Local
This page contains links to various ministries in the Columbia metropolitan area that we are involved with. Check back from time to time to explore the possibilites! Contact Chris Gerlach at ctgerlach@yahoo.comor at 803.414.2223 for more information on how you can get involved in local outreach through Columbia Crossroads.
Kids Club :
This is an after-school program for children from Seven Oaks Elementary
Contact: Leslie Jones
803.767.2025
Prison Ministry :
God has sovereignly placed Columbia Crossroads within a few miles of the Broad River Road complex. Thousands of inmates need to hear the Words of Life for the first time or need constant discipleship. There are a variety of men's and women's ministry oportunities from which to choose. To learn more or to get involved, contact:
Brenda Moore (Women's Ministry)
803.319.4275
Belinda Cress (Women's Ministry)
803.794.8815
Campus Crusade for Christ
This ministry focuses on reaching out to students at college campuses. Joel and Kitty Hurdle are full time missionaries with Campus Crusade who work here in Columbia with USC students.
Contact: Joel and Kitty Hurdle
Project 1:27 :
This ministry engages in "creative assistance" to widows and orphans within our own church family as well as in our community and even internationally.
Contact: Esteban Cevallos
Contact: Esteban Cevallos
Sharing God's Love :
This is a local cooperative ministry that works with community families facing emergencies related to their basic living needs.
Contact: Marcia Adkins
803.732.3188
Child Evangelism Fellowship :
CEF ministers to children in our community through after-school Good News clubs, Christian Youth-in-Action summer programs and fair ministries.
Oliver Gospel Mission :
Oliver Gospel Mission reaches out to men in the community through their ministry to the Community Homeless of Columbia and through their Chrisitian Life Development addiction recovery program.
Contact: Tony Gordon
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) :
FCA challenges coaches and athletes on the professional, college, high school, junior high and youth levels to use the powerful medium of athletics to impact the world for Jesus Christ.
Contact: Twig Gray