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A Missional People -
Led by the
Board of Mission and Outreach

The Mission and Outreach board supports four denominational offerings throughout the year: Retired Ministers and Missionaries, America for Christ,
One Great Hour of Sharing, and World Mission.


                               INTERNATIONAL MISSION SUPPORT

The American Baptist missionaries highlighted below are supported, in part, through our consistent support over the past twenty-five years. Many of TBC’s members and friends have participated in mission trips to the Dominican Republic, where our relationship with Kristy Engel began. All of the individuals shown below have devoted decades of their lives to serving Christ and attending to those in great need. We have been honored and blessed by having all of them visit our church!

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KRISTY ENGEL is a global consultant with a health care focus. She is trained as a pediatric nurse practitioner and served   for 12 years in the Dominican Republic, leading teams,         and working with public health issues. She helped coordinate the 2010 Haiti earthquake relief and worked in Liberia         during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. As a global consultant,  Kristy provides health assessments, training, clinical skills, partner consultation, and crisis relief throughout the world. Teaching about Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) is a hallmark of her work.

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PATTI and TIM LONG serve in Baja California, Mexico.                       Patti ministers as a special education teacher and resource specialist at the Monte Horeb Baptist Grade School in Tijuana, a school that reaches out to some of the most vulnerable of the city’s young people, its children with special needs. Tim serves in leadership development with the Baja Baptist Seminary of Mexicali, teaching present and future church leaders in Baja California, and with IM partners in the Dominican Republic. He also serves as on-site coordinator and professor in Palmer Seminary’s online Masters in Theological Studies program in Latino/a ministries.


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   KETLY and VITAL PIERRE work in the East Coast of the  
   Dominican Republic to strengthen local churches and  
   encourage existing churches to plant new ones and disciple
   new members. One way they do this is by leading and
   coordinating seminars and workshops. Through these sessions,
   pastors and leaders of local congregations learn how to start
   and strengthen a broad range of outreach ministries in their
   communities. The Pierres started the “Integral Vision
   Community Center” which aims to serve Haitian immigrants
   and serve as a link with volunteer groups, matching them   
   with local ministries according to where they would be
   the most effective and facilitate Haitian mission work
   both within the Dominican Republic and abroad.



LOCAL AND NATIONAL MISSION SUPPORT

Over the years, Tabernacle Baptist has faithfully supported  many local nonprofits, including the RI Community Food Bank, Help the HomelessRI, McAuley House, Calvary Baptist Food Pantry,  Be the Change West Warwick, and the Scituate Animal Shelter.
Denominational mission programs that we support include World Mission Offering,            America For Christ, One Great Hour of Sharing, and the Retired Ministers and Missionaries Fund. Gifts to Canonicus Camp and Conference Center have supported camperships for Providence youth.
Clothing drives yielded 50 warm coats for the homeless in 2020, which were distributed by McAuley House. Many warm items including sweatshirts, turtle necks, hats and gloves were also provided along with the coats.
Christmas gifts for needy families have been provided over the years through South Providence Neighborhood Ministries. Sadly, SPNM closed a few years ago, and Christmas gifts were redirected to support other areas of the country. This year (2021), however, gifts will once again remain local.
The folks at TBC do what they can to reach out into the community, including beautifying local areas with trash clean-ups. It’s our way of being the hands and feet of Jesus.

Tabernacle Baptist Church ~ 182 Seven Mile Road, PO Box 67, Hope RI 02831 ~ tbcofhope@gmail.com
We gather for worship at 9 am each Sunday morning.