Churches & Outreach Centers….
transforming lives,
transforming communities….

Because of your support, missionary churches
and outreach centers are present in the mountains
of southeastern Kentucky, providing evangelism,
pastoral care, Christian education, and leadership
development. Lives and communities
are being changed!

Transforming lives…

Jeff Frost, Conference Youth Facilitator,
is an example, “I have been blessed for many
years by my church and missionary pastors.
They have nurtured me in my spiritual growth
and helped me develop as a leader
both in and out of church.” His story is of…

Transforming communities…

A woman in our Red Bird Missionary Conference
area is in the situation Lazarus was in when
Jesus called him forth from the tomb.

She has stepped out of the tomb of life-controlling addiction into the light of rehabilitation. And, like Lazarus, she is still bound with the death wrappings. Hers though, consist of the effects of years of addiction on her body, on her self-esteem, on her self-confidence and on her soul.

A small church within the Red Bird Missionary Conference befriends her. A seed of hope is taking root within her…

The United Methodist emphasis on both evangelism and discipleship is a needed and vital form of witness in the area.

Read our many stories of how faith and daily life are connecting.