Mission and Outreach

As Jesus commanded, we are involved in mission locally and worldwide in three ways.

Being informed - We use some of our time together to learn of local, national and international mission work. This may be from the organisation's publicity or the visit of a representative.

Providing support - We support God's work through prayer, financial giving and personal contact.

Encouraging involvement - We promote direct involvement in mission, both locally and going overseas.

Supported missions

Belle Vue has committed part of its income to the causes below and supports them through regular prayer. We also give financially to specific causes, for example appeals of charity organisations at times of famine or disasters.

Baptist Union Home Mission

Home Mission is the Baptist Family sharing together to enable mission throughout Great Britain. Home Mission helps churches in strategic mission situations, that could not have otherwise afford a minister, to have one. It funds chaplains working in education and industry. It supports evangelists and missioners.

By sharing together, we enable the spread of the Gospel and the growth of the Church. And by working together and pooling our resources we can achieve so much more.

Your support can make a world of difference - it enables the Baptist Union to help others across the country. As a member of the Baptist family, Home Mission has got everything to do with you! And with God's work!

Website : BU Home Mission

Baptist Missionary Society

As a leading Christian mission organisation, BMS aims to share life in all its fullness with the world’s peoples by:
Enabling them to know Christ
Alleviating suffering and injustice
Improving the quality of life
With people as the primary agent of change - motivating, training, sending and resourcing them.

Contact :

Website : BMS - Belle Vue has its own section : BMS - Belle Vue

Link Missionary

As well as giving financially, we have  a particular interest in the work of our BMS Link Missionary, Susan Lodge, .

Birthday Scheme

BMS has a scheme by which you can mark your birthday by giving a present (donation to BMS). See Maureen for details.

Anusaran

John & Abha David working in Dwarka, New Delhi, India, had the vision that ‘Every woman and child should get an opportunity to live life in its full dimension without any discrimination’. They founded a charity, "ANUSARAN" which means means ‘following by example’ and aims to educate children and give women skills such as embroidery. The work is on two sites. One, near their flat in a slum area, has two rooms for teaching the children and women while a third is the meeting place for the church, which has a congregation of 40 (mainly children) led by John. The second site, 20 minutes away, is larger. The Davids also have links with an orphanage.

Some years ago, a team of ten from Belle Vue and Avenue Baptist Churches, as part of a BMS project, spent time working with Anusaran. Each year since, Colin Norris and David Eastwick of the original team with others from Belle Vue, have been made further visits , supported by the church.

Read more on the Anusaran website. Anusaran Roof Appeal.

Pastor John's Newsletters May 2010, February 2010, January 2010, December 2009

Tools with a Mission

TOOLS WITH A MISSION is a Christian Charity sending gifts of good quality tools into many countries. It enables those who receive them to earn a living and change their world. The Southend Tools Workshop in Friendship House renovates donated tools for TWAM.

Contact : John Bailey (Southend Tools Workshop)

Website : Tools with a Mission

Homeless Action Resource Project

HARP (Homeless Action Resource Project) is a new and progressive charity combining the services of the former Southend Centre for the Homeless and Southend Night Shelter for the Homeless. This exciting and innovative venture offers a broad range of services aimed at tackling the issues facing Southend's homeless.

Website : HARP

GO! SIGN (Christian Deaf Link UK)

GO! SIGN is the new working name of Christian Deaf Link UK, a Christian organisation working to meet the spiritual and social needs of Deaf people and their families, spreading the Gospel within the Deaf community and encouraging Deaf Christians to develop their gifts, and reach their full potential, within the Christian community. Belle Vue church member, Karen is part-time administrator for CDL UK and works from their office within Friendship House.

Contact : Karen Gutberlet

Website : GO! SIGN