COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
Church opens center for military families St. Luke UMC is 10 miles from Fort Benning, the fifth-largest military base in the world with 25,000 active-duty military and a total population of 110,000 people. To serve that community the church opened the Ranger Outreach Center, a ministry coordinated by retired Major Tony Mayne. The ministry provides medical-claims assistance and office space for service members who work in Columbus-area fellowship programs. “It might take someone needing help with their VA claims to get them to walk through a church door,” said Mayne. “If you show Christ’s love you can talk about Christ. But unless you can show the love, people are just not receptive to hearing the story. That’s how you build trust, and I think that’s what we’re doing here.”
MAJOR TONY MAYNE OPENS THE RANGER OUTREACH CENTER AT ST. LUKE UMC IN COLUMBUS, GA.
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