{"id":617,"date":"2012-12-20T17:02:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T17:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briarwood.org\/missions\/?page_id=617"},"modified":"2025-11-16T11:49:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T17:49:53","slug":"national-ministry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/briarwood.org\/missions\/national-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"National Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5241\" src=\"https:\/\/briarwood.org\/missions\/files\/2020\/12\/national.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1350\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">NATIONAL MINISTRY<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>About Briarwood\u2019s National Ministry:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Briarwood\u2019s National Ministry seeks to be obedient to the command of Jesus in Acts 1:8 to \u201c\u2026be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.\u201d For the National Ministries Team, the United States is our Samaria. The Team prayerfully seeks to prioritize evangelism, discipleship, leadership development and deployment, and deeds of love, mercy, and justice. We are currently able\u00a0to financially partner with 105 missionaries serving with 38 different boards. The National Ministry is privileged to be a part of ministries throughout the country laboring to build Christ\u2019s church and impact our nation.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on National Ministry, please contact the <a href=\"mailto:sstewart@briarwood.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missions Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Ministry Team:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Ministry Team meets the third Monday evening of most months to consider applications for support and to pray for our missionaries on the field in the U.S. If you would like to find out more about joining the National Ministry Team, contact the <a href=\"mailto:nmt@briarwood.org\">Missions Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Ministry &amp; Sanctity of Life Partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a list of the organizations Briarwood&#8217;s National Ministry Partners and Briarwood&#8217;s Sanctity of Life Ministry Partners with, <a href=\"https:\/\/briarwood.org\/missions\/national-ministry\/ministry-partners\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Signing for the Deaf &amp; Hard-of-Hearing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Briarwood reaches out to the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community each Sunday in our 8:00 a.m. Sunday worship service. This service is \u201csigned\u201d each and every Sunday morning, allowing the Deaf and hard-of-hearing to enjoy worship with the entire congregation while meeting new friends in a loving atmosphere. Invite those you know who would benefit from this service, or if you are Deaf or hard of hearing, you are invited to join us every Sunday morning at 8:00! In addition, Briarwood offers signing classes on Wednesday nights at 6:30 p.m. during MidWeek seasons.<\/p>\n<p>For questions or more details, please contact <a href=\"mailto:nmt@briarwood.org\">nmt@briarwood.org<\/a> or 776.5243.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATIONAL MINISTRY About Briarwood\u2019s National Ministry: Briarwood\u2019s National Ministry seeks to be obedient to the command of Jesus in Acts 1:8 to \u201c\u2026be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-617","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - 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