Helping Haiti

Besides prayer - and we should all be praying powerfully and frequently for Haiti - we can also do something else, GIVE. Here is a list of legitimate and effective places to give to help the disaster in Haiti. They are experienced, love Jesus and need our help. Click the link for a list of links you can choose from thanks to Desiring God ministries.

Links to Viable Donation Places

Also this week at our Sunday gathering we will be praying for Haiti and the Haitian people along with taking up a donation to go to disaster relief and rescue. Come ready to pray and give generously in this great time of need. These are the times Christians should be the first and best to respond. If you have not already looked through these images which give a Big Picture, you should. Let them move your heart and motivate your prayers.

Planting Churches - Meet Jonathan McIntosh

At Mystery we have always been about supporting church plants. From day one we began saving and giving 10% of our income to church plants and church planters. We believe the greatest way to bring God glory is to plant churches that plant churches and make disciples. It's God's plan, we figured it should be ours too.

We have given to and currently support gospel works in Chicago, California, Tennessee, Texas, Uganda, India and Missouri and more. We always want our money to match up with our message. We would encourage every church or church plant, large or small to commit to supporting church plants. Others have given to us and we want to give to others. It's not about an amount faithfulness. If you don't start now you might never at all. That's true of our own giving as well as your church's generosity.

That said Mystery is continuing (and expanding in faith) our support of gospel centered, missionally minded churches into 2010. We might not be big. We might not have a lot of money, but we have people and leaders with generous hearts, big picture vision and bigger Christ trust


We will be introducing you to those we are continuing to support as well as some new additions to the family this year. First up meet the McIntosh's. We've know Jonathan for several years now and he has become a great friend and encourager to Mystery. God has put a call on his heart to plant Christ City Church in Memphis, TN. We'd entourage you check out his web site Re-think Mission for more info on himself, his family and their church plant as well as some very cool resources on living out the mission of the gospel in your context. If you're on twitter JMac is a regular poster and you can follow him at @JonMcIntosh. If you are in the Memphis area consider getting involved in this new work from the ground up. If you can, give to there efforts. And definately prayer. Church planting ain't easy. If you're in Joplin come be a part of a church that's helping plant churches. If you're already part of Mystery continue to pray for and give generously to so we can continue to be faithful with what we have and what we are called to accomplish alongside Christ.