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MISSIONAL ENGAGEMENT
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MISSIONAL ENGAGEMENT Texas Baptists seeks to engage our churches to incorporate missions through strategic opportunities in Texas and around the world without duplicating the role of traditional mission-sending agencies.
ministries Church Starting & Replanting
BOUNCE & Disaster Recovery
Missionary Adoption Program Texas Baptist Missionaries Minister of Missions Minister’s Development & Missional Networks
(214) 828-5212 josue.valerio@txb.org
“The Center for Missional Engagement connects churches with missional opportunities whether that is in their community, the city, the state, the US or internationally. From a practitioner’s perspective, this is not just praying, giving and going, but also the development of a different way of thinking – a missional lifestyle” – Josué Valerio
River Ministry & Mexico Missions
House Churches & Philippi Churches
JOSUÉ VALERIO director
RIVER MINISTRY & MEXICO MISSIONS We connect churches to specific projects along the Texas/Mexico border and in the most populous Mexican cities. Churches can
CHURCH STARTING & REPLANTING Texas Baptists Church Starting helps assist, train and support church planters as they start new works. We work with churches and associations to identify where new churches should be started and where existing churches need assistance. The heart of our ministry is to connect people to a church where God is present, because when God shows up, good things happen.
txb.org/churchstarting
TOM HOWE associate director,
center for missional engagement (817) 201-2653 tom.howe@txb.org
serve with and through our River Ministry missionaries along either side of the Texas/Mexico border or the interior of Mexico at any time of the year in a multitude of ways.
txb.org/riverministry
MARIO ALBERTO GONZALEZ director, river ministry/ mexico missions (214) 828-5389 mario.gonzalez@txb.org
HOUSE CHURCHES & PHILIPPI CHURCHES There are many ways to start a church. We focus on the organic model for church planting, a natural model comprising a simple way to work as a church without the complications of
BOUNCE BOUNCE offers student ministry leaders the opportunity
a full system of programs. Visit us online to find information on starting churches in homes, work areas, parks, restaurants and more.
txb.org/philippi
to mobilize their middle school, high school and college students to be engaged in challenging mission service and inspiring times of worship through disaster recovery, community rehabilitation, and church planting. It’s all prepackaged– BOUNCE takes care of all the details so ministry leaders can focus on their students and serving others.
txb.org/bounce
DAVID SCOTT director, bounce (214) 828-5123 david.scott@txb.org
PAUL ATKINSON director, multi-housing/house
congregation & philippi churches (214) 828-5191 paul.atkinson@txb.org
TEXAS BAPTIST MISSIONARIES Help us come alongside Texas-based missionaries who serve in Texas and around the world by providing prayer,
MISSIONARY ADOPTION PROGRAM The Missionary Adoption Program (MAP) facilitates partnerships between Texas Baptists churches and individuals with churches and missionaries around the world. MAP missionaries focus on evangelism, discipleship and church planting. Local Baptist entities provide training, support and regular check-ins.
txb.org/map
encouragement and other resources that strengthen their gospel impact.
txb.org/txbmissionaries
MINISTER OF MISSIONS We partner with Texas Baptists churches who are practicing missional principles within their church, their community
NOE TREVIÑO director, map, txb missionary, minister of missions (361) 920-2481 noe.trevino@txb.org
and around the world. We also partner with Texas Baptists churches in expanding the outreach/community ministries of the local church.
the pastor’s common The Pastor’s Common exists to strengthen the Church by creating a space for Millennial and Gen Z Pastors to build community, grow intellectually, be resourced, and be heard. If you are interested in this group, join us on Facebook. Devoted: Devoted seeks to gather and empower young adults from across our state to live with purpose. Young Adult Pastors, College Pastors and young adult church leaders help us plan
MINISTER’S DEVELOPMENT & MISSIONAL NETWORKS church planting center
events in your city to gather young adults with the goal of identifying leaders to further develop into ministry positions for churches and ministries around the state. Embrace: Embrace exists to create mentorship cohorts for young women in ministry. These cohorts exist at different times during the year. If you know a young woman in ministry who may enjoy this type of mentorship and fellowship, please contact us. Community Ministry: Community Ministry is here to support pastors and churches who desire to connect with their communities through missions and ministry and connects them with opportunities, resources, and missional leadership training. We work with pastors to mobilize church members in their communities and to develop ministries that meet physical, spiritual and relational needs.
A Church Planting Center is a residency of current and potential church planters with the purpose of assessing, equipping, coaching, mentoring and resourcing them to start new Texas Baptists churches and ministries. Help us identify potential residents for the CPCs across the state and sponsor these important training centers.
DAVID MIRANDA director of minister’s development and missional networks (214) 828-5297 david.miranda@txb.org
TEXAS BAPTISTS E-TRAINING Equipping pastors, church leaders and volunteers for the work of ministry in innovative ways. Train your team with flexibility of time and place.
txb.org/etraining
DANILO ANTUNES VIEIRA e-training equipper danilo.vieira@texasbaptists.org
CONNECT WITH US. Administration Josué Valerio
Director, Center for Missional Engagement Personal development for missional leaders Assisting churches to connect with their community Helping churches to have a functional structure to mobilize their members (i.e. missions committees, missions teams, etc.) Missional and spiritual mentoring and training Orientation for mission trips Cross-cultural training Spiritual and gift assessments Helping churches to create missional experiments Training to develop a Memorandum of Understanding (214) 828-5212 Cell: (972) 261-6640 josue.valerio@txb.org
Church Starting & Replanting
River Ministry and Mexico Missions
BOUNCE
Tom Howe
Mario Alberto Gonzalez
Director, BOUNCE
Associate Director, Center for Missional Engagement CPCs Vision Trips Consult with dying churches to begin the process of replanting Retreats for church planters Assessment centers to discover church planters Worship leader essentials to train pastors and worship leaders (817) 201-2653 tom.howe@txb.org
John Silva
Church Starting Strategist (806) 392-6902 john.silva@txb.org
Daniel DeLeon
Church Starting Strategist (956) 330-6527 daniel.deleon@txb.org
Lonnie Tucker
Church Starting Strategist (985) 351-1883 lonnie.tucker@txb.org
Clay Jacobson
Church Starting Strategist (325) 436-1219 clay.jacobson@txb.org
Director, River Ministry/ Mexico Missions
Coaching and mentoring for pastors and leaders Training on “No Mas Violencia” / “NO More Violence” Conferences for pastoral families Discipleship in English and Spanish according to the Latino culture Assistance on organic church planting Sports clinics and other evangelistic tools Informational lectures about the opportunities for churches to do the Great Commission and practice the Great Commandment in the areas we are working Working with Immigrants- along with local associations in Texas or Regional Baptist Conventions in Mexico border cities (214) 828-5389 Cell: (214) 505-8324 mario.gonzalez@txb.org
David Scott
Spring Break mission opportunities for middle school, high school, and college students Summer mission opportunities for middle school, high school, and college students (214) 828-5123 david.scott@txb.org
Missionary Adoption Program Noe Treviño
Director, MAP, Minister of Missions, and Texas Baptist Missionaries Missional Best Practices: Sharing best practices for the local church as they participate in missions Local Church Missions Tool Kit: How to Start/ Strengthening the Missions Ministry in the local church. Sharing creative ideas on how a church can have a vibrant missions ministry Children on Mission: How to introduce, encourage, and mobilize your children’s ministry in missions (361) 920-2481 noe.trevino@txb.org
Texas Baptist Missionaries Noe Treviño
Director, MAP, Minister of Missions, and Texas Baptist Missionaries Same as above (361) 920-2481 noe.trevino@txb.org
David Kemerling
Texas Baptists Missionary Encourager dwkemerling@gmail.com
Ministers Development and Missional Network David Miranda
Director, Minister’s Development and Missional Networks Seven ongoing Church Planting Centers (CPCs) across the state The Pastor’s Common trainings/meetings Devoted gatherings Embrace cohorts
Community Mission
(214) 828-5297 Cell: (903) 335-6329 david.miranda@txb.org
Josué Valerio
Danilo Antunes Vieira
Director, Center for Missional Engagement Consultations with Pastors and Churches On-site Training Community Missions/ Ministry Leadership Development (214) 828-5212 Cell: (972) 261-6640 josue.valerio@txb.org
House Churches and Philippi Churches Paul Atkinson
Director, Multi-Housing/ House Congregation & Philippi Churches (214) 801-7195 paul.atkinson@txb.org
E-Training Equipper
Training on using the E-Training platform danilo.vieira@txb.org
CONNECT WITH US. Contact (() 972) 261-6640
josue.valerio@txb.org
7557 Rambler Road, Suite 1200 Dallas, TX 75231
Social Media
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@TXBMissions
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