Outreach Partners
Ministry & Mission Partners
The followers of Christ are called to have a two-fold purpose in the world around us: to love each other as disciples, and to love the world as proclaimers of the Good News of Jesus Christ. This is what St. Andrew’s mission statement sets forth.
St. Andrew’s partners with and financially supports select organizations engaged in ministry and mission that disseminate the Gospel within our Fort Worth community, both locally and globally. These include local Ministry Partners with whom we have forged robust connections to share the Gospel within our Fort Worth community, as well as Mission Partners dedicated to global outreach and evangelism beyond Fort Worth. A central focus of St. Andrew’s is to participate in the work of mission as an integral part of our discipleship in serving Christ and His people, therby expanding His Kingdom - whether within our town or across the globe. Please join us in praying for these partners and consider how you may get involved with your time, talents and treasure.
Jesus said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.“ Luke 10:2
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Local Ministry Partners
A ministry of the Anglican Diocese of Fort Worth. Camp Crucis, 140 -acre campus near Granbury, is a wonderful resource available to everyone in our Diocese - a peaceful place of Christian Community for nurturing, planning,, reflection and discussion. It serves as a diocesan resource center for ministry, education and spiritual renewal. Camp Crucis is available to other church denominations and organizations, private and public schools, non- profit groups and organizations, individuals and families and private groups.The Camp Crucis Summer Camping program offers an outstanding Christian camping program for children and teens from all denominations. It is a Christian community of love and fellowship where young people are encouraged to have fun and to experience the love of Christ. St. Andrew’s support helps to make possible camp scholarships for children whose families need assistance. Our partnership provides help with the Camp’s many ongoing capital improvements and facility maintenance. campcrucis.org
St. Andrew’s Men’s Ministry Serving at Ronald McDonald House
Members of St. Andrew’s began this ministry to address an important charitable need in our community. Once a month, church members meet to provide a meal at the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth. This hamburger/hot dog meal with “all the sides, and an ice cream dessert, enjoyably feeds the families of children who are hospitalized at Cook’s Children’s Hospital or are undergoing treatment for illnesses. Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth (RMHFW) provides a comforting and supportive environment for families facing the challenges of childhood illness understanding that a child’s illness affects the entire family’s well-being. They provide a home-away-from-home for families to find the solace, strength, and support that they need. The mission of the monthly cookout provided by St. Andrew’s members is to offer families a small touch of home. By feeding approximately 100 to 110 people each month it is the members’ hope to spread God’s kingdom in an honorable way and support the work of RMHFW. rmhfw.org
The brightest and best thinkers have wrestled with life’s ultimate questions. At SEARCH Ministries, we’ve sifted through books, lectures, manuscripts, and contemporary conversations with some of the leading intellectuals in the world to ensure that we can provide well-structured and meaningful answers to these legitimate questions about the existence of God, the trustworthiness of the Bible, the reality of heaven and hell, why “any religous path” or “leading a good life won’t get us to heaven.
Bill Kraftson, co-founder of SEARCH Ministries leads classes for parishioners to learn about relational evangelism called “I Can Do That!.” Leaders from SEARCH also partner with churches to provide Open Forums for seekers led in neutral settings on topics of truth without judgement or animosity. These discussions often open doors for much deeper conversations. SEARCH has also developed many wonderful books and resources to help equip Christians to become confident in sharing the gospel with others as a basic discipleship course for new believers and are now expanding their outreach into the 25-45 age demographic. searchnational.org
UGM of Tarrant County is a Christ-centered residential ministry on Lancaster for homeless men, women and families, providing life skills training and Christian discipleship. The mission also offers meals and chapel services for non-residents in need of assistance. Their goal is to help individuals develop the skills needed to become independent, productive community members. UGM’s Chaplain, Fr. Rogers is a priest in the Anglican Diocese of Fort Worth. St. Andrew’s has been involved with the Mission since its earliest days, with parishioners serving in many different roles: Leading regular chapel praise and worship services; assisting in meal service; donating school supplies for Mission children; initiating and facilitating the Alpha program for residents; and through our Sandwich Ministry members that assemble sandwiches during the week in our St. Andrew’s kitchen which are taken to UGM for the unsheltered who are in need. ugm-tc.org
Victory Ministries is a non-profit residential program ministering to those with addictions to drugs and alcohol and often with criminal backgrounds. The ministry offers transformational and healing though the grace and power of Jesus Chris. Men and women who have been bound by addictions find their lives are transformed through this six-month program of life-on-life discipleship. Through the services provided, men and women are inspired to achieve and accomplish extraordinary things to improve their lives while helping others. The first Thursday of each month a luncheon is held at the Men’s Home with several testimonies shared by the men and women demonstrating the miracle of lives redeemed in Christ a powerful experience for anyone interested in how this 24/7 discipleship program works. All are invited to come and see how the Lord is redeeming lives. When you invest in this ministry you are investing in souls. Together, we are building God’s kingdom by transforming individuals, neighborhoods and communities through the grace and power of Jesus Christ. victoryministriesdfw.org
Global Mission Partners
The Anglican Diocese of Northern Malawi
In the mid-90s, the Diocese of Fort Worth under Bishop Iker developed a companion relationship with the Anglican Diocese of Northern Malawi, Africa. A group of St. Andrew’s parishioners traveled on mission to Northern Malawi in 1996. Since then we have supported these Christians in a variety of ways, including helping to fund the boat “Emmanuel” for transport across Lake Malawi and funds for grain and rice during a severe famine. Our support has helped to strengthen the people of this Diocese who are often challenged with meager resources and needs that are basic and ongoing. In this way strengthening the Curch’s presence in Malawi. This Diocesan relationship is supported through the World Missions Committee, a ministry of the Anglican Diocese of Fort Worth. The Program is the cornerstone vehicle wheby Fort Worth Diocesan churches have contributed funds to halp pay the stipends of the clergy of Northern Malawi. The Centurion Program provides more than financial support; it is an exchange of prayers and relationship. St. Andrew’s has been paired in this Partnershop with Bishop Fanuel Magangani, who met the first St. Andrew’s missioners in 1996 as a young man. Our parish helped him to complete seminary training. Most recently, he received his D Mn in Pastoral Leadership from Nashotah House. Video of the history of Christian mission in Northern Malawi and our diocese and parish’s work over the years.
CaMP Global takes volunteer missionaries on medical missions serving the people of Haiti, providing imperfect, ordinary people with places to serve others in extraordinary ways while deepening our own relationship with God.
St. Andrew’s Global Mission Initiative
Established as a fund specifically earmarked for planning global parish mission initiatives that support international mission opportunities for parish participation.
Sharing of Ministries Abroad (SOMA), a mission agency called by God to serve the Anglican Church worldwide—building up and equipping the Body of Jesus Christ through the renewing power of the Holy Spirit, using short-term, cross cultural missions, for the transformation of individuals, churches and communities.
Dorcas Day, a member of St Andrews since the early 1990’s, was commissioned to serve as a missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators through a variety of support roles, all vital to the task of Bible translation. She has served in countries in Southeast Asia, Guatemala, Peru, and is now back in the United States.