What is Mission First? For some, it’s a refuge. It’s a place of encouragement. It’s help. For others, it’s a place of hope. But for all, it’s a place of practical help and spiritual light - it’s an oasis in the center of the Metro Jackson area.
Mission First, founded in 1999, is an inner city, non-profit missions organization designed to serve others the way Christ served during his time here on earth. We have six main programs that meet tangible needs and share Christ. Those programs meet people right at their point of need - children’s educational programming, sports ministries, community development programming, medical & dental services, legal assistance and a comprehensive wellness program.
MINISTRY STATISTICS
In 2010, Mission First:
- conducted over 1,200 Medical & Dental patient visits and provided over $400,000 in Medical & Dental services
- activated 317 Legal volunteers that assisted more than 1,200 legal clients that provided approximately $1 million in legal services
- invested in lives of hundreds of children and youth by mobilizing volunteers through our children's and sports programs
- mobilized over 2,400 volunteers through the Community Development Program to pour more than 10,000 volunteer hours of sweat into the West Park community
- strengthened nearly 50 clients through the Comprehensive Wellness Program
- built innumberable relationships with individuals in the community that are nutured and maintained day after day
- provided spiritual counsel and investment whose total impact is immeasurable and may only be fully recognized through the lens of the eternal
To date, Mission First has:
- built a 40,000 square foot ministry center
- invested over 6.8 million dollars in the community
- completed demolition of 20 apartment units, 4 commercial properties, 7 houses and 2 vacant lots
- renovated 2 houses
- delivered 5.5 tons of Thanksgiving dinners
- co-sponsored 12 health fairs
- provided more than $56,000 in Christmas Store gift items
- engaged over 53 churches in the ministries of Mission First
- sponsored 14 children's fairs
- witnessed new spiritual life and growth in thousands of individuals involved in weekly ministries highlighted
And the impact continues. . .