Jesus commanded his disciples to go and make other disciples of all nations, to baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, to teach them His truth and to obey all He had commanded them. (Matthew 28:18).

Jesus also reminded them that when He was hungry they gave Him food, when He was thirsty they gave Him drink,     and when He was a stranger they had welcomed Him and for this they would inherit the kingdom of God. (Matthew 25:34).

At our church in Black Mountain we believe the message of the New Testament that we also are called by God
to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, to teach that truth, to nurture our Christian community in Him, and to become His Servant People.  At the Black Mountain Church we believe that Mission and Service are two
sides of Christ’s love.  Our Presbyterian Church (USA) declares that by its very nature as a church ,  it is a missionary society whose purpose is to share the love of God in Jesus Christ in both word and deed.”

In mission, our church, through its prayers and dedicated dollars supports our sister churches in this
Swannanoa Valley, in Western North Carolina, across our nation, and around the world. 

Locally, Black Mountain Church members volunteer and/or contribute to

·     the Presbyterian Home for Children

·     the Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministry

·     the Room in the Inn shelter for homeless women

·     the Chaplaincy Ministry at the Black Mountain Correctional Center for Women

·     the building of affordable housing through Habitat for Humanity

·     the promotion of international food benefits through the Bread for the World organization

·     the Black Mountain Kiwanis Thrift Shop

·     the Asheville-Buncombe Christian Community Ministry’s Medical Clinic and Homeless Shelter.

Regionally, through the  PC(USA) Western North Carolina Presbytery, the Black Mountain Presbyterian Church members also give their prayers and dollars to help support  three Presbyterian-related colleges (Montreat, Warren Wilson, and Lees McRae), and the Presbyterian Campus Ministry at the University of North Carolina in Asheville.

Also, these dollars go to support and encourage

·    new church development and older church re-development

·    youth mission trips and rallies

·    Christian education leadership training

·    the camp and conference programs at Camp Grier in Old Fort and the Montreat Conference Center

·    Overseas, this presbytery has a special partnership with the Presbyterian Church of Guatemala, and the health and education ministry of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa in Malawi.

Nationally, all Presbyterian Church (USA) members are partnered in faith- fellowship with each of the other 2.2 million members in the PC(USA) Church’s 11,000-plus local congregations.  Together, through the PC(USA)’s Board of World Mission, they support 378 international mission workers in 63 countries in Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific, Europe, and North America. This number includes 245 Mission Co-Workers
serving three or more year terms and volunteers serving one or two year terms or less than one year.

Internationally, the Black Mountain Church has a special prayer and financial relationship with three PC( USA) missionary families:

·    Dan and Elizabeth Turk in Madagascar (Africa) have a special assignment under the Reformed Church of Madagascar in health education, rural forestry, orchard development, and environmental education.

·    Harry and Debbi Horne work in theological education in Peru.

•   Barbara Nagy works as a medical missionary in Malawi (Africa).    

Click on the names above to read more about each missionary's work.