2020 Sent Prayer Booklet

A Message from Lead Pastor Stephen Dervan
One of the last commands that Jesus gave to His followers was to “GO”. It seems so simple,
and yet so few of us truly engage in this task. It is impossible to read God’s Word and not catch
the heart of God in His desire to reach the nations.
Oak Hill has a long history of not just giving to missions but actively going to the ends of the
world with the message of the Gospel. As followers of Christ, we are to cross the street and
the oceans for the purpose of sharing the love of God. We accomplish this by praying, giving,
and going. As we increase our missions giving and involvement, it is going to take all of us to
do our part as we seek to impact our world for the sake of the Gospel because Jesus is our
only hope.
John tells us in Revelation 7:9, “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one
could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before
the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands…”.
We long for that day, and to think that God allows us to play a small role in reaching the
nations is unbelievably humbling.
I’m praying for a day when every member of Oak Hill has an active passport on standby ready
to go in His name.
Let’s reach the world together,
Pastor Stephen
Missions 2020
Jesus said to them again,
Oak Hill Baptist Church
100 Lakeside Rd
Williamson, GA 30292
770-227-5974
www.oakhillbaptist.org/missions-outreach
“Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me,
even so I am sending you.”
John 20:21

Prayerwalking Tips
Prayerwalking was once defined as praying on site with insight. Whether you are prayerwalking in
your neighborhood, in Salt Lake City or in Romania or India, below are some tips to help you as you
go.
Christian Women’s Center
New Mercy Baptist Church
Red Clay Ministries
Rushton’s Hope
GraceWorks Alaska (Anchorage)
Gospel Hope Church (Decatur, Georgia)
NAMB—Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
Redemption Hill Church (Saratoga Springs, Utah)
Seven Wells (Atlanta, Georgia)
Hopegivers International (India)
DeepStream Ministries (Guatemala)
IMB—Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
IMB AID Cluster (South Asia)
Teofil Mihoc (Romania)
Open Doors
Operation Christmas Child
www.oakhillbaptist.org/missions-outreach
Pray for Direction – Prayer originates with God, so talk with Him about how to get started. “Call to
me and I will answer you” (Jer. 33:3). Ask where He wants you to walk and pray. “Your ears will hear
a voice behind you saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it’” (Is. 30:21). Think of prayerwalking as a way to
get to know God better by taking a walk with Him.
Get Cleaned Up – Before you can pray for others, you need to be in right relationship with God. Allow
the Holy Spirit time to examine your heart, confess any known sin, and accept God’s forgiveness.
Then you will be a clean vessel ready for God’s use in prayer. “Search me, O God, and know my
heart” (Ps. 139:23-24). “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and
purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).
Get Dressed – The object of a prayerwalk is not to draw attention to yourself. In addition to putting
on the armor of God as described in Ephesians 6:10-18, be sure to wear clothing that is appropriate
for the season, location, and culture, as well as comfortable walking shoes.
Start Where You Are – Don’t worry about whether you’re doing everything exactly right, or what
other people may think of you. “Do not fear the reproach of men” (Isa. 51:7). Trust and lean on the
Holy Spirit. “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness” (Ro. 8:26-27). Take a short walk
around your neighborhood and ask God to give you eyes to see your neighbors as He sees them. Pray
silently for them as God gives you insight about them from what you see.
Use Scripture – To keep your prayers biblical, spend time reading the Bible. Memorize God’s Word or
carry a few key verses on index cards to refer to as you pray. "So will My word be which goes forth
from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, without accomplishing what I desire" (Is. 55:11).
Thank God that He loves your neighbors and pray that they would believe in Jesus – (John 3:16).
Ask Him to bring them out of darkness (Col. 1:13-14). Pray for them to be released from whatever
hinders their faith (2 Timothy 2:25-26). Allow God to teach you through Scripture to pray in the same
character as Jesus. Remember that “[God] is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine”
(Eph. 3:20), so pray believing that He will answer.
Involve Others – Invite a Christian co-worker to come to work early to walk by each desk and pray
for your fellow workers. Think about the places you’d like to prayerwalk and Christians you know in
that area who might walk and pray with you.

2020 Schedule
February 8th-9th
8:30AM
9:30AM -11:45AM
1:00PM -4:00PM
5:30PM
Prayer Breakfast
Equipping Opportunities
9:30AM 3 Circles Next Steps
10:45AM Power of Prayer in Missions
10:45AM Church Planting
Does the Bible Belt need another church?
with Ryan McCammack and Rod Dewberry
From Gospel Hope Church, Decatur
Outreach Opportunities
Local Prayer Walk
Red Clay Ministries
Brightmoor
Fortify
Christian Women’s Center
New Mercy Church
Rushton’s Hope
Stonebriar Subdivision
Fellowship Dinner with guest speaker Gordon Fort
A Message From Discipleship & Missions Pastor Tony Waller
As we continue to engage our neighbors, our community, the nation, and the nations with
the love of Jesus, we must never underestimate the role of prayer as we live SENT. We are
told in the book of James that the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Jesus
told the disciples in Luke 10 to pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers
into his harvest. In Acts 4, the church prays for boldness, and in Acts 12, the church prays in
unity for the release of Peter from prison.
This year for our Sent Weekend, we are privileged to have Dr. Gordon Fort from the
International Mission Board with us. Dr. Fort will be speaking on the role and power of prayer
in missions and outreach.
In this guide, you will find updates from Oak Hill’s missions and outreach partners, along with
current prayer requests. Please use this guide throughout the year as you pray and consider
how God might be leading you to join Him on mission. We also encourage you to stay
connected through SENT Missions (an Oak Hill Facebook group) and the Missions and
Outreach page on Oak Hill’s website (oakhillbaptist.org/missions-outreach) for updates
throughout the year.
Let’s join together and commit to continue to pray, give, and go in 2020 to see people
impacted and transformed through the redeeming Gospel message.
Blessings,
Pastor Tony
8:30AM
10:45AM
Muffins and Missions
Senior Adult breakfast with Keynote Speaker
Sunday Morning Worship
with Keynote Speaker Gordon Fort
2:00 PM Community Prayer Walk
tony@oakhillbaptist.org

Christian Women’s Center
Becky Smith, Executive Director
www.cwcga.org
The mission of the Christian Women’s Center is to
provide refuge to women in crisis believing they can
be restored to physical, emotional, and spiritual
wholeness through Christian discipleship. They provide temporary residence for women in crisis
due to drug and/or alcohol addiction.
Please pray for God’s provision for financial needs and spiritual growth. Pray for discernment
for leadership, staff, and volunteers as they serve these women.
You may support the CWC by making donations and shopping in the thrift store at North Griffin
Square (Belk) shopping center. Volunteer opportunities include teaching or facilitating Bible
study, creative arts, health/nutrition, health care, facility maintenance, lawn and garden care,
mentoring, and transportation assistance for appointments.
If you are interested in any of these areas, you may contact staff at 770.227.3700 or
exedir@cwcga.org.
Operation Christmas Child
www.samaritanspurse.org
Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan's Purse,
an international Christian relief and evangelism
organization headed by Franklin Graham. The mission of
Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a
tangible way to children in need around the world and to
share the Good News of Jesus Christ together with the local
church worldwide.
Since 1993 Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 168 million
shoeboxes to children in over 160 countries and territories. For many of these children, the giftfilled
shoebox is the first gift they have ever received.
Please pray for the millions of children who receive shoebox gifts as well as the network of
churches that share the gospel and follow up with the children.
Go to samaritanspurse.org/operation-Christmas-child for more information on OCC, packing a
shoebox, and volunteer opportunities.
New Mercy Baptist Church
Rev. Grady L. Caldwell, Pastor
www.newmercybaptist.org
The mission of New Mercy is to be a body of believers in
Jesus Christ that seeks the lost, disciples the found, and
teaches how to apply God’s Word to everyday life.
This year will be a time of assessment and evaluation of
the work they are doing compared to what they believe
the Lord has called them.
Please pray to the Lord of the harvest for more laborers
and for their Shepherd’s ministry to become all God is
calling them to be. Pray for them to have the wisdom
needed to remain good stewards of His provision.
You may contact Pastor Caldwell at
gradycaldwell@bellsouth.net.
Appalachian Trail Ministry
April 6th-10th $60
Minister to hikers on the AT, drama
presentations in Helen
Salt Lake City (Redemption Hill Church)
June 9th-14th $1500
Assist Redemption Hill family with
community outreach
Helen/North Georgia
Jun 15-19th $100
VBS, service projects, drama presentations,
one-on-one evangelism
Salt Lake City (Redemption Hill Church)
September $1500
Assist Redemption Hill family with
community outreach
South Asia (IMB)
April $2800
Work with missionary and national church
planters among unreached South Asians
Barcelona, Spain (IMB)
September 19th-27th $2400
Engage South Asians living in Europe
Guatemala (DeepStream Ministries)
September $1100
Minister among students and staff and in
local villages
Contact tony@oakhillbaptist.org for additional information
South Asia (IMB)
November $2500
Extreme trekking through mountains
engaging UUPGs or working in and around
the capital city engaging in villages

Teofil Mihoc
Jibou, Romania
Pastor of Jibou Baptist Church
President of the Cluj Baptist Association
Pastor Teo has been planting churches in his area for twenty
years. The association has 300 churches and 13,000 believers.
They have ten new churches with their own buildings.
The ministry focuses on unreached people groups around
them. Currently, they are discipling twelve gypsies in the
church with the intent to send them back to their communities
and plant churches. The second focus is creating strategies and reaching the unreached villages.
Please pray for wisdom, power, and health for Pastor Teo in his new position as association
president. Pray for more pastors to be involved in the Jibou Baptist Church mission. Pray for
resources as well as spiritual and physical protection for church planters and their families. Also
pray for the ability to disciple all of the new believers and for partnerships/provision for the
Kingdom work in their area.
Open Doors
www.opendoorsusa.org
Red Clay Ministries, Inc.
Rhonda Morgan, President
www.redclayministriesinc.org
The mission of Red Clay Ministries, Inc. is to identify and meet the physical, emotional, and
spiritual needs of those incarcerated so that the saving love of Jesus Christ will be shared
behind the razor wire.
The ministry has 50 volunteers certified by the State of Georgia to serve in state prisons and
10 additional volunteers who serve outside the prison. Red Clay Ministries serves at West
Central Integrated Treatment Facility (state prison for women in Zebulon) and the Spalding
County Jail. Additionally, Bibles are provided to prisoners in county jails through Lala’s Big
Dream ministry.
Please pray for opportunities to share the gospel as well as funds to purchase Bibles and
provide programs that maintain/strengthen relationships between children and their
parents who are incarcerated. Pray for the 82,000 children in Georgia with a parent in prison
and for prison chaplains.
You may support Red Clay Ministries by volunteering for projects inside and outside the jail.
Volunteers are needed for Project Connect (activities and programs), Bible study leaders,
worship leaders, and for raising funds. You may also visit Kroger.com, click “community
rewards”, and select Red Clay Ministries, Inc. to make a donation every time you shop.
Contact them by email at redclayministries@gmail.com or by using the contact tab on their
website.
One Church. One Family. Today, just like in the
book of Acts, Christians are persecuted all over
the world for following Jesus. More than 245 million Christians face imprisonment, loss of home and
assets, physical torture, beatings, rape, and even death as a result of their faith.
Six decades after Brother Andrew began smuggling Bibles, Open Doors is on the ground in over 60
countries, continuing to support Christians who are persecuted for their faith. They provide Bibles,
discipleship training, emergency aid, vocational skills, trauma counseling, advocacy and other
assistance so the churches in their communities can continue to advance the Gospel. Open Doors
considers it a privilege to provide aid to persecuted brothers and sisters who minister in the world’s
most hostile regions.
Go to opendoorsusa.org/take-action to find a number of ways to connect with and pray for this
ministry.

Rushton’s Hope, Inc.
Ron and Wanda Cook
www.rushtonshope.org
The mission of Rushton’s Hope is to impact lives with hope in
Christ by meeting physical and spiritual needs of homeless to
helpless, rejected to neglected, and abused to refused from our
inner city to any city.
This ministry serves nearly 1,000 individuals monthly through
community meals, worship services, food pantries, assistance
with medications, transportation, housing, pregnancy and
parenting counseling, clothes closets, jail ministry, block parties, and holiday events
throughout the year. Last year brought one of their greatest opportunities through the
establishment of their Hope Community Mission House which houses two missionaries
reaching the surrounding unchurched community.
Please pray for wisdom in leadership as they move forward into a new era of ministry, for
leaders and laborers to be supplied to meet the ever-increasing needs of ministry, for Ron
and Wanda in their walk with God, their work for Him, and His will for their life. Praise God
for His great faithfulness and the lives that are being transformed.
You may support Rushton’s Hope by donating food, hygiene products, household items, or
clothing. There are also volunteer opportunities for events, administration, and maintenance
items. All of these opportunities are listed on their website.
You may contact them at 770.468.6606 or by email at rushhope@bellsouth.net.
International Mission Board
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
www.imb.org
Since 1845, the IMB has partnered with churches to send missionaries to live and work among
those around the world with little to no access to the gospel. In 2019, 3,619 missionaries engaged
847 people groups around the world.
One hundred percent of gifts go directly for housing, training, education and healthcare of missionaries
that live among the unreached people they serve.
Affinity Initiatives and Diaspora (AID) Cluster
South Asia
From the heights of the mighty Himalayas to the crystal-clear water of the Maldives, South Asia is
both awe-inspiring and heart-wrenching. It has the largest concentration of non-Christians on the
planet. South Asia is home to more than 500 million Muslims and is the birthplace of Hinduism,
Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism.
With over 1.7 billion people, 22 million (only 1.54%) are
evangelical believers. South Asia has 1,975 unreached
people groups across the countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh,
India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Go to www.imb.org/south-asia to learn more. Select
“pray” under the South Asian Peoples heading to view
their prayer guide for this area.
Oak Hill is partnering with IMB for three mission trips in
2020. Two to South Asia (April and November) and one
to Barcelona, Spain (September).

DeepStream Ministries
Buena Vista, Guatemala
Mark and Gina Schmidt
www.deepstreamcommunity.com
DeepStream’s Educational Center is a wholistic, gospel-centric
mission focused on reforming the small village of Buena Vista
in four areas: spiritual, physical, mental, and social. Using
education and health, they are training an entire generation of
future leaders on how to live life as a complete person, love
God and others, and then live on mission for God.
They have over two hundred students on site each day. Mark
and Gina are beginning to focus more on leadership
development with hopes of expanding to other villages. They have just expanded their primary
play area which gives them more reach into the lives of the students daily and further impact in
the community.
Please pray for the lead team as they grow closer in Christ and community, for clarity and
energy for the Schmidt family as they lean in to the vision and mission of God for this area, and
for continued provision and partnerships. They are asking God for ten more church partners
this year.
You may support them by purchasing handmade leather products from CrashLeather. See their
website for more info. Also, you may sign up and go! Oak Hill will be taking a group in
September 2020.
GraceWorks Alaska
Dr. Scott Kirby, President
www.graceworksak.com
The mission of GraceWorks Alaska is to
literally transform Alaska by winning new
believers, growing disciples, and starting
new gatherings of believers through
volunteer teams.
In 2019, they provided 12,505 meals to boys and girls, hosted 1,210 mission
volunteers (housed at five different locations) along with 85 volunteer staff. They
ministered in fifteen parks five days a week all summer. Summer 2020 is nearly
booked with 1,348 volunteers committed.
Please pray for summer staff. They will need about 80 volunteer staff including volunteer cooks.
Also pray for the raising up of local leaders to lead groups of believers in the parks where
GraceWorks ministers, as well as a “discipleship genius” to mentor these local leaders and
catalyze a church planting movement.
You may support GraceWorks by being a volunteer! Find out more on their website or by
contacting them through email at gograceworks@aol.com.
Gospel Hope Church
Decatur, Ga
Ryan McCammack, Lead Pastor
Rodrick Dewberry, Executive Pastor
www.gospelhopechurch.com
Gospel Hope Church exists to make disciples who are growing in the gospel as a family while on
mission. They are an Oak Hill church plant partner.
In 2019, the pastoral team went to the Dominican Republic. They are training a team there with plans
to plant a church in Santo Domingo in 2021. On the home front, they are leading a group of 40 adults
in a Doctrine & Life course to actively engage in disciple-making.
Please pray for Ryan’s family as they care for his father who has Parkinson’s disease. Pray for “Connect
Sunday” in February designed to get people connected in small groups. Pray for an upcoming trip to
Dubai to meet with a missionary, and preparations to send a family to Lebanon soon.

North American Mission Board
Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
www.namb.net
The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is the
primary way we support mission efforts in
North America. One hundred percent of gifts
given to AAEO are used to support Southern Baptist missionaries serving across the United
States and Canada and U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American
Samoa. Every gift goes to train, resource, and send out thousands of missionaries involved in
church planting and compassion ministries. Partnership with Southern Baptist Convention
churches and individuals makes this work possible.
Many North American cities could reasonably be called pre-Christian. Even in the traditional
“Bible Belt” Christianity is being pushed to the margins. In the midst of this, God is bringing the
nations to our shores and offering unprecedented opportunities for the gospel.
Redemption Hill Church
Salt Lake City, Utah
Steve Pierson, Elder/Teaching Pastor
www.rhutah.church
The mission of Redemption Hill is to be a body of believers that
demonstrates the love of Jesus Christ to a lost world in order to
win lost souls. They are an Oak Hill church plant partner.
Approaching three years old, they are finally beginning to impact
the local Mormon community. The face of the church is rapidly
changing to reflect the younger culture in the area.
Please pray for a permanent building by summer 2020 as they currently meet in a middle school. Also
pray for a children’s pastor to join the team at Redemption Hill.
Oak Hill is partnering with Redemption Hill for two mission trips in 2020 in June and September.
Seven Wells
Atlanta, Ga
Paul Sewell
enjoyjesusmore.com
Paul and his wife, Elisha, make disciples at Georgia
Tech and in Atlanta to help them enjoy Jesus more
and flow his joy to the world. They raise up goers for
unreached nations and train them to go and thrive, not just go and survive.
They equip people to share the gospel through the “Enjoying Jesus” course, which is now
avaible online for anyone, anywhere, anytime to take. Over one hundred goers have been
launched to the nations through this ministry over the last 10 years. Their downstream
discipleship is truly a work of God through His grace.
Please pray for more goers to unreached nations, that hundreds would learn to enjoy Jesus
more through the course, wisdom in how to invest their time in this Kingdom work, and health
for their family, especially healing for their son Caspian.
HopeGivers International
Dr. Samuel Thomas, President, CEO
Pam Ward, COO
www.hopegivers.org
Hopegivers International’s vision is to rescue and
train one million orphan leaders worldwide to
impact their culture for Christ by 2030. They do this
by rescuing abandoned children on the streets of India and providing them with care and love,
sharpening them with the Word of God, and launching them as missionaries and leaders into
society.
The ministry has Hope Homes, operates primary and secondary schools, and provides
opportunities for Bible College and Seminary. Over 97% of their graduates go into full-time
ministry. Since beginning in 1960, they have established over 70,000 congregations. They will
have six hundred students graduating February 2020.
Please pray that they remember their main objectives to rescue, sharpen and launch. Pray for
the removal of the U.N. JJ Act Rule in India, Burma, and Nepal which prohibits ministries from
caring for children. Pray for all involved to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus. Also, pray
for monthly sponsors for the children, funds to purchase Bibles in the languages of India, and
the ability to distribute them freely.
See their website for information on mission trip opportunities.