Mission

GREAT COMMISSION STRATEGY

• We will prioritize underserved areas and cities (see Paul in Acts) as well as like-minded people and missionaries.
• We will pray for the Great Commission on Sunday mornings and in our Community Groups.
• We will give financially through our budget and special offerings throughout the year.
• We will go on short-term trips both here in North America and to the nations.
• We will equip future pastors, church planters, and missionaries for the Great Commission through the ministry of our church.

SPENCER COUNTY/LOUISVILLE METRO:

We will seek to display the gospel through missional living and declare the gospel by engaging people in our spheres of influence, inviting them to church using invite cards, and practicing hospitality. We will continue to foster and serve our local partnerships in various ways. We will continue to reach different parts of our area by multiplying our Community Groups and serving through our community groups. We will seek to help advance ministry in the Spencer County and Louisville Metro area by praying, giving, and going. We will do this in partnership with the Long Run Baptist Association.

NORTH AMERICA:

We will adopt a city in North American where we will seek to plant a church. This will involve us praying, giving, and going to see this become a reality. We will do this in partnership with the North American Mission Board and other like-minded churches. We will also support church planting efforts and missionaries in other areas of North America.

KENTUCKY:

We will adopt a city in Kentucky or Southern Indiana area where we will seek to plant a church. This will involve us praying, giving, and going to see this become a reality. We will do this in partnership with the North American Mission Board. We will also support church planting efforts and missionaries in other areas of Kentucky.

WORLD:

We will adopt an unreached people group where we will seek to plant a church. This will involve us praying, giving, and going to see this become a reality. We will do this in partnership with the International Mission Board. We will also support church planting efforts and missionaries in other areas of the World.

PARTNERSHIPS:

	Love my Neighbor Inc. (LMN) is a non-profit organization that endeavors to minister to our community by offering clothing, shoes & other household needs.
	Re:Center is an organization dedicated to the Christian belief that we have a duty to help those in need. In our case, we rely on the gospel to help prevent homelessness, provide relief to the homeless, and rehabilitate the homeless population by repairing their relationship with Christ.
	The mission of Nik Ripken Ministries (NRM) is to expand the Kingdom of God by sharing truths and practices learned from believers in persecution. NRM engages current generations with the truth of Jesus Christ, challenging them to follow Him no matter the cost. Our prayer is that this new generation will set aside their fears so they can proclaim the good news and draw masses of hopelessly lost people to Him.
	Celebrate recovery is a biblically balanced approach to help bring sustainable recovery and healing to our hurts. It guides us toward new healthy truths and life-giving habits as we repair our broken relationships. Join more than 7 million hurting people across the globe who now walk in freedom through the power of Jesus Christ as we walk through the 8 principles of celebrate recovery based on the Beatitudes in Matthew 5.
	ALC Shelbyville is a community resource that exists to support women and families facing or having faced an unplanned or crisis pregnancy. We encourage and equip women to make educated decisions about their pregnancy.