Missions

1. North American Missions (Annie Armstrong)

Location: National & Statewide (North America)
Focus: Church planting and compassion ministries across the United States and Canada.

• Pray: Lift up church planters, missionaries, and their families serving in rapidly growing metro areas and unreached communities.
• Know: Named in honor of Annie Armstrong—a tireless advocate for missions—this work supports over 2,400 missionary families spreading the gospel across North America.
• Give: 100% of gifts to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering go directly to field personnel and resources on the ground.
• Go: Participate in regional church planting partnerships, short-term mission trips, or community outreach projects across the country.

2. Collegiate Ministries — Daytona State College

Location: Local (Daytona Beach, FL)
Focus: Campus evangelism, student discipleship, and leadership development.

• Pray: Pray for open hearts among students, wisdom for campus leaders, and bold student believers sharing the gospel on campus.
• Know: College campuses are strategic mission fields where young adults make lifelong decisions. Our local collegiate ministry engages DSC students right in our backyard.
• Give: Support campus events, weekly gatherings, student outreach meals, and leadership training programs.
• Go: Serve as a mentor, help provide outreach meals, assist with welcome-week events, or join on-campus outreach efforts.

3. Collegiate Ministry Week

Location: Regional / National
Focus: Student leadership development, deep spiritual renewal, and missional training for college students.

• Pray: Lift up the college students and ministry leaders attending, praying for spiritual clarity, gospel conviction, and strong encouragement before heading back onto campus.
• Know: Collegiate Week brings together thousands of college students and campus leaders for high-impact worship, biblical teaching, and focused training to equip the next generation to live on mission.
• Give: Help offset conference registration, travel expenses, and housing costs so students can attend this life-changing event without financial barriers.
• Go: Participate as a chaperone or adult mentor, assist with trip logistics, or send college students from our church family to be trained and commissioned for campus ministry.

4. Canaveral Port Ministries

Location: Regional (Port Canaveral, FL)
Focus: International seafarer ministry, compassionate outreach, and maritime gospel ministry.

• Pray: Pray for international crew members far from home, for open doors to share the gospel, and for seafarers to carry the faith back to their home nations.
• Know: Port Canaveral hosts thousands of international crew members on cargo and cruise ships each week. This ministry meets their practical needs—like international phone cards, transportation, and care packages—while sharing the hope of Christ.
• Give: Donate funds or care package supplies (toiletries, Bibles, warm clothing) to support the daily ministry center that welcomes crew members arriving at port.
• Go: Serve as a port volunteer, driver, or hospitality host to welcome crew members, provide rides, or help pack and distribute care packages.

5. International Missions (Lottie Moon)

Location: Global
Focus: Unreached people groups, overseas church planting, and international gospel advancement.

• Pray: Lift up over 3,500 international missionary families serving on the front lines, asking for physical protection, spiritual endurance, and open doors among unreached nations.
• Know: Named in memory of Lottie Moon, who devoted nearly 40 years to sharing the gospel in China, this effort supports field personnel serving around the globe through the International Mission Board.
• Give: 100% of gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering directly fund missionary salaries, housing, medical care, and ministry resources on the field.
• Go: Explore opportunities for short-term international mission trips, mid-term internships, or long-term career missionary service.

6. Annual Missions Conference

Location: Local Church & Community
Focus: Churchwide mission mobilization, missionary connection, and global awareness.

• Pray: Pray for speaker preparation, host families, deep spiritual renewal across our church, and clear callings for members to step into mission field service.
• Know: Our annual flagship event brings together our supported missionaries, ministry partners, and church family for a dedicated focus on God's work across the world and right here at home.
• Give: Support conference logistics, missionary travel expenses, honorariums, and special mission project offerings collected during the gathering.
• Go: Attend sessions, host a missionary family in your home, volunteer on the conference setup and hospitality team, or commit to a new mission opportunity highlighted during the event.

7. Operation Christmas Child (Samaritan's Purse)

Location: Global
Focus: Evangelism, discipleship, and practical gift-giving to children worldwide.

• Pray: Pray for each child receiving a shoebox, asking that their hearts be open to the gospel message and that their local churches grow through The Greatest Journey discipleship program.
• Know: Operated by Samaritan’s Purse, this project collects shoeboxes packed with toys, school supplies, and hygiene items, pairing each gift with a presentation of the gospel to children in over 100 countries.
• Give: Pack shoeboxes with gifts and provide the necessary shipping funds ($10 per box) to help deliver gifts to hard-to-reach corners of the world.
• Go: Participate in church packing parties, volunteer at a local collection drop-off center, or serve at an OCC processing center during the collection season.

8. Raceway Ministries

Location: Regional & Local (Speedway Campgrounds)
Focus: Outreach, hospitality, chaplaincy, and evangelism within the motorsport's community.

• Pray: Pray for race fans, drivers, track workers, and emergency crews—asking for safety during race weekends and open hearts to spiritual conversations.
• Know: Raceway Ministries meets fans where they gather, establishing a compassionate Christian presence in speedway campgrounds during major racing events to build relationships and share God's hope.
• Give: Support hospitality tents, fresh coffee and water stations, shuttle/cart rides, children's activities, and devotional materials distributed throughout the campgrounds.
• Go: Serve on a raceway chaplaincy team, assist with campground hospitality, drive shuttles, or help host Sunday morning church services right on the track grounds.

9. Missionary Prayer Warriors

Location: Churchwide & Global Reach
Focus: Focused intercessory prayer, prayer chain mobilization, and spiritual warfare support for missionaries.

• Pray: Commit to receiving regular, urgent prayer updates from the field and lifting up physical, emotional, and spiritual protection for our partners.
• Know: Effective mission work is built on prayer. The Prayer Warriors team connects our church directly to missionaries to ensure they are never facing ministry challenges alone.
• Give: Support prayer guides, communication tools, and special care packages or encouraging notes sent to missionaries on the front lines.
• Go: Join the weekly or monthly intercessory prayer group, partner with a specific missionary family as a dedicated prayer partner, or help coordinate urgent prayer alerts for the congregation

10. The Gideons International

Location: Global Scripture Distribution
Focus: Placing Bibles in all nations and strategic locations to reach every person with the Gospel.

• Pray: Pray for the Gideons around the world and for open hearts to receive the Scripture distributions. Pray for local camps and scripture funding.
• Know: That a gift of any amount can help provide Bibles and New Testaments to reach lost souls.  Learn more about the scale of global placement in specialized venues.
• Give: Participate in our annual Gideon Offering or use Gideon Cards to purchase Scriptures in memory or in honor of loved ones.  Support local distribution funds.
• Go: Reach out to Jim Jolly about joining the mission as a Gideon.  Find Volunteer opportunities to support logistics or fundraising.

11. Street Ministry

Location: Streets of Daytona Beach
Focus: Evangelism

• Pray: Guidance and open hearts to hear the word of God. Prayer Walking. Pray for divine protection for those on the streets. Offer prayer on the spot.
• Know: The core message of Jesus, and the community we serve.
• Give: Blessing bags, water, snacks, hygiene kits, resources for care, the gift of listening
• Go: Forward in boldness to engage people for Christ.  Ask for permission to share the Gospel, invite them to church. Trust that planting the seed is you job, God is in control of the rest.

12.  Mission Dignity

Location: Southern Baptists Workers Within
Focus: Provide dignity to retirement-aged Southern Baptist ministers, workers, and their widows struggling to meet basic needs through advocacy and financial assistance for housing, food and medical bills.

• Pray: Lift up specific recipients facing health crises, surgeries, or financial strain, and pray for the ongoing success of the ministry.
• Know: Understand that 100%of annual gifts go directly to monthly grants for housing, food, and medical costs, as an endowment covers administrative expenses.
• Give: You can donate online or on Mission Dignity Sunday in June.
• Go: Share stories and advocate for retired servants in your local congregation. 

13. One More Child - Diaper Drive

Location: Local Church and Community Outreach
Focus: Providing direct household and infant supplies.

• Pray: interceding for structural safety and personal stability, emotional and financial transformation.
• Know: Initiatives like WIC do not cover diapers, out of pocket expenses for multiple infants and toddlers', risks severe debt, additional diapers allow toddlers to attend mandatory daycares.
• Give: Collect bulk diapers from friends and family to give to the diaper drive, financial gifts welcome and can pay online.
• Go: Host a diaper drive, assist with sorting and distribution inside compassion centers.