Progress Report - 2007

• Whirlwind Missions has continued to grow around Metro Atlanta. We have expanded into Forest Park, Gainesville and Pittsburgh and added missions in Atlanta, Clarkston, Lawrenceville, and Marietta. Our work covers Norcross, Lithonia, Tucker, Sugar Loaf , Chamblee, Doraville, Tucker, Atlanta, Duluth, Clarkston, Conyers, Lawrenceville, Dekalb county, Gwinnett County and Fulton County.


• We have regular ongoing work in 38 complexes around Metro Atlanta. On January 1st, we'll have over 700 Campus Crusade students serving in 68 apartment complexes simultaneously!


• We are partnering with Stonemill Church and our board member Pastor Tito Ruiz to plant a new Spanish speaking congregation with our partners at Crosspointe Church in Gwinnett Crossings apartments. Tito's church at Stonemill is also thriving!


• Tim was the keynote speaker for the Texas WMU House Party.


• Our web site is the model for apartment ministry in America. There is an extensive Training section which spells out in detail how to start this type of ministry. There are also video and audio programs to download. We added twenty sessions in the Video Seminar. During the summer we've had as high as 4,000 hits a day.


• We have had teams from nearly every State east of the Mississippi River work with us this year. We had over 1,500 volunteers in June and July.


• Largest single outreach with one church was with First Baptist Atlanta, mobilizing over 500 volunteers in 36 apartment complexes feeding over 5,000 people. Over 100 residents in the community were saved!


• We have over 50.000 pictures on line which include virtual tours of every mission, pictures of every team that has worked with us as well as donations, Outreach Events and Training Material.


• We have added new partners including Elizabeth Street Baptist Church, First United Methodist Norcross, Dunwoody Baptist Church and Eastside Baptist Church.


• Our new business partner includes the International Medical Clinic.


• Tim has served in mission conferences at FBC Atlanta, Peachtree Corners BC, Midway Macedonia BC, FBC Conyers, Eastside Baptist Church, the Worship Place and National Association of Multi-Housing Ministries and Congregations, to name a few.


• We were involved with renovations of FBC Doraville where our HQ is located. We have started a new process of renovating Clarkston International Bible Church.


• We have added new maps, revised the maps extensively and added contact information.


• Tim was featured on the promotional DVD for the Mission Service Corps program for NAMB. He was the keynote speaker for the staff revival.


• Whirlwind expanded our staff to include Ashley - the youngest missionary of NAMB. And welcome to Kathy!


• We have had over 260 people accept Christ this year!

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