In Acts 1:8 Jesus commanded us to live out the Grace [Great] Commission: "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

​

Here at Sylvester we prayerfully seek to obey this commandment with great discernment and great joy.

 

Our Jerusalem:

outside of personal evangelism and ongoing life groups, Bible studies and events designed to bring unsaved friends in our community to Christ we prayerfully participate in and support the following:

​

God's Helping Hands of Mecosta County:

This is a community coalition dedicated to helping the poor and needy through emergency food services and Resale Store. It is governed by nine churches in eastern Mecosta County and receives no federal or state funding. Open for food services, resale and donations on Tuesdays and Fridays, 9am to Noon.

​

Care Net Pregnancy Centers:

Offer hope to women facing unplanned pregnancies by providing practical help and emotional support. Free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, abortion information, parenting classes, and material assistance empower women to choose life. The ultimate aim of Care Net is to share the love and truth of Jesus Christ in both word and deed.

​

Life Resources:

Serving babies and parents for free! and offering free pregnancy tests, free ultrasounds, free parenting classes where people earn free baby/toddler items.​

​​

Hands of Jesus Ministry:

Fixing things that break in people's homes in our local community, construction help and maintenance with a view to sharing the Gospel first and the love of God in discipleship second. 

​

​

Our Judea:

​

Urban Transformation Ministries:

Breaking the fatherless cycle in urban communities within Grand Rapids and local cities through the transforming Gospel of Jesus Christ.

​​​​

​Youth For Christ:

Connecting young people in schools to meaningful relationships with each other and to faith in Christ where God can work to uncover His story of Hope.​

 

Forgotten Jail Ministries:

Forgotten Jail Ministries brings together inmates, chaplains, and lay-workers in the study and ministry of God's Word. Forgotten Jail Ministries chaplains conduct daily in-house jail ministries that include Biblical one-on-one counseling, Bible correspondence courses, group Bible studies, discipleship training units, distribution of Bibles and Christian books, showing of Christian DVD's, and the facilitation of pastor visits and local church worship services.

​

The Navigators:

Actively discipling and evangelizing in Grand Rapids and other areas within the hour of us.

​

​

Our Samaria:

​

Teen Challenge of West Michigan: 

Their mission is to evangelize people who have life-controlling problems and initiate the discipleship process to the point where the student can function as a Christian in society applying spiritually motivated biblical principles to relationships in the family, local church, chosen vocation, and the community. Teen Challenge endeavors to help people become mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well, and spiritually alive.​

​

Child Evangelism Fellowship of Michigan:

Their purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, to disciple them in the Word of God, and to establish them in a local church for Christian living. www.cefmi.com

​

​​​

​

The "ends of the earth."

​

International Association of Grace Ministries (IAGM):​

International. IAGM missionaries serve in the Middle East, Europe, West Africa, Central and Southeast Asia, Central and South America and New Zealand. Our prayer is for God to expand their base to other parts of the world as they continue to establish missionaries who share the Gospel and disciple those who come to Christ. 

​

- we currently support a number of works in restricted countries too dangerous to mention here for these missionaries both in the Middle East and in Europe.

​

Pastors Discipleship Network:

Discipling pastors in areas of Uganda and Kenya where the prosperity Gospel has taken root with great deception - Arthur and Becca Kiwala

​

Rural Pastors Institute:

Training new pastors and believers in sound teaching and discipling pastors in areas where the Prosperity Gospel has caused great deception and heartache among villagers in areas of Uganda.

​

Greater Europe Missions:

Emily Rezek is serving in France as a missionary sharing the Gospel and discipling believers.

​

​

Miscellaneous:

Franklin Graham Ministries/Samaritan's Purse

The Voice of the Martyrs

Barnabus Aid

The Gideons

Our Daily Bread

Cornerstone Christian Academy
 

 

​

​