We believe in doing missions both locally and globally.
As a church the desire of our heart is to get the message of the gospel to those who don’t know Christ. We participate in missions financially by giving 10% of all of our money to mission causes throughout our community, our state, and the world. And we also participate in missions by praying and going.
Local Mission Focus
We have regularly done a number of different service and missions projects in our community.
For example, we have served at and financially supported:
The Fresno Rescue Mission and The Poverello House, both of which minister to the marginalized, homeless, and poor here in the greater Fresno/Clovis area.
The Pregnancy Care Center, which offers compassionate help to women and men through free pregnancy medical and support services; educates our community on healthy relationships and sexual integrity; and provides resources for healing to those who have experienced reproductive loss.
The Marjaree Mason Center, a ministry that provides emergency and longer-term safe housing, along with a wide variety of support services for victims of domestic violence in Fresno County.
We strongly encourage individuals within the church to be “on mission” in their own way… outside of what we plan and do as a whole church!
As a church we believe there is a great need in our community to be involved in ministry to a group of people that the Bible would call “orphans.” For that reason we promote, encourage, and support our families that get involved in foster care and adoption. Over the years we have had several families that have gone through the process of becoming what Fresno County calls Resource Families.
International Missions
Global missions is a high priority for us at Soma. We recognize that most of the people in the world that do not know the goodness and grace of Christ are living outside of the United States. With that in mind, we want to be a church that loves and reaches the nations as best as we can. We directly support several missionary works.
We also join with other Southern Baptist churches to support over 4,000 missionaries around the world through giving to the International Mission Board. For more info you can check out their website at imb.org.
Along with prayer and financial support we lead trips periodically to help serve others with the love of Jesus. Over the past few years, we have sent two mission teams to Greece, Armenia, and Japan.
On top of that, we strongly encourage people within the congregation to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit to serve internationally or domestically their own or as a team outside of Soma.
If you are interested in Soma missions, please call the office 559.292.6595 or email us at info@somachristian.com
