But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 1:8

Here at Leatherwood Baptist Church, we believe this scripture means that we are to take the Gospel message to the entire world. We begin by learning about and praying for missionaries in our RA, GA, and Mission Friends programs, and by contributing to the Cooperative Program which supports missionaries both here at home and around the world. But we don’t stop at merely learning, praying and giving. We perform mission work in our community by ministering to the needs of our church members, supporting and working at the Baptist Service Center, and supporting and participating in Meals of Mercy. We are also involved with our local Sav-A-Life, as well as in working with World Changers each year to perform repairs on local homes. We also send mission teams to meet needs in other areas.

Ongoing Mission Projects
A member of Leatherwood felt a call from God about 12 years ago to minister to Native Americans and contacted the Fellowship of American Indian church in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Since then, he has led Leatherwood to help support this church (which is in a poor section of town) in ministering to that community. Two mission trips per year are made to Oklahoma for this purpose. Each summer, a team repairs/maintains their church building, conducts a Vacation Bible School, and holds evangelistic meetings. Each December, Christmas packages (donated by church members) are delivered to approximately 150 children.

Previous Mission Trips
In the summer of 2007, we sent a team to East Lawn Baptist Church in Pascagoula, Mississippi, to rebuild a drive-through awning which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

During the summer of 2008, we teamed with Monumental Baptist Church of Petersburg, Virginia, to visit a small church in Nuevo Progreso, Mexico. We were able to perform building repairs and paint their fellowship hall and auditorium. We held a Vacation Bible School at which over 100 children prayed to receive Jesus as their personal Savior. Revival services were held on Sunday and Wednesday nights and 15 adults prayed to receive Jesus as Savior and Lord of their lives.