Mission-Partners

Haven House

Haven House ministers to Blount County families who have experienced domestic violence. Haven House’s mission is to save and change lives through intervention and prevention of domestic violence by offering 24 hour shelter and crisis Hotline, support services, at-risk youth programs and community awareness.

24 Hour Crisis Hotline Number – 865-982-1087

Blount Community Church has partnered with Haven House for more than two years. There are many ways in which you can help including:

· Christmas baskets and gifts
· Canned, non-perishable food donations
· Household cleaning supplies
· Over the counter medicines
· Diapers – all sizes
· Baby supplies
· Financial contributions
· Volunteer to work at the center

If you are interested in volunteering and / or contributing, contact Valerie Day at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Welcome Table

Blount Community Church helps with the Welcome Table, a ministry that serves hot meals and shares fellowship with everyone who walks through the door.

The ministry occurs at New Providence Presbyterian Church and Maryville First United Methodist Church every Tuesday and Thursday.

If you would like to help serve meals and share God’s love for others, the schedule is as follows:

Tuesday – 4:30 pm
New Providence Presbyterian Church
703 West Broadway Avenue
Maryville, Tennessee 37801

Thursday – 4:30 pm
Maryville First United Methodist Church
804 Montvale Station Road
Maryville, Tennessee 37803

For more information, contact Lauren Boardman at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Haiti - Dominican Republic

Blount Community Church partners with One Vision International to bring God’s love to the needy in Haiti and Dominican Republic.

BCC has sent multiple Mission Teams to these countries.

Blount Community Church provides help to One Vision’s orphanage in Haiti by way of building projects, repairs and financial support. We even bought the orphanage a vehicle for their use.

BCC has helped support an inner-city church in the Dominican Republic with repairs and expansion.The Team worked in the surrounding community in evangelistic efforts.

Mission trips are planned periodically.

If you are interested, contact Dain Baker at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Family Promise

Family Promise of Blount County is one of over 150 affiliates of the National Family Promise organization, which has been serving homeless families for 20 years.

The goal of Family Promise is to help homeless families find lasting employment and housing through a network of congregations and local resources within Blount County that provide overnight accommodations and meals to families on a week-to-week basis.

Families in the program are often facing homelessness for the first time due to job loss, medical conditions, financial problems or other unforeseen circumstances.

Blount Community Church is a support church to Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church, which serves as a host church in the Family Promise network. Four times a year (once each quarter), Mt. Lebanon will hostup to four families for a week at their church facility. BCC helps support their efforts by providing meals and a place to stay overnight and during weekends.

For more information, contact Kim Rop at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or contact Steve Rop at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Habitat For Humanity

Blount Community Church is partnering with Habitat for Humanity of Blount County to build a home for a needy family here in Blount County.

Habitat for Humanity of Blount County was founded as a Christian organization in 1992. They have built well over 100 homes. BCC is excited about this project and its upcoming start date of August 18, 2012.The "build" will take 10 – 12 weeks to complete.

Habitat for Humanity changes lives! This project will involve a large number of our members at Blount Community Church and it allows us to serve others right here in our community.

Contact Dain Baker – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Rwanda, Africa

Pastor Straton and his family. In 2008, BCC entered into a relationship with Pastor Straton Gataha and Eglise Vivante de Jesus Christ (The LIving Church of Jesus Christ). BCC leaders visited Rwanda in October 2008 to investigate avenues to support Pastor Straton and the work of his church. Four opportunities arose from our initial visit but one stands out among the rest.
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Big Creek

BCC has been involved taking teams to Big Creek in Bear Branch, Kentucky(Leslie, Clay, and Perry Counties) for the past three years. We have served the communities in the following ways:

Home repairs including new roofs
Community programs for the elderly and needy
Children's programs including tutoring, daycamps, clothing, and personal hygiene
Construction on Big Creek’s Mission headquarters

BCC works through the Big Creek Mission Agency helping them be a credible Christian mission force in the community and more importantly reaching out by sharing the love of Christ.

Possible site for building a Christian school.

Southeast Asia

Andy and Emily are originally from Tennessee. Emily was born and raised in Blount County. She served with Pastor Jeff for two summers while in college at the University of Tennessee. Pastor Jeff’s says of Emily, “She has always had a special heart for God. I don’t know anyone that has sought God harder or loves Jesus more. Her husband Andy is special as well and is deserving of a godly lady like Em. We will do whatever we can for them. They have the hearts of servants and live lives of sacrifice… they have taught me much about following God.”

They live in Southeast Asia with their children. Andy operates an agricultural farm teaching folks improved ways to farm and better use their resources. Emily serves ladies, assists the English school, is learning to make dairy products from goats, and is a mother.

BCC has helped support:

· A seminar for reaching others
· A three acre production field for agricultural farming
· A training event for Andy and two teammates (they traveled by a truck 15 hours to attend the 2 day training)
· A needy family buy work uniforms for their daughter’s first job
· Expenses for an Agricultural center. One such item was renovating a building used to train farmers in home industry skills(simple skills in processing Agriculture products efficiently and sanitarily)
· A new English Club for college students
· The purchase of equipment for the farm such as a generator

Andy and Emily have a monthly, electronic newsletter. If you want to receive this, email Gina Williams at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

You can also keep up with them at their family blog www.imperishableseed.blogspot.com.