Gifts and Pledges thus far: $1,747,021.00
| 4-1-08 | Cash Receipts to Date: $1,091,700.00
Mortgage Balance: $698,000.00 | | 3-9-08 | Cash Receipts to Date: $1,068,000.00
Mortgage Balance: $712,769.00 | | 2-17-08 | Cash Receipts to Date: $1,063,000.00
Mortgage Balance: $746,000.00 | | 11-11-07 | Cash Receipts to Date: $884,000.00
Welcome Center: $200,000.00
Mortgage Balance: $915,000.00 | | 8-31-07 | Cash Receipts to Date: $859,872.00
Welcome Center: $187,872.00
Mortgage Balance: $940,047.00 |
OUR VISION
Hurstbourne Baptist Church continues to pursue its God-given mission to glorify God by sharing the life-changing love of Jesus Christ with our community and the world through evangelism, spiritual growth, and empowering its members for ministry.
The theme verse for the campaign helps us to see the task from God’s perspective. From the earliest of days, God has said that He will bless His people so that they can bless others. Here are the implications of that important biblical truth:
- we have been blessed. There is no question that God has richly blessed Hurstbourne
Baptist Church both as a church family and as individual families. As much as God
blesses us, it is never just for us. He blesses for a greater purpose.
- we have a mandate to bless others. The theme verse for the campaign from Genesis
12:2 is actually the Great Commission in Old Testament form. There is no greater
blessing a person can know than to experience life-change through a relationship with
Jesus Christ. He commanded the Church, “Go and make disciples of all peoples.”
- we can be a blessing. You and I not only can bless others, we can embody that
blessing. Others can know joy, love, and abundance of life in Jesus Christ because of
what we are and do.
OUR CHALLENGE
The Fall 2006 Capital Campaign is designed to enable us to fulfill our vision of being a blessing to others by reducing debt, expanding ministries, and improving our facility. The challenge before us is to raise the funds to make these things possible.
The church has secured the expertise of Cargill Associates. They have completed an in-depth feasibility study of our church and have shared their recommendations. We have planned accordingly.
Our goal is to raise $1.9 million over a three-year period. The funds will be used in the following ways:
- eliminate church debt: $1,310,000
- assume a portion of the current debt payment so that budget resources can be used
to expand ministry and staff: $180,000
- construction of a new Welcome Center on the Nottingham Parkway side of the
building: $200,000
- refurbish the Sanctuary particularly in the areas of sound and lighting technology,
carpet, and paint: $150,000
- Campaign expense: $60,000
What a blessing we will experience when these goals are reached; more importantly, what a blessing our church will be to our community and the world as we share the gospel and grow the Kingdom, debt-free, with new ministries, a more welcoming facility, and worship space that is bright and new both in sound and light.
YOUR PART
Ask God to help you see your part in the campaign. Volunteer to serve in the many opportunities that will be available. Give sacrificially. Successful campaigns have this truth at the forefront: not equal gifts, but equal sacrifice.
God has blessed you. Now its your turn: Be the blessing!
Changing Lives with Jesus’ Love,
Pastor Mike
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