ....

Year after year millions of dollars are spent in other countries when right here at home is one of the most neglected mission fields in all the world .... THE BLACK COMMUNITY !

The 2000 U.S. Census reported that there are over 30 millions black people here in North America. This black community makes up the second largest minority group in the U.S.

While this is true, this would make the black community a mission field six times larger than Cambodia, North or South Vietnam, or six times larger than any country in Latin American, and all but one country in South America and Africa. You can agree that the black community in this country comprise a tremendous mission field.

It is recognized that missionaries labor against tremendous odds to get food, medicine, and the gospel to many people in desperate need. Many clergymen throw up their hands in despair as they try to repair broken homes, advise single parent families, and provide proper guidance in the never ending drug war.

Often these problems are intensified due to a lack of individual or collective resources. Young minority men are killed and incarcerated at an alarming rate for crimes that may have been prevented by proper intervention.

As an missinary/evangelist, I have traveled across this country for twenty years. During those years of travel, I saw the great neglect of churches failing to reach these people. As a result of this neglect, God has burdened my heart to raise a ministry to reach out to my people - the black community.

Consequently, Global Baptist Ministries, Inc. was born as a church planting ministry to carry a message of life-changing hope to a community where there is no hope. And to train Christian workers to become competent missionaries to those people in need.

- Dr. R.C. Reynolds

In the early spring of 1986, God began to burden Dr. R.C. Reynolds very heavily about doing a work that would impact the world. A vision of outreach to help meet needs of people through missionary service.

He then began to share his burden with ministers and mission board directors, who were close friends of his, and get feed back from those who were involved with outreach programs about starting a new work.

Dr. Reynolds soon discovered that each visit would result in the same thing. "Because, we have over 1500 mission boards in the USA," they would said, "we don't need another one." This would lead him to ask, "What are you doing now to reach the black communities?" After a moment of silence, they would softly reply, "...We're not doing anything to reach your people..."

With a burden to reach his people in the black community and assist local pastors with the same burden, he set out to establish such a mission board. His ministry would not just be limited to him, he would soon see the vision of many others he would work with. A vision of men and women to reach the multitudes in need. This vision would turn out to be the mission board he has today!

What makes Global Baptist Ministries, Inc. so successful is the qualification of the ministry's leadership. It's Founder and Director, Dr. R.C Reynolds, is a direct product of the traditional church and the community from which this "cry" comes from.

First, you must understand that the traditional church in the black community is steeped in religion and tradition. This is not Christianity. Dr. Reynolds was 34 years old before he accepted Christ when he realized that it is Christ who saves and not religion or tradition.

In following God's call and in obedience to the Scriptures, Dr. R.C. Reynolds has dedicated his life to impact the black community with the gospel of Christ.

Missionaries sent out through this board also contribute to this success by qualifying in several areas such as school training, spiritual equipment, sound convictions, and exposure to community needs and problems both spiritual and physical.

Global Baptist Ministries, Inc. serves only as an extension of the local church under its guidance and leadership. This ministry is designed to assist churches in the area of outreach in spreading the gospel.

As a mission agency, G.B.M.I. has established a reputation of helping the missionary in a great number of ways. With newly started works, Dr. Reynolds personally goes before the missionary to the field to assist in training, building location, support and fund raising, and to introduce the missionary to local pastors for assistance.

Once the missionary signs on with the ministry, We supply them with their initial order of Prayer Cards, Letterhead for correspondence, sources to seek support from, letters of recommendation, and other printed literature. The office and staff are available for assistance in the area of training, guidance, materials and supplies, channeling funds, and administrative needs.

To recognize and understand the root of the problems in the black community is not truly perceived by studies, polls, or even local reports but by a series of elements. As a black man, Dr. R.C. Reynolds knows their history, he lives and works in their culture, he speaks the "Dudes" language, and he loves his brethren.

It is through this perspective that he can deliver to his people the one and only answer to ALL of man's needs. That answer is only found in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ!

One of the main focuses of Global Baptist Ministries, Inc. is church planting. "Discipleship" is the key! Too often, the results of our efforts lead to "win 'em and leave 'em". The responsibility of sharing Christ, church growth, and counseling has always been carried by a few pastors for the multitudes.

Methods of outreach that worked in the last 10 or even 5 years will fail for the coming generation. We are faced with a new surge of obstacles and opportunities.

Global Baptist Ministries has adapted new strategies to deal with rising drug crimes, gang violence, sexual abuse and other conditions such as these by create a fresh responds to this changing community.

This would include counseling in the spiritual development of today's family. As well as exposing pastors & missionary to these new strategies so they may enhance their effectiveness to deal with community problems.

With 50% of today's marriages ending in divorce, churches and ministries are seeing a growing number single parents and children from single parent homes attending their services.

The media and television have redefine the average family life in America with its family programs (The Simpsons, Jerry Springer, etc.). The church must rise to establish family standards for the community.

The church planting concept is behind the times in training missionaries to interact with real community problems. Global Baptist Ministries, Inc. is faced with the case of what should have been done yesterday, needs to be done today, but the earliest it can be done is tomorrow!

While we are still a growing ministry, God is opening doors of opportunity which had been planned for later years down the road. But, because we are on his schedule and not ours, we are leaping in progress at an enormous pace.

Currently, Global Baptist Ministries, Inc. has had missionaries which served in the United States and in foreign countries such as Africa, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Jamaica, St. Croix, and St. Thomas. With a vision of reaching around the world, we are challenged in the areas of evangelization, discipleship, and training. However, our heart lies in making an influence in our own community first.

Someone once said, "When God is your partner, make no small plans." In keeping with this, we plan big expecting God to move in big ways.

As a faith ministry, we are dependent upon the freewill gifts of Bible believing churches.
However, if individuals feel led to support Global Baptist Ministries we welcome their support.
Global Baptist Ministries, Inc. is recognized by the I.R.S. as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

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