Outreach

Adopt a Ministry

Any group within The Church of The Apostles can adopt a local, Atlanta-area ministry for a period of one year.

Ministries We Support

Each year, the church sets aside a portion of the total offerings received to use in mission projects that reflect the goal of the congregation: to be evangelistic in reaching out with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Missions Committee works together as a team, prayerfully committing God’s resources for the expansion of the Gospel around the World.

Adriennes Fields

Gerald Whitlowe
678-296-2733
gwhitlowe@gmail.com

Adrienne’s Fields is an outreach ministry focusing on the needs of children and the poor living in the inner city. It is our goal and mission to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. For our God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son as a sacrifice for our eternal salvation. As Christians, we seek to minister to the world that he loves.

What We Teach

We use Gods word as the foundation for our faith and the inspiration for our daily lives. We seek to put Gods loving word and teachings into practice in all aspects of our daily life.

Our Vision

Faith is about trusting God through his Son, Christ Jesus for life, for eternity. Living as a Christian means putting your faith into action.

Athletes In Action

Reid Lamphere
Phone: (770) 514-8624
Email: aialamphere@aol.com

Athletes in Action is an extension of Campus Crusade for Christ. Reid and his staff minister to the Christian athletes competing in major world sports events. They conduct sports clinics and camps for youth in sport host cities around the world proclaiming the love and truth of Jesus Christ.

Atlanta Mission

Madison Kelley
(404) 367-2263 ext. 2122
madison.kelley@atlantamission.org

Atlanta Mission has been called by God to serve the city of Atlanta.

Since its 1938 beginnings, this Christian nonprofit ministry has grown from a small soup kitchen to a multi-facility organization serving Metro Atlanta’s large homeless population. Today, Atlanta Mission provides emergency shelter, rehab and recovery services, vocational training, services, and transitional housing. We serve more than 1,000 homeless men, women, and children every day.

Atlanta Mission meets each person where they are, in their unique circumstances, to provide customized services to help them overcome the cause of their homelessness.

We believe that a relationship with Christ is the key to restoration, redemption, and sustainable change for everyone. We invest in the spiritual, personal, and professional development of people, restoring and equipping them to intentional living. We believe that in empowering and coaching people toward excellence, we impact the quality of all we do.

Various factors lead to homelessness — job loss, eviction, family tragedy, addiction, domestic violence, a significant health condition, and more. The common denominator is a substantial crack in the foundation of their life. Our programs are multi-pronged and multi-layered, designed to meet people where they are.

The Potter’s House is a ministry of Atlanta Mission. TPH is a Christ-centered, Bible-based, discipleship program for chemically addicted men who express a sincere willingness to change. It is the mission of TPH to advance the Kingdom of God by providing: 1) A safe environment through which chemically addicted men have an opportunity to begin their Christian growth on their road to recovery. 2) A program with the time, tools, motivation, accountability, and guidance to facilitate the individual’s success in recovery, the progression towards a functional relationship with God, self, and others, and the successful re-entry to society.

The Potter’s House philosophy of ministry is taken from the Bible in Jeremiah 18:1-4 when the potter, rather than discarding a flawed vessel, sees its value and reshapes it into something completely new. They believe that at TPH, God reshapes men’s lives so they may be productive and useful for the Kingdom of God.

Atlanta Youth Academy

Peter Rooney
404-924-2680
peterr@atlantayouthacademy.com

Mission: The Atlanta Youth Academy exists to advance the Kingdom of God by offering an excellent Christ-centered education to low-income urban communities.

Our vision is to equip our students, the disinherited youth of Atlanta’s inner city, with the academic tools, social skills, and high character traits necessary to afford them the opportunity of a post-high-school education and a purposeful, productive and Spirit-filled life. Additionally, the vision is to create a learning environment that emulates the precepts and principles of Jesus.

Atlanta Youth Project

Larry Teem
678-592-8005
aypteem@hotmail.com

Mission: To present Jesus Christ to urban youth, to disciple urban youth and to provide safe, easy access for volunteers wishing to serve in the inner city.

Statement of purpose: Facilitate programs to evangelize, disciple, and develop urban youth into leaders.

History: Larry Teem was Apostles’ first Youth Pastor on staff. Atlanta Youth Project was founded in 1991 by Larry Teem to stand in the gap (Ezekiel 22:30) and reach out to youth for Jesus Christ.

Benevolence Gifts Ministry

Please Contact the Church for More Information
404-842-0200

From time to time the church is asked to assist a member or part of their family with a personal need. The funds, when they need to be, are given confidentially.

The Big Give

Each fall, we partner with three ministries to give you a chance to give back to our community. The first few weeks in November, we invite you to help us collect food, clothing, and Christmas gifts for those in need in Atlanta and around the world!

Donate Clothing for Atlanta Mission

In addition to serving its clients, Atlanta Mission has several thrift stores in north Georgia that help support the ministry. They rely primarily on tax-deductible donations of clothing, used furniture, books, and other household items to stock these stores.

We accept clothing for men, women, and children that are clean and in good condition. We accept donations of other items at Atlanta Mission locations.

Food for Buckhead Christian Ministry

If you would like to participate in the annual food drive, please fill a reusable shopper with the listed items below which will feed a family of four for a full week. Buckhead Christian Ministries coordinates food distribution.

Operation Christmas Child

Each year, Samaritan’s Purse sends shoebox Christmas gifts and shares the Gospel of Jesus Christ to children all over the world. If you would like to donate small toys, school supplies, and clothing items, or package a shoebox yourself, please look here for more information. For more information about how to help with Operation Christmas Child, contact Stephen and Susan Hooker at ssehook@bellsouth.net.

Please contact Lauren Ezell for more detailed information about the Big Give.

Lauren Ezell
lezell@apostles.org

Buckhead Christian Ministry

Tiffany Banks
tiffanybanks@bcmatlanta.org

For more than 25 years, Buckhead Christian Ministry (BCM) has worked to prevent hunger and homelessness for local people facing life-changing events such as a job loss, a reduction in work hours or a medical problem. BCM’s mission is to provide emergency and housing assistance to individuals and families of all faiths, in particular addressing the needs of low-income workers and helping them to achieve stability. Through the provision of food, clothing, financial assistance, and life skills education, BCM seeks to prevent homelessness for individuals and families in crisis. BCM also fosters community by engaging volunteers in bringing hope and compassion to people of all faiths.

BCM serves more than 8,500 individuals of all faiths annually. They are people you encounter daily — waitresses, clerks, janitors, and health care assistants — and reside in 15 zip codes throughout metro Atlanta. BCM enjoys a broad base of support from 28 churches, as well as individuals, foundations, and organizations.

First Care Women’s Clinic

Lori Parker
770-590-9361
lorip@firstcarewomensclinic.com

First Care Women’s Clinic, formally Cobb Pregnancy Services, is a Christian non-profit pro-life organization that assists women and men who are experiencing unplanned pregnancies offering them positive alternatives other than abortion through practical, emotional, and spiritual support. They believe all life is sacred and deserves protection. To this end, they also offer abstinence programs in local high schools.

Cru: Campus Crusade for Christ

The mission of Campus Crusade for Christ is to turn lost students into Christ-centered laborers. Their vision is to reach the 1.3 million students in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida with the life-changing message of the Gospel, build them in their faith, and send them to reach others.

Reid Lamphere
770-514-8624
aialamphere@aol.com

Athletes in Action is an extension of Campus Crusade for Christ. Reid and his staff minister to the Christian athletes competing in major world sport events. They conduct sports clinics and camps for youth in sport host cities around the world proclaiming the love and truth of Jesus Christ.

Todd Henriksen
407-388-5334
Todd.henriksen@athletesinaction.org

Cru Military

Joe Ludwikowski
678-332-6841
Joe.ludwikowski@crumilitary.org

Cru Military’s goal is to win people to Christ, build them in their faith, and send them out to do the same with others. We believe our part is to focus on the global military community, which includes Active duty, Guard, Reserve, veterans, retirees, and family members all around the world. Cru mobilizes and trains churches, counselors, and communities across America and around the world to minister to military members, veterans and families in their midst.

Elite Women of Excellence

Lisa Smith
Phone: (770) 842-0560
Email: Lisa.Smith@EWOE.org

Elite Women of Excellence’s mission is to unleash the full potential of teenage girls to make wise decisions as they stand on principles, passion, and purpose. Programs include high school graduation, reduction of teen pregnancy rate of minority teenage girls, parental empowerment and awareness, academic enrichment, servant leadership, career exploration and mentoring, prevention of drug and alcohol abuse, and ministry (evangelism and discipleship).

Feed My Lambs

Alesia Hendon
770-795-9349
alesia@feedmylambs.net

Feed My Lambs provides tuition-free, Christ-centered preschool education to homeless and impoverished children locally and internationally. Our program serves infants to children five years old. We serve two meals daily and share the message of Christ’s love through Bible-based curriculum. Our mission is to help empower at-risk children spiritually, academically, physically and socially; to impact families and communities. Please be a part of one of our schools by donating your time and talents.

Frontline Response (formally Atlanta Dream Center)

Kemberly English
Phone: (404) 817-3502
Email: volunteer@frontlineresponse.org

Frontline Response rescues and restores victims of sex trafficking and homelessness while offering weekly prevention programs to help at-risk children avoid common societal pitfalls into illegal and unhealthy lifestyles. Frontline Response operates Atlanta’s only 24-hour rescue hotline where trained individuals will go pick up women who want to “leave the life” of commercial sexual exploitation and provide an undisclosed beautifully maintained safe home. Frontline Response helps men, women, and children transition from living on the street to living in emergency transitional housing. Volunteers are available to help at-risk children with community programming, homework, support, and exposure to biblical education five days a week.

Gilgal, Inc.

Val Cater
404-310-0289
val@womenofgilgal.org

Gilgal is a mission designed to educate, equip, and empower women to embrace a future free of drugs/alcohol, utilizing their fullest potential in a God-honoring way through day treatments, counseling, and life skills development. Gilgal offers a 12-month Christ-centered program that will aid women in their desire to reclaim their lives.

Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb

Aime Piligian
770-419-3120 ext 16
aime.piligian@goodsamhc.org

Good Samaritan Health Center of Cobb’s mission is to spread the love of Christ through quality health care to those in need. The only full-time, primary care safety net clinic in Cobb County providing easily accessible, affordable, and comprehensive, high-quality healthcare, prescription medications, and health education for the uninsured, working poor. Patients pay on a sliding scale based on household income and family size.

HeartBound Ministries

Andrea Shelton
404-262-0709
aheartbound@comcast.net

HeartBound Ministries is a Christian outreach ministry that supports and equips Georgia prison chaplains and ministers to the physical and spiritual needs of inmates through programs designed to change inmates’ lives, create successful transitions back into society, and reduce recidivism rates. HBM serves 47 state prison chaplains and over 54,000 inmates annually, with an emphasis on evangelistic outreach. They bring in professional athletes, musicians, Christian speakers, and dramatists to minister within Georgia’s 37 prisons. They also minister to chaplains and inmates through prison adoption, books, Bibles and video distribution, greeting card distribution, holiday gift bags, poor hygiene, aftercare, and various other means. Andrea Shelton, an Apostles’ member is the founder and director of this ministry.

Help The Persecuted

Diana Day
Phone: (833) 777-6247
Email: diana@htp.org

We are ministers of the gospel who RESCUE believers escaping imminent danger. RESTORE believers to full physical, emotional, and spiritual health. REBUILD their lives, empowering them to thrive as a disciple of Christ in hostile places.

Hope Thrives

Kris Barnes
Phone: (678) 578-4888
Email: info@hopethrives.com

Hope Thrives, provides healing programs and aftercare services for adult women who have survived the trauma of abuse. Through biblical-based workshops, group time, and relaxing activities, hope is restored and healing can begin. As we share God’s love and the truth of His Word, chains are broken and freedom that only comes from the Spirit of the Lord is evident.

Hope Works

Michael Kimsey
mkimsey@hopeworks4us.org

Resource Service Ministries was formed by Lynn Westergaard in 1984, as a non-profit Christian Ministry. Our first office was in a vacant building on the property of North Avenue Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Leading a crew of workers and volunteers, he began to provide services for low income, elderly widows who needed weatherization of their homes to cut down on their heating bills, allowing them to live comfortably and economically in their homes.

Our committed and compassionate family of partners and volunteers bring Caring Hearts & Helping Hands to low-income widows and at-risk fatherless youth in the city of Atlanta.

Human Coalition Atlanta

Amber Lehman
404-786-8321
alehman@humancoalition.org

Human Coalition Atlanta is an urban outreach committed to reaching unplanned pregnant mothers and fathers, and those who think they might be expectant, with counseling and support in an environment of Christian love, including a presentation of the hope and forgiveness of the Gospel. Encourage life by presenting the truth about the alternative of abortion, but also the truth about the other alternatives of parenting and adoption.

Kidz2Leaders

Toria Peterson
Phone: (770) 312-0862
Email: toria.peterson@kidz2leaders.org

Kidz2Leaders provides stability, opportunity, and a Christian community for children of inmates to break the cycle of incarceration.

Leading The Way

(404) 841-0100
www.ltw.org

Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef began in 1988 as a local radio broadcast. It has now grown into an international multi-media ministry focused on passionately proclaiming the uncompromising Truth of the Gospel in 20 languages to over 200 countries.

Leading The Way is broadcasting more than 3,300 per week by radio, television, the Internet, and a brand new 24/7 satellite television channel, THE KINGDOM SAT, to more than 3.9 billion people worldwide. The ministry partners internationally with in-country follow-up teams to encourage new believers in their faith, helping God’s Kingdom to grow around the world.

In addition to weekly broadcasts, Leading The Way produces DVD and CD teaching series, books, and a monthly devotional magazine – My Journal – from Michael Youssef’s solid biblical teaching taught at The Church of The Apostles. For more information, please visit www.leadingtheway.org.

Mike McCoy Ministries Inc.

Mike McCoy
770-490-8200
mike@mccoy77.com

Mike McCoy Ministries uses Mike’s platform as a former Notre Dame and NFL Football Player to reach students in Catholic Schools with the message of hope and encouragement. We believe the Catholic student is in as much risk as a public school student because of our culture. The school assembly program is the means to connect with students along with the comment cards they fill out. Mike also ministers in the prisons as a speaker for various organizations. For more information, please visit www.mccoy77.com.

Mr. Tom’s Heart

Tom Umstead
Phone: (404) 444-9700 (No calls after 8:00pm)
Email: tumstead@bellsouth.net
Website: www.mrtomsheart.org

For over 17 years, Mr. Tom’s Heart helps sick children, lonely seniors, homeless moms with children, and a children’s home by bringing them flowers, baked goods, canned goods, various sundries, and arts and craft materials and delivering them directly to Ronald McDonald Houses, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, children’s homes, adult day care centers, senior centers, homeless shelters, schools, community centers, and more. Tom and other volunteers also read stories and build bonds with the children, adults, and seniors served by these organizations.

Operation Christmas Child

Stephen and Susan Hooker
ssehook@bellsouth.net

Operation Christmas Child, a part of Samaritan’s Purse, has been delivering shoebox gifts and the Gospel of Jesus Christ to hurting children around the world since 1993.

The shoebox gift, containing toys, school supplies, and hygiene items, is often the only gift a child ever receives and, therefore, a most effective tool for Evangelism, Discipleship, and Multiplication in over 100 countries each year, including hard to reach areas. Operation Christmas Child is currently on track with their goal to bring the Gospel to every Unreached People Group by the year 2030.

At Apostles, we pack thousands of shoebox gifts each year, and a group meets twice monthly to handcraft items for the church’s boxes. Apostles is also an Operation Christmas Child Drop-Off Location during National Collection Week each November.

The Love of Giving, Inc.

Katherine Miller
Phone: (404) 275-4190
Email: miller.katherine@yahoo.com

The Love of Giving, for more than nine years, has devoted its energy to passionately serving the hungry, needy, and under-represented throughout Atlanta, GA. The Love of Giving feeds thousands of people each week, including food insecure families, the homeless population in Atlanta and surrounding areas. In addition, The Love of Giving donates much-needed clothing and toiletries to those in need.

VISION 9:38

Byron Johnson
404-333-1153
jbyronjohnson@gmail.com

VISION 9:38 desires to see more minority laborers sent into the harvest field. We provide financial assistance to minority missionaries to enable them to labor unhindered, confidently, consistently, and efficiently in the harvest field. 25-30% of the time is evangelizing and disciplining students at Morehouse College, and 70-75% is spent developing the fundraising component for other minority missionaries.

Wears Valley Ranch

Jim Wood
865-429-5437
jwood@wvr.org

Wears Valley Ranch is a ministry to children from crisis family situations. At the Ranch, children find hope and healing from the past as they live in Christ-centered homes and receive ongoing counseling. Each student also gets a tutorial education, tailored to his or her individual needs. Many of these children accept Christ and begin to follow Him wholeheartedly as they experience His love through the family at Wears Valley Ranch. The Ranch is in the Smoky Mountains near Sevierville, Tennessee.

Wycliffe Bible Translators

Beth Merrill
beth_merrill@sil.org

Wycliffe translators have taken the life-changing Word of God to hundreds of language groups around the world, but there are still over 2,000 languages that need the Scriptures. Wycliffe personnel work with local speakers to translate the Scripture into their own language so that all peoples can have the life-giving Word of God in their native tongue. Beth Merrill, an Apostles’ member, works with one of the Zapotec language groups in Mexico and is actively translating the New Testament and portions of the Old Testament into this variety of Zapotec. People from Apostles who would like to volunteer can work remotely as desired.

For more information, please contact Beth Merrill or visit their website link below.