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
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Why it Works...
- Stops dysfunction
- Resets priorities
- Limits liabilities
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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!