The Great Outdoors Community Church is committed to Jesus’ command to “go and make disciples of all nations” by supporting ministries and missionaries both locally and around the world. Fifteen percent of the church’s annual budget is allocated to missions. And that is just the starting point. Each year the church raises thousands of dollars in additional missionary support through special offerings and various fundraising events. In Acts 1:8, Jesus told his disciples, “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” GOCC models its missionary support after this verse.
The Missions Committee
The Missions Committee exists to help the church do its part in fulfilling the Great Commission and to expand the church’s mission to connect people to God and to each other outside the church.
We accomplish these priorities by partnering with ministry organizations and missionaries both here in Brevard County and all over world. We strive to provide our missions partners support by:
- praying for them
- encouraging them
- funding them
- serving with them when possible.
2024 Highlights
- Distributed $102,208 to 26 ministries and missionaries. $82,625 of this was from the regular budget and the rest was from special offerings and designated giving.
- Distributed $22,765 to 7 local ministries:
- North Brevard Charities
- Good News Prison/Jail Ministry
- Life Recaptured
- Children’s Hunger Project
- Christian Ministry Concepts
- Canaveral Port Ministry
- Nana’s House.
- Distributed $34,043 to 6 ministries based in North America:
- Air Mobile Ministries
- Samaritan’s Purse
- Prison Book
- Eagle College (Mexico)
- Stride Ministries (Utah)
- The Gideons International
- Distributed $43,400 to 11 international missionaries/missionary families:
- The Willett family (Papua New Guinea)
- The Shropshire family (Senegal, West Africa)
- The Klebs family. (South Asia)
- The Dawson family. (Venezuela)
- The Nystrom family. (Papua New Guinea)
- The Devkota family. (Nepal)
- Maggie VanSlooten (recruits and mentors missionaries globally)
- Pastor Rafique. (Pakistan)
- Pastor Masih (Pakistan)
- Tass Saada (Israel, Gaza and the West Bank)
- Mission India (India)
