MISSIONS

Missions at Northridge

At Northridge, we believe that we are to take the Gospel to our community here in Milledgeville as well as partner with missionaries to take it to the ends of the earth. When you give at Northridge, we also give to these local and international organizations. Northridge also has mission partners in sensitive locations. Please see our missions wall in-person to learn more about them!

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International Missions

Africa Hope (Kenya)

Tim and Lorna are both the founders and directors of Africa Hope ministries in Kenya and have been serving alongside a dynamic team for the last 20 years in church planting and maturation, community transformation through food and water security interventions, education development, water sanitation and hygiene programs, family partnerships and economic empowerment.
FAME (Everywhere)

FAME’s purpose is to send help and hope in the name of Christ to the world’s most vulnerable through medical evangelism. This happens through emergency response to disasters and specific needs, building hospitals and clinics, shipping medical supplies, and sending medical teams to meet the physical needs of people in hard-to-reach places, so they know that Jesus and his followers care about their body, mind, and soul.
Kerela Christian Mission (India)

KCM is primarily a church-planting mission in Kerela, India that is striving to plant at least one church a year and be self-sufficient within 10. They also have a leadership training program for future pastors, a hospital that partners with FAME in helping the physical needs of those in their area, a home for orphaned girls, and a senior home for aging adults with no resources to care for themselves.
Kevin and Cynthia Weldon (Nepal)

The Weldons have been serving the people of Nepal since 2013 and were called to build a children’s home there. In addition, they work with at-risk street children and with rural communities to assist in disaster relief. They have recently started focusing on training locals in theological training and ministry. They support various medical relief trips and church-building projects wherever they see the need.
KORE (Haiti)

KORE’s goal is to go “Beyond Relief” by focusing on treating the underlying cause of the problem, not just the symptoms. Through their two churches, they not only disciple families, but they work with families to improve their agriculture practices for better production so they can feed their families and produce a surplus to generate income. They also supply animal protein to malnourished children and help farmers develop their own businesses.
Luke101 (Haiti)

Thanks to strong local leadership, Luke101 continues to provide hope in the most extreme poverty found right off our shores. They exist to pray, teach, evangelize and love in the name of Jesus Christ and they accomplish this through church activities, youth and kids’ programs, athletics, education assistance, medical and dental care, biblical studies and leadership training for local ministers.
Mark and Andrea Michaels (Scotland)

With a mission to help people find their unique place in God’s story, Mark and Andrea live in Edinburgh, Scotland, serving as Regional Directors for a growing team in the United Kingdom and Ireland. They oversee these, primarily first-term, missionaries, providing coaching, oversight and care to help them thrive in their new country. With their ever-expanding network of local leaders and ministries, they love to help make connections between people with a heart for missions and the needs across the UK and Ireland.
Ryan Sudsberry (Dominican Republic)

As the Executive Director of Church Planting with Go Ministries, Ryan oversees the church planting efforts in Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) and now in Venezuela, Argentina, Costa Rica and Mexico. With over 154 churches planted, he is excited about how this multiplication effort will continue to transform communities in those countries.
Travis and Emily Weeks (Ethiopia)

The Weeks have served with CMFI’s church planting team in Ethiopia since 2013. Travis runs a training center for pastors who lead churches throughout western Ethiopia. There, pastors receive instruction on Old and New Testament scripture, church history, theology, and practical ministry skills as they pray, worship and engage in spiritual formation practices together. Travis also oversees the team’s church planting work among the Oromo people and works closely with church planters to bring the Gospel of Jesus to unreached parts of southwest Ethiopia.

Local Missions

Baldwin County School District
Baldwin County schools are on the front lines of reaching families & we believe partnering with them strengthens our community. Northridge’s partnership efforts include:

Serving breakfasts & lunches to teachers and staff.

Establishing rental assistance for families of students who are homeless.

Providing 65 Blessing Bags each week to students at The Early Learning Center.

Helping with yard work, garden beds, painting, & school environment improvement.

Funding a free laundromat at Lakeview Academy for parents to use during the school hours.

Building a chicken coop, picnic table, & raised garden beds at Lakeview Academy.
Bread

Bread Coffeehouse is a unique ministry located on the campuses of Emory, Oxford and Kennesaw State. They use hospitality to reach the unreached and “nones” in order to introduce them to Jesus and begin a conversation and relationship with Him. Their staff includes two of our own: Mandy Cook and Caleb Gill.
Brighter Days

The mission of Brighter Days Ministry is to come alongside our neighbors, meeting them wherever they are, by extending a helping hand and sharing the love of Christ. Their desire is to help unify and connect local churches, service organizations, and charities in our community while loving others equally and unconditionally like Jesus loves us.
Caring Solutions

Unplanned pregnancies present women and their partners with one of the hardest decisions of their lives. Caring Solutions comes alongside each patient and evaluates the foundational areas that impact their decision-making process through medical, emotional, and spiritual support. By encouraging and helping these men and women build a stable foundation, we see hope offered and lives saved.
Chard Wray Food Pantry

Chard Wray Food Pantry provides groceries to families, seniors and others in the community who have a difficult time affording wholesome, nutritious food. The pantry is staffed by volunteers from local groups and churches. Operations are maintained through the generosity of schools and businesses in the community, and especially through the contributions of churches who are acting on the words of Jesus: “Feed my sheep.”
Christian City

Christian City exists to help people thrive through difficult times at all ages. They offer residential programs for youth who are victims of abuse, abandonment or neglect; a licensed National Safe Place agency, on call 24/7 to bring these children to safety; The Crossroads Foster Care & Adoption Program, launched in 2018 to find and equip families for children in need of a loving home; The Thrive Graduate Transition Program to prepare high school graduates for independent living; and an affordable active senior living community for adults age 65+ in a serene and convenient location with amenities to encourage a vibrant lifestyle.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a parachurch ministry created to lead coaches and athletes into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His church. We are not exclusive to athletes, as this is just our means of accessing campuses with the Gospel. We make disciples who make disciples by engaging the heart, equipping students, and coaches through the teaching of the Word, and empowering them to model Jesus in their families and teams.
Life Enrichment Center

The Life Enrichment Center, established in 1967, is a private nonprofit program for adults with intellectual disabilities living in and around the Baldwin County area. Their mission is to support and maximize the quality of life through person-centered, community-based programs and services. They provide individuals the opportunity to engage in meaningful life experiences within their community that embraces personal dreams and desires.
Middle Georgia Community Food Bank

MGCFB serves 24 counties in middle Georgia. The combined population in the MGCFB service area is 670,613, and the 24 counties cover an 8,341 square mile area.

Northridge partners with MGCFB through the Mobile Food Pantry, providing fresh meat and produce to approximately 5,000 families each month; and through the Blessing Bag program, which distributes nutritious food bags to 65 low-income students each week at the Early Learning Center.
Parental Accountability Court

Through judicial oversight, the PAC assists non-custodial parents overcome barriers to self-sufficiency through parental accountability, employment and education. Services offered include substance abuse treatment, job assistance and placement, short-term training, coaching and mentoring, educational services, and Georgia Work Ready as an alternative to incarceration.
Woodland Christian Camp

Woodland Christian Camp exists to provide opportunities for Christian growth in a natural setting. They accomplish this by hosting summer camps for young people and providing retreat facilities for churches, ministries and nonprofit groups. They also host leadership training programs for the larger community, where Christian principles are taught and modeled.
Young Life

Young Life is a Christian ministry that reaches out to middle school, high school, and college students in all 50 of the United States and in more than 100 countries around the world. Their mission is to introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith.

Upcoming Mission Trips

Ethiopia - March 28-April 6, 2025*

We will be visiting with our mission partners, the Weeks, on the outskirts of Addis Ababa where we will be doing a sports camp/VBS for some children in a very poor, urban community in Addis. The majority of the kids who will be at this camp are not followers of Jesus, but they’re about to experience love from other followers of Jesus in ways they’ve not encountered yet. We will be tasked with bringing crafts, being a part of the teams just hanging out with the kids, and sharing our testimonies. To register for this trip, click HERE. Cost: $2700 (we will help you raise funds). Max 8 people on trip. Deadline: November 13

*Dates may shift.
Guatemala - July 13-19, 2025

We will be returning to Guatemala to build another house with Casas por Cristo. This is a great introduction point to missions. It is a hands on mission trip where we will work really hard and in 3-4 days see an entire house built and start to develop relationships with the family. Because of this incredible gift, God is glorified and the local church is boosted. Building skills are not necessary, just a willing heart. Cost: $1,850 (we will help you fundraise). Deadline: April 13, 2025
Nepal - October/November 2025

While medical/dental experience is helpful, it is not required-there will be things you can be trained to do in order to help. You will get to be with our missionaries, the Weldons, see what they do, and help share the love of God to a community where there are almost no believers or churches. Cost: $3,950 (we will help you fundraise). Deadline: July 3, 2025

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