Strategic Partnerships

We are here to assist our churches in addressing the Greatest Problem on Earth.

There are thousands of needs around the world— natural disasters, famine, pandemic, inadequate healthcare... None compare with the greatest problem in the world-LOSTNESS. How can we say that? While all these other problems will end at death, lostness begins at birth and never, ever ends. If someone is hungry, or homeless, or without shelter, when they die, that problem is over. But if someone dies without Christ, that problem lasts forever, hopeless.

174,202

People Die Every Day

Without Christ

You and I know the solution to that problem — it is the salvation that only comes in Jesus Christ. That is why of all the ministries and good things that the Cape Fear Network of Baptist Churches can invest our time and resources in, none compares to our providing strategic partnerships to you and the churches in the Cape Fear Network.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8

Our Assignment is clear.

From Mathew 28:19-20, and Acts 1:8, we are commanded to make disciples of our Lord Jesus in our community, in this country, and in all countries. Your Network provides opportunities where you can join with others to accomplish together what we cannot accomplish alone. Through our strategic partners, we really are On Mission Together.

Our Jerusalem and Judea — Cape Fear Region of North Carolina

Disaster Relief and Rebuilding – Baptists On Mission
Bible Distribution — Gideons
Goods and Gospel to the Homeless and Needy – Vigilant Hope
Counseling – Christ Centered Solutions and CareNet
Pro-Life Pregnancy Care Center – Life Line Pregnancy Center
Adoption and Foster Care — Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina

God is bringing the unreached within our reach.

We know from our census updates that there are over 1,700 households of Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists living in the communities of our Network churches. Why not take the gospel to them?

How?

The Cape Fear Network is providing specialized training opportunities for our churches on: Reaching the Muslims with the Gospel in Cape Fear; Helping Hindus with the Gospel in Cape Fear; and Building Bridges for the Gospel to Buddhists in Cape Fear.
Can you imagine your church sponsoring a refugee family from an unreached place or people group that is now resettling in your church community? How can we do that? Our Network is partnering with Church World Services to help new refugee families who are legally resettling in our Cape Fear area. The US government will provide financial assistance, but these families need people to help them secure household items, public transportation, groceries…everything needed for a new family.

To be able to do this, individuals must complete volunteer training and be willing to volunteer to be part of a resettlement team.

Our Judea and Samaria — North Carolina and the United States

Missions and Ministries in North Carolina – Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
Planting Churches in unreached areas of North America – North American Mission Board
Partnering with other SBC churches in New York City for evangelism – Coats for the City
Reaching South Asians in the United States – Global Gates

According to the 2020 Census, within the Washington DC area there are…

171,500 Muslims

95,000 Hindus

13,000 Buddhists

Our Opportunity:

Washington DC Mission Trip

March 17-21, 2026

Transportation: Since we will be going out in the afternoons in groups of 3, we will travel by our cars and the Network Van. After the deadline for registration, at our first Team Preparation meeting, we will decide who will be taking their cars and who will be sharing rides.

Itinerary: It is 3 days mission work and one day sight-seeing before returning home.

We will leave after lunch on Tuesday March 17 to drive our hotel in Virginia where we will be spending the next 4 nights.

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday- We will meet each morning for worship, prayer, and simple EV training for reaching out to Muslims especially, and touching on engaging Hindus also. We will eat lunch and supper in South Asian restaurants. South Asian food is delicious! Then in the afternoons we go in groups of 3 engaging South Asians. In Northern Virginia this will include a lot of entering restaurants and shops engaging South Asians working, shopping and living life.

Also, this timing will be near or at the end of Ramadan which will coincide with celebrations among the Muslim population where they give gifts. There will be opportunities for us to knock on doors and offer bibles and literature.

Saturday-We have tickets for the Museum of the Bible. After that, each vehicle is free to travel back to Wilmington.

Lodging: We are staying at a hotel near where we will be working. Each person can choose a single or double room with different cost.

Estimated cost is $485 includes insurance, fuel, double occupancy hotel room for 4 nights, supplies, materials, and ticket for the Museum of the Bible. Single room cost is $645

Register now with a $100 deposit at cfnoc.org/rsvp

Deadline for registering is February 9, so register now.

Our Ends of the Earth — Unreached Places and Peoples

Who are the Unreached and Unengaged?

Unreached peoples are defined as people groups with less than 2% evangelical Christian populations.

There are still 7,325 Unreached People Groups (UPG) on the earth.

Unengaged peoples are people groups, to the best of our knowledge, having no evangelical presence, neither missionaries from outside nor local Christians from within, implementing a church planting strategy among that people group.

There are still 3,175 Unengaged, Unreached People Groups (UUPG) on the earth today.

59% of the World’s Population, 4.6 Billion people, are unreached with the gospel,

And 3.2 Billion of those have little or no access to the gospel.

Question- How can one local church in the Southeastern corner of North Carolina ever address the world’s greatest problem among the unreached peoples and places on earth?

Our Network has two primary strategic partners for reaching the unreached around the world:

The largest concentration of lostness on the earth are South Asians.

1 out of every 3 Unreached People Groups are South Asian.

1 out of 3 Unengaged Unreached People Groups are South Asian.

1 out of 3 Muslims are South Asian.

For this reason, the Cape Fear Network of Baptist Churches voted unanimously in Executive Committee January 13, 2022 to focus our mission to the UUPG’s of the world on South Asians.

Why not calendar now and plan to actually go with others in our Network on a strategic mission trip to an unreached people group?

Here is YOUR opportunity to be involved:

October 13-21, 2025 - Mission trip to Bangladesh

If you are interested in any of these strategic opportunities, you can register online before the deadline HERE or email Michael Cloer for more information.