Missions

Jesus’ plan for global redemption involves every believer testifying, in word and deed, to the life-transforming Gospel of Jesus Christ, wherever they live.

“World evangelization requires the whole Church to take the whole Gospel to the whole world.” (Lausanne Covenant)

We desire for every member of Redeemer to share this conviction and to feel equipped to participate in this Great Commission lifestyle, in their own neighborhoods and to the ends of the earth.

Our Convictions

At Redeemer Community Church, we’re committed to the Great Commission. As we focus our missions efforts, we want to remain united around clear, shared convictions as a congregation.

We Are Church-Centered

We mobilize every church member to participate in the Great Commission, because the church is the means, the method, and the end of missions. We identify, develop, send, and support missionaries whose task is to establish and strengthen local churches across the world.

Our aim in missions is to establish and strengthen churches that pursue multiplication and maturity: churches that are self-sustaining, self-governing, and self-propagating, with meaningful membership, leadership development, and a plurality of elders. Missionaries should labor toward a faithful exit when a local church, led by national believers, can continue the work independently.

We Seek City Welfare

We want to establish and strengthen churches in our city and cities around the world. We believe that ministry in Birmingham is just as important as missions around the world. Before Christ ascended He told His followers that they would be His witnesses in “Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Birmingham is our Jerusalem.

Our members are encouraged to experience the dynamic joy of mutually transformational relationships by serving alongside our local mission partners, who are seeking to make Jesus known in word and deed by caring for their under-resourced neighbors and communities.

We Prioritize Trusted Partnerships

We seek deep, long-term relationships between our missionaries and our church, prioritizing opportunities that will lead to lasting access to the gospel. We partner with missionaries and organizations who make local churches the center and face of ministry in their communities, and we invest in macro-partnerships with trusted ministries like Reaching & Teaching and The Upstream Collective.

We Aim Toward the Unreached

We prioritize sending missionaries and supporting efforts to the unreached so that every nation, tribe, and tongue hears the gospel and has healthy, contextualized churches in their community. Even our work among the reached parts of the world like Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa strengthens and mobilizes Majority World churches for the missionary task.

Our approach to contextualization upholds sound biblical doctrine, rejects religious syncretism, preserves essential truths, and seeks cultural understanding without theological compromise.

We Minister in Word & Deed

We take the gospel to the nations in both word and deed, believing that proclaiming Christ and demonstrating his love through action are inseparable parts of faithful mission. We partner with trusted ministries like Not Forgotten to meet urgent physical and spiritual needs in communities around the world, not as an end in themselves, but as a means of loving our neighbor and opening doors for gospel witness.

We Focus on Long-Term Results

We value enduring, lasting ministry over quick results and rapid multiplication. We aim to align short-term work with long-term partnerships, sending teams and individuals who can reinforce ongoing gospel work and build relational continuity with those we support.

Ultimately, we invest in work that we hope will outlast our church. Our prayer is to see churches planted and strengthened that will endure for generations, rooted in the gospel and pastored by godly, national believers who will carry the mission forward.

Local Missions

Christ commanded us as disciples to “love our neighbors.” At Redeemer, we seek to live out this commandment by engaging local ministry partners who are spreading the gospel in East Birmingham through word and deed. Learn more about Local Missions.

Global Missions

God’s heart is for the nations. At Redeemer, we mobilize, send, and support efforts to establish and strengthen churches among the nations in word and deed. Whether you want to go on a short-term mission trip, serve the nations in your neighborhood, support our missionaries, or move overseas, we want to help you participate in the Great Commission. Learn more about Global Missions.