OUR MISSION
At Avenue Baptist Church, our mission is to live out our faith through practical action, community support and meaningful partnerships.
We believe church should make a difference beyond its walls. That means supporting people locally, responding to real needs and partnering with organisations that are creating lasting impact both in the UK and around the world.
We actively support Southend Foodbank, a local charity providing emergency food and practical support to people facing hardship across the Southend area.
Working with referral partners such as schools, healthcare providers and community organisations, the foodbank supplies nutritionally balanced food parcels to individuals and families in crisis. Alongside food provision, they offer a listening ear, signposting and support to help people move towards greater stability.
This is an ongoing commitment and forms a key part of our work serving the local community.
We support Compassion UK, a Christian charity working to release children from poverty through long-term, church-based partnerships.
As a church, we sponsor a child through Compassion, contributing to programmes that provide education, healthcare, nutrition and mentoring. This support is designed to create lasting change, equipping children with the opportunities they need for the future.
The Leprosy Mission is an international Christian organisation working to support people affected by leprosy.
Their work includes medical treatment, rehabilitation, education and community support, helping individuals not only to be cured of the disease but also to rebuild their lives with dignity and independence.
We also support Jill Duncan who is a church member & former youth leader with Avenue.
She is currently at St Andrew’s Church in Abu Dhabi working with young people in the church.
BMS World Mission Prayer For Peace
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Pray for care of innocent lives, shattered by war.
Comfort for the children who cry out in fear as they lose loved ones or parts of thier bodies.
Pray for the parents who search for food and safety.
Father God, in lands scorched by sorrow; in Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia, bring healing and peace.
To broken bodies, bring rest. To shattered families, bring reunification. Where there is hopelessness, bring Hope.
May we not turn away from the suffering of others.
We pray that the world will see, hear, speak and act in humanity, justice and peace.
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Lord, we cry for the suffering and the pain that the world is going through
Lord, let there be peace
