Here's what happened this year!
- Whirlwind Missions has continued to grow around Metro Atlanta. Our work covers Norcross, Chamblee, Doraville, Tucker, Atlanta, Duluth, Clarkston, Conyers, Lawrenceville, Lithonia, Tucker, Sugar Loaf, Avondale Station, Roswell, Gainesville, Scottsdale, Dekalb county, Gwinnett County and Fulton County.
- Campus Crusade will have over 700 students handing out boxes of food and sharing the Gospel in 67 locations on January 1st! We hosted over 2.700 volunteers so far this year.
- During one week of the Summer, we had over 1,000 volunteers in 32 locations.
- We have regular ongoing work in 32 complexes around Metro Atlanta.
- Tim is the supervisor for twenty four Mission Service Corps missionaries at NAMB. We have three more in the process currently. They serve in a wide variety of innovative ministries including literacy, craft, computer skills, cowboy church and mentoring.
- Tim was given the position of raising up more multi-housing ministries and training for the Florida, N.Carolina, S. Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia This is with the National Association of Multi-housing Ministries and Congregations. This is the official partnership that NAMB has with the on site ministries.
- Tim conducts monthly seminars with the new missionary candidates for NAMB.
- Our new business partners include Clarkston Community Center and the Gwinnett Leadership Institute.
- 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 19 video subjects and audio programs to download.
- We have over 94,000 photos on line which include virtual tours of every mission, pictures of the teams that have worked with us as well as Donations, Outreach Events and Training material.
- We have added new partners including 12 Stone Church, Open Table Church, N. Metro Baptist Church, Redeemer Church and Total Grace Church.
- We have provided computers to families and missions around Chamblee, Doraville and Clarkston. We purchased sewing machines to start sewing classes for the refugee women in Clarkston. We've purchased innumerable balls and games.
- Tim has served in mission conferences at FBC Atlanta, Peachtree Corners BC, and FBC Conyers, to name a few.
- We were involved with renovations of Clarkston International Bible Church & FBC Doraville where our HQ is located.
- We have expanded our partnership with the Police departments and have ongoing work with the Dekalb PD, Chamblee PD, Doraville PD, Fulton County PD and Gwinnett County PD.
- We have had over 200 people accept Christ this year!