Missions

Family Promise of Jacksonville--More than 2.5 million children in America experience homelessness. 30% of America’s homeless are families with children. Family Promise of Jacksonville is making a difference in our area. They provide intensive, holistic case management for families with children experiencing homelessness by working with congregations and other social service agencies. Recognizing that poverty is a multifaceted problem that requires a multifaceted response, Family Promise of Jacksonville brings the faith community together to help our community’s families regain housing, independence and dignity in a time of need. With an 82% success rate of moving from homelessness to stability, Family Promise of Jacksonville is building a better community, one family at a time. More info at https://familypromisejax.org/

UNF Navigators-- The Navigators is a ministry that shares the gospel of Jesus and helps people grow in their relationship with Him through Life-to-Life® discipleship, creating spiritual generations of believers. Since its founding in 1933, The Navigators has upheld the mission “to know Christ, make Him known, and help others do the same®.” They are focused on developing disciples person-by-person and encouraging spiritual growth across life stages. To share the gospel and disciple all people in all places, The Navigators includes a wide variety of ministries and a broad family of missionaries, supporters, and volunteers. At the University of North Florida, the focus of the UNF Navigators is on lifelong disciple-making, from freshman year to life after college.

Downtown Ecumenical Services Council (DESC)--In the heart of downtown Jacksonville, DESC works with people trying to cover their basic needs. These people are struggling with hunger, staying warm and keeping a roof over their head. Some suffer from additional challenges like physical disabilities, mental health diagnoses, physical abuse or more. Almost all are desperate for help. Today, clients come to DESC from all over Jacksonville and our neighboring counties. All are greeted by a mix of compassionate staff and volunteers who provide encouragement along with our services. Currently, DESC is entirely funded through private donors, foundations and events.

Arlington Community Services is a food pantry for people and families in need or those living in motels or homeless. They also help with small amounts of financial assistance for rent or JEA bills on a referral basis. Their service area covers zip codes 32211, 32277, 32225, & parts of 32216 and 32246. Assistance is provided by appointment. They are staffed almost entirely by volunteers, and volunteer service opportunities are available.

     

Cru (the name for Campus Crusade for Christ’s U.S. affiliate) is a caring community passionate about connecting people to Jesus Christ. Our purpose is to help fulfill the Great Commission in the power of the Holy Spirit by winning people to faith in Jesus Christ, building them in their faith, and sending them to win and build others. Cru helps the body of Christ do evangelism and discipleship in a variety of creative ways. Cru offers spiritual guidance, resources and programs tailored to people from all cultures in every walk of life. Longtime “Roadies” Diane and Ben Goldsmith head up the local Cru affiliate. 

Developmental Learning Center (DLC), formerly known as DLC Nurse & Learn, serves children with Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome, Spina Bifida, Treacher Collins Syndrome, developmental delays, Fragile X Syndrome, cleft lip & palate, craniofacial disorders, Microcephaly, Autism, genetic disorders, seizure disorders, Congenital Heart Defects, HIE, feeding tubes, catheters, apnea monitors and other special needs & medical complexities – all are welcome at DLC. They provide childcare services, preschool, VPK, early intervention, PPEC, extended day programs, nursing care, onsite therapy services (physical, occupational and speech), developmental screening, summer care, and low adult to child ratios for small group attention to individual goals for each child. They have classrooms for infants 6 weeks - 5-year-olds, including VPK for 4-year-olds. They also have after school-age programs and summer care for youth up to 22 years of age. DLC is also an inclusion center and serves a limited number of typical developing children.

I Will Remember For You. Longtime CRC member Ansley Ward’s lifelong passion for caregiving inspired the creation of a non-profit dementia awareness ministry in 2021. She speaks at churches, support groups, and other functions, offering tips and practical advice on how to care for loved ones living with dementia and brain change. Through I Will Remember For You, her goal is that those affected by this disease and their care partners can find help, hope, and healing. It is her sincere hope that someday, a cure will be found and the need for I Will Remember For You will become a memory.  

Len Ministries--The bold mission of Len Ministries is to never stop taking the Gospel into the world to seek and to save those who are lost. They envision churches worldwide, empowered by the Holy Spirit, equipping the Body of Christ to win their cities for Jesus! They seek to accomplish this by equipping local and international churches to train their people to win their communities for Christ through evangelism. Strategies for this noble goal include: building relationships with churches and pastors through various opportunities, teaching and training local people in weekly sessions on evangelism, conducting short-term mission trips that give opportunity for others to exercise their evangelism skills and participate in the training of national pastors, assisting in orphanage and school ministry, reaching and teaching locally and internationally, and conducting various crusades. 

Set Apart CR—David Jones and family have been serving the indigenous people of Costa Rica for 26 years and believe that it’s a lifelong calling. In 2008 they ventured out to the North of Panama to work with the Ngäbe from the Bocas del Toro region. Now they split their time between Costa Rica and Panama although doing similar work. This work includes Scripture translation, promoting mother tongue literacy, evangelization, leading Bible camps, and supporting the local churches. Their inspiration for doing this work is the certainty that their work is not done in vain, because Isaiah 55 says that the Word of God does not return void, but that it accomplishes what the LORD desires.

India For Christ Ministries-- India for Christ Ministries (IFCM) is a team of committed men and women of God dedicated to show God’s love and reach the millions in the vast country of India with the good news of salvation and the way to eternal life. IFCM draws its inspiration from Matthew 9:37-38, striving to reach the lost with God’s love, concern and compassion by catering to the holistic needs of the community, irrespective of their backgrounds, and transform the individuals, families and societies of India. IFCM is committed to share the good news with the lost and spiritually dying in India through a holistic approach by teaching from the Word of God, thereby making disciples in obedience to the mandate of our God. IFCM is committed to continue to uplift the downtrodden irrespective of their caste, creed, language and religion by sending trained and dedicated workers to provide services in areas of education, health and socio-economic development.

The mission of RMI (Reciprocal Ministries International) is to transform lives via successful cross-cultural partnerships. RMI staff and volunteers work hand in hand with local churches—mostly in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere--to enable and resource them for life transformation. This takes place through evangelism, discipleship, education, community development and social compassion. It is a holistic endeavor that will enable an entire US church to have a strategic impact in the local church's lives and into their community. CRC has had a long-standing relationship with a church in Tiburon, a small town in the southwest peninsula of Haiti. This includes available sponsorships for individual children so they can attend school. 

TLC Uganda (Todd & Cindy Lemmon)— In 2013, God called Todd and Cindy Lemmon to missions in Uganda. TLC Uganda’s mission is to be of maximum service to God and His children in Uganda: to heal, protect, and nurture abundant life, and to restore relationships with God through Jesus Christ. In keeping with that mission, TLC Uganda is planning several projects to serve the people of Northern Uganda, where the ravages of violence, poverty, and disease have taken their greatest toll on this precious population. These projects include a church plant, a water sharing program, an agricultural program called “Plow it Forward,” and a Health and Respite Center to provide care for those who might otherwise have none.