Each Monday evening, if we receive Connect Cards from visitors during the Sunday morning worship service, we go and personally visit them in their home to thank them for coming, answer any questions they may have, and/or pray with them. This is a great ministry to connect with other church members in outreach ministry as well as with visitors to Mt. Sylvan.
Contact Barry Smith
Sunday School is a welcoming time of fellowship & Bible study, offering a broad variety of classes with different teaching styles and age groups so everyone can grow in their faith. From nursery age to senior adult and everyone in between, whether you’re a brand‑new Christian or have been a Christian for years, there is a class for you to study the Word and connect with others.
Visit Sunday School
or Contact Mike Barker
For boys 1st-6th grade, the RA program guides young boys to a greater understanding of God’s work in the world and how they can join Him in His work. Come learn about missions and have fun while doing it.
Contact Jonathan Peace
For girls 1st-6th grade, the GA program guides young girls to a greater understanding of God’s work in the world and how they can join Him in His work. Come learn about missions and have fun while doing it.
Contact Jonna McDonald
For kids 3yrs-K, Mission Friends teaches young boys and girls about missions through lessons, crafts, and fun.
Contact Danette Howard
Haystack seek to honor God and spread His message through a county-wide performance youth choir. If you live in the Smith County, TX area (or Hopkins County, TX), are in 7th-12th Grade, and you enjoy singing and having fun, join us on Wednesdays at 7:20pm to 8:00pm at Mt. Sylvan Baptist Church! This includes a summer choir tour to places like New York City, Disneyworld, Branson, Nashville, and the Cayman Islands.
Contact Kevin Woolley
The Mt. Sylvan Student Ministry is for all students 7th-12th grade. Meeting on Sunday mornings and Wednesday nights, we demonstrate to our students from Scripture the majesty of God and show that the God who made the earth, stars, and oceans also loves them. Teaching students the Gospel and what it means to be a child of God, they learn to worship, pray, and support each other. Our student ministry is focused on giving each student a Genesis-Revelation perspective on the Bible so that their lives are committed to the Gospel, and that is reflected through everything they do.
Contact Mike Reese
For those on mission to spread the Gospel, The Gideons International is an evangelical association that equips and mobilizes Christian business and professional men, along with their wives, to share God’s Word, winning others for Jesus Christ worldwide. Our single mission is to win others for the Lord Jesus Christ by strengthening one another, sharing the Gospel message, and distributing copies of God’s Word in hotels, hospitals, shelters, and other places where people often seek hope.
To Learn About Gideons International Visit:
or Contact Kevin Yandell
In Romans 13:1-7 we read that God established the institution of government for our good, that He sovereignly places each leader in that government, and we are to honor, respect and obey them. We also see throughout God’s word that He calls His spiritual shepherds to come alongside the ministers/shepherds of government to provide His vision and direction. Examples include Joseph to Pharoah, Jethro to Moses, Daniel to four emperors in two kingdoms, Nathan to David, and so many more. The Church Ambassador Network’s mission is to inspire the Church to engage government for the advance of God’s Kingdom. We do that by facilitating relationships between governing officials and the shepherds of the Church. Our desire is to advance God’s kingdom by sharing the Gospel of Jesus, and to promote good governance that honors Biblical principles and benefits the entire state.
To Learn More About Church Ambassador Network Visit:
or Contact Bruce Rudd
Glorifying God and proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ through music while providing opportunities for Christian growth, fellowship, and mission service, the six Singing Men of Texas chapters – sponsored by Texas Baptists Music & Worship – reach into every corner of the state. Each chapter consists primarily of music ministers, but pastors and other church or associational staff members as well as music faculty of colleges and universities are also welcome. Each group meets regularly for a time of fellowship, rehearsal and concert performances.
To Learn More About Singing Men of Texas Visit:
or Contact Bill Pollock
Singing Women of Texas chapters are comprised of church staff members, church choir members, as well as music educators in schools and universities. Each chapter meets together once a month for an afternoon of rehearsal and an evening concert at a local church or other ministry venue. Often, two or more chapters come together for a music mission trip or a special concert event. They have crossed the Texas borders to sing and share the Gospel throughout the U S including New England, the southeastern states, and most recently our Nation’s capital. The consistent mission of these dedicated ladies remains to glorify God and to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ through music; to provide opportunities for Christian growth, inspiration, fellowship and mission service; and to encourage musical excellence within the local church.
To Learn More About Singing Women of Texas Visit:
or Contact Pam Barker or Beth Talley
Amazon Outreach is a non-profit, interdenominational Christian mission organization formed to support churches and other organized ministries in Brazil in spreading the Gospel message of Jesus Christ throughout the Amazon River Basin. We partner with indigenous churches in Brazil that are seeking unreached people in the 30,000 villages with no Gospel presence, pastoral leadership, or biblical instruction. Amazon Outreach takes Christians from every walk of life to the Amazon River to participate in various ministries. These ministries include medical, dental, eye care, evangelism, construction, and bible instruction for men, women, and children. By meeting physical needs, we establish relationships with the villagers opening the door to share the love of Jesus Christ with them.
Next Mission Trip is June 2027
To learn more about the upcoming Mission Trip
Contact Bro. Brady Weaver at the church.
To learn More About Amazon Outreach Visit: https://amazonoutreach.org/
or Contact Steve Trammel at Amazon Outreach
The Bucket Ministry shares God’s love through the gift of clean, safe, drinking water. Providing under-resourced communities around the world with long-lasting water filters, the Bucket Ministry is able to forge and nurture new relationships with Jesus Christ, and inspire holistic change through discipleship training. Leading with love, we hire local missionaries, pastors, and laborers from within the very community we’re serving so the people carrying out this mission are the friends, neighbors, and family of the people on the receiving end of it. Because it is their home, they are uniquely positioned to commit long-term to the community’s physical and spiritual transformation.
To Learn More About The Bucket Ministry Visit:
or Contact Tracy Weems
ZAMBIA, AFRICA
Kenny and Lesley Vines, members of Mt. Sylvan, are full-time IMB missionaries in Zambia, Africa. They have served there since 2009. One of Kenny’s many ministry tasks is equipping local pastors to share the Gospel effectively.
Lesley homeschools their three children and works part time as a doctor in the local clinic. In many ways, Kenny is a modern-day David Livingstone working to bring the Gospel to the people in the heart of Africa.
To Learn More About the Vines’ Family and
their ministry in Africa Visit:
or Contact Ed & Kathy Vines
GOSPEL DIORAMAS
Prison Fellowship International is the world’s largest, most extensive network of multi-denominational, indigenous and autonomous Christian ministries working in the criminal justice field. Through compelling programs and practices, we pursue restoration and healing in response to crime so that offenders are transformed, relationships are reconciled and communities are restored.
To Learn More About Prison Fellowship Visit:
or Contact Steve Solomon
Since 1973, International Commission has been equipping and enabling believers in Jesus Christ worldwide to reach unbelievers and make disciples. We have worked in over 185 countries and territories, planted hundreds of new churches, mobilized thousands of believers to share the gospel, and introduced tens of millions of people to Jesus Christ. By partnering with local churches in evangelism, we help believers share the Gospel and make disciples.
To Learn More About International Commission Visit:
or Contact Rick Sydnor
Phil Johnsey ministered to four different churches over the course of 30 years. He then began to wonder what God had in store for the last chapter of his ministry. Phil remained faithful in prayer and Bible study for eleven months, and then followed as the Lord led him to a new goal. This goal was to plant 500 churches in fifteen years. His vision was to network churches with hearts for missions, of differing denominations, and have them serve together, provide resources, and bring the precious gospel to the people of East Africa through these church plants.
Church Missions Network (CMN) exists to bring HOPE through the good news of God’s love by directly connecting people, churches, and accomplishing more together than any of us could do alone.
God has led us to serve the incredible people of East Africa. There are hundreds of tribes in Africa; each with their own culture, belief system, and language. Many of these tribes have never been reached with the Gospel.
Islam continues to spread in East Africa. The area is full of cultic churches founded on the worship of “things” located in the geographical areas. Our network takes the Gospel to rural places where there are no evangelical churches.
Church Missions Network (CMN) exists to bring HOPE through the good news of God’s love by directly connecting people, churches, and accomplishing more together than any of us could do alone.
To Learn More About Church Missions Network Visit:
or Contact Rick Sydnor
Samaritan’s Purse sends gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to children in need around the world together with the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. By filling ordinary shoeboxes full of toys and other fun items, you can be part of giving boys and girls what may be their first gift ever! Local churches in more than 100 nations hand out these Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts at festive outreach events where the Gospel is presented in a child-friendly way. Each box bursting with items such as a soccer ball, doll, or stuffed animal becomes a tangible expression of God’s love to the child, their family, and their community. Many shoebox recipients also participate in our 12-lesson follow-up discipleship program, The Greatest Journey.
To Learn More About Samaritan’s Purse &
the Shoe Box Ministry Visit:
or Contact Gene & Tonia Williams
MSBC MISSIONS
COMMITTEE
The Missions Committee recommends to the Church any new mission opportunities, local, national, and/or international and helps serve as the financial arm of Mt. Sylvan’s missions program in supporting various missions, ministries, and opportunities both at home and around the world.
Contact Velmer Heim or the Church Office
Centrepoint Ministries
Mt. Sylvan
UMC
COMMUNITY
Food Pantry
Brad & Jackie Stanley Family
Local Association
State Association
National Association