Reaching Out To the Bay Area Community and the World
The members and ministries of Allen Temple Baptist Church have obeyed the Great Commission by extending the message and mission of God’s love by word and by deed. (Matthew 28:19-20).
The Allen Temple membership provides much in the way of outreach and support and while there are many unsung efforts by individuals, auxiliaries and ministries, following is a portion of the mission outreach by members of our congregation that have proved and continue to prove the love that God has for his people.
In The Bay Area
The Women’s Mission Society supported
- The High Rise Tutorial
- The Alameda County Black Infants Program
- Allen Temple Arms and Allen Temple Gardens Housing
- Project Pride
- The Adopt-a-Family Program
- Highland Hospital
- San Leandro Rescue Mission
- Providence House Recovery Home
- Lend-a Hand Foundation
- Allen Temple Baptist Church Scholarship Fund; The Samaritan Neighborhood Tutorial Center; Allen Temple Hispanic Ministry and the Nannie Helen Burroughs School (Monetary)
The Junior Deacons
- Served Thanksgiving dinner to families from the surrounding community
The Public Ministry
- Provided Christmas toys and food for neighborhood children
The Prison Ministry
- Conducted regular visits to jails and prisons throughout the year
- Proclaimed the Gospel and prayed for our incarcerated brothers and sisters
In the World
The AIDS Ministry
- Sent three teams to Zimbabwe
- Provided support to over 800 patients each time
- Provides financial support to the Mother of Peace Orphanage
Haiti Support
- Dr. Ramona Tascoe and Dr. Harold Orr provided medical treatment to victims of the devastating earthquake
- Deacon Randall White provided much needed support to the people of Haiti
Allen Temple Men’s Chorus
- Raise funds to assist the nursery at W.W. Brown Memorial Baptist Church in South Africa
- Partnered with the African Outreach Foundation to raise funds to support a outh mission effort in South Africa
The Women’s Mission Society
- Made monetary contributions to the Republic of Congo; the American Baptist Women Project; the Progressive Baptist Convention
If you would like to get involved, please link to the Global Missions Ministry for more information.