Building Homes in Partnership
with God's People in Need
Faith Relations
"We must put faith and love into action to make them real, to make them come alive for people...true faith must be acted out."
- Millard Fuller, Founder of Habitat for Humanity
Ways Your Church Can Partner
With Habitat
Strengthen your faith - Strengthen your
church - Strengthen your community
- Pray for our mission! It is so simply and yet so powerful!
- Volunteer to be a liaison for your church, to communicate with our Faith Relations Director about ways to get your church involved.
- Request a Speaking Engagement - request a short presentation during a worship service, a church dinner or a group meeting. This is an opportunity for a larger portion of the congregation to learn about what Habitat is doing and discuss ways for your congregation to get involved. Contact our office to coordinate a date and time.
- Donate your time - schedule a group work day by checking out our volunteer page for more opportunities.
- Raise funding to sponsor a Habitat house or collaborate with other churches in your area to do an Apostles Build.
Interested?
If your church would like to learn more about Habitat for Humanity or become more involved in Habitat's mission, please contact:
Faith Relations Director
843-916-8815, Ext 17
faithrelations@habitatmb.org
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Habitat for Humanity have teamed up to build!
In an Apostles Build project, 12 churches - or coalition of churches - come together to build a Habitat for Humanity home. They raise the money and provide the labor and prayer support to build a house in partnership with a local family. With Habitat for Humanity, churches can share God's love by building houses.
The word 'disciple' comes from the Latin word for pupil or learner. Jesus chose 12 disciples as his closest associates. They traveled with Jesus and learned from him.
Benefits for Churches
The benefits of working with Habitat for Humanity are numerous - especially for your faith community. Building a house is a concrete way to put faith into action. An Apostles Build project calls people to leave the halls of the church and to serve in the way that the original apostles served. Working on this project allows people of faith to be the Body of Christ in the world. Another positive feature of an Apostles Build project is that it has a definite beginning and a definite end. Busy individuals can schedule time that they can give this project and churches can work the project into their calendars.
Many churches have reported that when they became Habitat partners, they experienced a revitalization throughout the congregation. Some noted that membership grew and that giving increased because people wanted to be a part of a vibrant church that was reaching beyond itself. Churches have also reported that members get excited about other mission opportunities after working on a Habitat project.
An Apostles Build project also has the potential to build community among churches that have never worked together before. After being a part of this joint project, you may decided to worship together or to cooperate in other ministries. You may learn about opportunities at various churches that may benefit another's members. Volunteers have the opportunity to meet new people and develop friendships with individuals from their own churches.
Conway Apostles Build
First Baptist of Conway
Jamestown Baptist
The Rock
2007 Catholic Build Partners
2007 Apostles Build II Partners
St. Delight Pentecostal
St. Stephens Episcopal
Ocean Drive Presbyterian
Trinity United Methodist
St. Joseph Baptist
Mt. Calvary Baptist
St. Paul AME
Church of the Lost and Found
Little River UMC
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