Missions

Montana Missions

  • Our Southern Baptist churches in Montana average 25-40 members
  • Emmanuel is the largest Southern Baptist church in 300 miles
  • Montana's boundaries cover 147,016 square miles.

Emmanuel's vision is unique: our vision is not just our community, but our responsibility has become the entire state of Montana.

We Need Partners

1. Prayer Partners to pray for:

  • Emmanuel's Leadership
  • Adopted Churches
  • Mission Leaders
  • Development of technical abilities

2. Financial Partners to support:

  • Emmanuel's Overall Strategy
  • Specific Strategies
  • Specific Churches 

Our Mission History

  • Founded in 1952
  • 1st Southern Baptist Church in Montana
  • Produced 4 active Montana pastors from Emmanuel congregation
  • Extremely stable congregation with only 6 pastors since its founding
  • Emmanuel produced 9 foreign missionaries
  • 130 churches today are descendents of Emmanuel
  • Emmanuel has been led by Paul Jones since 1989 

Our Mission Strategy

1. Adopting dying churches

  • Why it Works...
    • Stops dysfunction
    • Resets priorities
    • Limits liabilities
  • Our Success...
    • Columbus Baptist Church
    • EBC Laurel Campus Church
    • 3e Convergence Church

2. Planting Churches in Montana's Population Centers

  • Billings
  • Great Falls
  • Missoula
  • Bozeman
  • Butte
  • Helena
  • Kalispell

3. Reaching Rural Montana Missions through

  • Internet
  • Streaming Video
  • Circuit Riders

 

Check out our Missions Brochure!