“Great opportunities to help others seldom come,
but small ones surround us every day.”
Sally Koch

The members of Park Road Baptist are committed to being God’s hands in this world. This statement represents the voice of the church as spoken in our 2003 visioning process. Therefore, we began a new period of intentional development of our commitments to missions, following a three-fold strategy: local, national, and international.

To Serve
You will find our current mission initiatives listed below. We welcome involvement in any of these programs and are open to new service ideas that you may have. If you wish to get involved, please contact the church office at 704.523.5717.

Mission Deacons, representing each of our leadership committees, now serve as a short-term visioning council, and seek to discern God’s call for this congregation, specifically as it relates to our response to the community around us. We are committed to the goal of giving at least 10% of our operating budget to missions reaching beyond our own campus. We have developed a “grass roots” approach to missions, which is designed to empower members to pursue their own passions in service. A growing portion of our mission budget will be dedicated to member-initiated projects of ministry. For a full understanding of our approach to Becoming Disciples through Service, see the Commitment Made Real document, the result of the Vision Team’s work.

Local mission projects include:

  • Crisis Assistance Ministry –- we host a satellite office on our campus three days a week. Volunteers are needed to interview candidates and do light administrative work.
  • Habitat For Humanity – we recently constructed a home in Avery County and are beginning another home in Charlotte. Ongoing work with Habitat continues. Check for opportunities in What’s Happening.
  • PRBC Needlers – a group of church members who share their sewing/needlepoint skills to create items for the needy, especially for babies and the elderly. Volunteers are needed to knit and sew. No prior experience is necessary. We can teach you.
  • Parkview Community – members assist by volunteering to mentor and fix meals for the children in the Parkview after-school program. Volunteers are needed any afternoon of the week.
  • Member Response Team – a volunteer team which seeks to provide basic assistance to church members (from home maintenance to financial advice). Volunteers are placed on a list to be called as needed.
  • Room in the Inn – every other Saturday night for the months of the winter, we provide housing for the homeless on our campus; Volunteers are needed to set up, drive, cook, spend the night and do laundry.
  • Sedgefield Tutoring – members work with elementary school children on reading skills one hour per week with much flexibility; volunteers are always welcome.
  • Uptown Men’s Shelter – members coordinate and serve a meal every other month on Saturdays at the Uptown Men’s Shelter. Volunteers are needed to coordinate meals, purchase food, and serve.

Other local projects of financial support include:
Urban Ministries, Baptist Counseling Center, Winter Emergency Shelter, ECO, Shepherd’s Center, Mecklenburg Ministries, Friendship Trays, Uptown Men’s Shelter, Loaves and Fishes, RAIN, and the Alzheimer’s Association.

National project:
We are working to develop a “Disaster Relief Team,” which would be prepared to respond in the event of a natural disaster occurring inside the United States.

International project:
In 2003, a PRBC delegation traveled to Cuba and formalized a relationship with the Resurrection Baptist Church in the Matanzas Province of Cuba. Our relationship with the people of Resurrection Baptist Church is increasing through communication and personal contact with their members. It is our intent to travel to Cuba, or to bring a delegation from Cuba to Charlotte, annually. The resolution adopted by the church can be found by clicking here.