Identity & Mission Partners for 2015

Cooperation and Collaboration are important values for Peace Haven Baptist Church. We believe that Jesus calls us to labor with and alongside others in the work of the Kingdom of God. The mission of Peace Haven Baptist is expressed and extended through partnerships. Our identity and ministry partners are listed below. Click on their name to go to their website for more information. Each ministry or community organization is included in our church budget. We have a booklet that gives a better look at our partners. Please contact the church office if you would like a copy or just pick one up when you visit us next.

Missions Partners

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF)

Made up of individuals and approximately 1,900 affiliated churches, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is an organization that serves a larger renewal movement among Baptists. We are committed to discovering and providing resources that will empower churches to fulfill their mission in their particular context and will equip individuals to fulfill their calling under the Lordship of Christ.

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina (CBFNC)

We value fellowship and the many ways it brings us together. By Serving Others we are actively engaged in ministries around the state, nation and world. By Church Planting we launch new churches, Anglo and ethnic, to meet the needs of "those not here yet." Mission Churches - We encourage and equip local churches to engage in God's mission in their communities and wherever they feel called. Global Missions - We support and participate in missions outside N.C., including the mission efforts of the larger CBF movement. NC Missions Initiative – We focus efforts on pockets of intense poverty exist all across North Carolina.

Institute for Dismantling Racism

The Institute for Dismantling Racism is a community organization dedicated to the elimination of institutional racism and all other forms of oppression.  Our deliberate process is grounded on intentional community building through education, organizing and the establishment of institutional teams.  The ultimate goal is to develop institutional capacity for transformation and the development of anti-racist identity and culture, which will result in institutions equipped to support and affirm ALL individuals within and without them.

International Campus Ministries of the Triad

The International Campus Fellowship is a Christian sponsored organization which seeks to provide opportunities for International students to learn about and experience friendships with Americans in the Triad, as well as with other Internationals! Working in cooperation with each campus’ International Advisors, assistance is offered in helping students to make adjustments to U.S. culture, with on-going & special events planned throughout the year.

Mineral Springs Elementary School

Peace Haven Baptist Church has a church-school partnership with Mineral Springs Elementary and we are committed to helping them achieve their mission. Mineral Springs was a recent recipient of a large educational grant and named a Renzulli Academy of Arts and Technology. We are proud to be a community partner. Ministry opportunities at Mineral Springs Elementary include, but are not limited to: Assisting an individual child, Working with a group of children, Helping older students and Volunteering in the media center.

Missionary Family Counseling Services

We provide pastoral counseling and support to adults, adolescents, and family members with a particular focus on the counseling and support of missionaries, clergy, and their family members of all denominations. MFCS’s goal is to help each person find a satisfactory personal and cultural identity, but help with a variety of issues including loss and grief, depression, childhood abuse, poor health, alcohol/drug abuse, personality disorders, marital/family problems, emotional isolation, insecurity, low self-esteem, conflicting values and questions about religious beliefs.

Salvation Army WS/Women & Families Shelter

The Salvation Army offers programs designed to elevate the moral, physical, spiritual, and social aspects of an individual's life. We provide help to those who need it most, regardless of color, creed, religion or orientation. But every hungry soul fed, every homeless soul sheltered and every needy child comforted is done so because of a conviction to take the love of Jesus to "the least of these."

Samaritan Ministries

 "I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. . . I was a stranger and you invited me in. . ." Matthew 25:35. An interdenominational Christian ministry providing hope and healing by providing hot nutritional meal, year-round night shelter for homeless men, companionship with the hungry and homeless through Christian love and service.

Shalom Project

Every day at The Shalom Project we see mothers and fathers struggling to find food, clothing and medical services for their families. We are a Winston Salem charity that feeds the hungry, offers clothing to those in need, tutors at risk children and cares for the sick. The Shalom Project runs one of the largest food pantries and free medical clinics in Winston Salem. “Each week we provide over 1,450 meals – fill 100 prescriptions – see over 70 patients – provide emergency clothing for 200 - bring 125 meals to the homeless – plus offer an afterschool enrichment program to 35 at-risk youth.”  We are a volunteer driven organization with over 100 dedicated volunteers who have chosen to make a difference in their community each week. Without them we wouldn’t exist - We are The Shalom Project.

Additional Missions Engagements

Bethesda Center for the Homeless (Living Quarters—Lent)

We are a 501 (c)3 non-profit agency serving the homeless through a day shelter and emergency night shelter. Bethesda is the community’s largest provider of emergency shelter for homeless men and women, housing more than 600 people last year. It also is the area’s only day shelter, touching over 750 lives in the last year! The Bethesda Center is an entry point back into the community for homeless men and women through its supportive services which include: Case management, Spiritual development, and referral access To: Housing, Job Training, Adult Education, Mental Health Care and Physical Health Care.

CROP Hunger Walk (Church World Service)

The purpose of CROP Hunger Walk is to raise money to fight hunger locally and globally.  CROP Hunger Walk began in 1946 when farmers came together to share their crops with people in Europe who were suffering the devastation from World War II.  The first CROP Hunger Walk in Winston-Salem was held in 1979, and has been held annually, raising over $1 million to fight hunger.  For over 30 years, the CROP Hunger Walk has brought people of different faith communities, cultures and ages together to show their support for the poor, victims of famine, war and disease.  CROP Hunger Walk donations are shared with 75% going to Church World Service, one of the most effective and efficient international service agencies in the world, and 25% going to Crisis Control Ministry and Sunnyside Ministry to support their hunger alleviation programs in Forsyth County.  Since 1979, over $250,000 has stayed in our community to help our neighbors in need.

 The Enrichment Center

In 1983, a group of parents realized a need for programming following high school for their children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. They wanted an experience similar to that of their typical children who were going to college. With this thought, The Enrichment Center opened as an arts –oriented day program and became incorporated in 1984. The program began with only 3 students, and some very determined parents. Today, we serve over 400 individuals!

The Enrichment Center started in a small location off Bethania Station Road, utilizing only two Quonset huts. Then moved to the Hanes Community Building on Coliseum Drive. The Enrichment Center experienced much growth since 1984. To meet our growing needs, a capital campaign was launched in 1998 to raise funds to purchase the Jones Bakery located at 1006 S. Marshall Street as our new facility. 

Affiliations with funders were as important in the early days, as it is today. The Enrichment Center became a funded partner of United Way in 1987, Forsyth Technical Community College in 1993, and Vocational Rehabilitation in 1995. Center Point Human Services has always been an important part of our growth. The Enrichment Center remains very grateful to donors of all sizes who help to grow our mission. “Empowering individuals with disabilities: growth, dignity, choice”.

HorizonsResidential Care Center http://www.horizonscenter.org/ 

Horizons provides comprehensive interdisciplinary services for persons with developmental disabilities.  Situated on a spacious and scenic campus, Horizons offers both inside and outside facilities for physical activities including a gymnasium and a specialized playground. Special education is offered for many different disabilities and combinations of disabilities along with programs designed by professionals to focus on each individual resident. We are here to provide a compassionate home for those who need us.

Samaritan Ministry (Penny Drive—Christmas)

Samaritan Ministries is an interdenominational, volunteer based Christian ministry in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County. Serving hungry, homeless and people in need, 365 days a year, our programs include: Samaritan Soup Kitchen, Winston-Salem’s only soup kitchen; Samaritan Inn, a 69 bed homeless shelter for men; Project Cornerstone, a residential substance abuse recovery program for men.

Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child (Christmas)

The story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37) gives a clear picture of God's desire for us to help those in desperate need wherever we find them. After describing how the Samaritan rescued a hurting man whom others had passed by, Jesus told His hearers, "Go and do likewise."  For over 40 years, Samaritan's Purse has done our utmost to follow Christ's command by going to the aid of the world's poor, sick, and suffering. We are an effective means of reaching hurting people in countries around the world with food, medicine, and other assistance in the Name of Jesus Christ. This, in turn, earns us a hearing for the Gospel, the Good News of eternal life through Jesus Christ.

Christmas Gift Tree (Salvation Army—Christmas)

Each Christmas, The Salvation Army, with the help of hundreds of volunteers and donors, provides toys, food and clothing for our neighbors in need, and cares for those otherwise forgotten.  In 2011, we served more than 17,200 people in need in the greater Winston-Salem area. Of those served, more than 7,000 were children.  Together you donated 2,600 Angel Tree gifts, filled nearly 3,000 stockings and collected more than 700,000 cans of food. With your help, we distributed more than 20,000 toys, 4,400 coats and close to 3,300 food boxes. More than 4,100 presents were delivered to local facilities such as nursing homes, remembering those who may have otherwise been forgotten.  Some 338 volunteers gave over 3,000 hours of service to make Christmas brighter for those less fortunate.

Global Missions Partners

Marc and Kim Wyatt—Furniture Bank of Ottawa

The Furniture Bank of Ottawa originated in 2008 following an influx of Haitian refugees to the area. Since then it has grown in response to community need and today operates as a partner with many local social agencies.  Our Mission is to distribute quality used furniture and household goods to refugees; those transitioning from institutions, half-way houses, and shelters, along with others who have lost their possessions. In most instances, they have nothing when they arrive in Ottawa or move into their new housing. It isn’t just about furniture. It’s about children sleeping on a bed instead of a blanket on the floor. It’s about families sitting around a table talking and laughing while having a meal instead of holding their plates on their laps. It’s about helping families and newcomers, young and old, single moms and the working poor make their shelter a home. We help an average of 50 families a month – approximately 200 people, including 100 children.

Sam and Melody Harrell—Africa Exchange

Africa Exchange is . . .

a holistic endeavor in Christian mission in partnership with education, mission, and development organizations; to promote the exchange of resources across cultures; for the purpose of greater mutual understanding, appreciation and respect between Africans and other world citizens; resulting in mutual & participatory expressions of Christian compassion; to alleviate the plight of poor and marginalized communities in sub-Saharan Africa

Skyler and Ronella Daniel - http://skylerandronella.com/
Skyler and Ronella are serving with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Romania.  Peace Haven supports their ministry relationally and financially. Learn more by following the link above.