Ministries

SMBC started supporting its first full-time missionary (Mary Stephens) in Liberia in 1960. As this missionary introduced boys, girls and adults to Jesus, taught students, taught and encouraged adults, assisted in Sunday morning services at the hospital, witnessed in the prison, and counseled young people in Youth for Christ meetings, she was first Christ's ambassador, and secondly she was there for Springfield. The SMBC family (under Pastor Carson) continued to support Missionary Stephens in prayers, finances, encouraging letters, and other needed items. Missionary Stephens is no longer actively serving with Carver, but SMBC continues to support special mission projects in Liberia and other missionaries who visited from time to time. Presently, the church supports Carver Missionary Loretta Tucker in Liberia. SMBC is a part of the Progressive National Baptist Convention and also supports a ministry in Haiti. As a church family, we are challenged to be a beacon of light at home and abroad.

The first component is our door-to-door ministry in our community. Quarterly we strive to reach out to our community in some way. We engage the community through summer revivals in one of the local communities. There is an educational component. We are connected with the schools in our community. Our Pastor has for many years had a reading program in the schools and continue to do so. There is an after school program for our community children. Most of them come from the Scott Elementary School which is next door to our church. Each summer we engage our community through Vacation Bible School and our summer camp that is design to enhance the learning process for our children during the summer. We have emergency provided support to person in the community. We are involved with the local civic and community organization. Our desire is to work with the community to make a better life for those who live where we worship and live as well. Our church has an open door policy when it comes to community meetings and gathering to address community needs and issues. We seek to be a voice for the voiceless and homeless as well. During our church year we have "Brothers Keepers Day." We span across the city of Atlanta to meet our brothers and sisters where they are and share with them the love of God. Our vision is to reach people for the kingdom of God no matter where they are.