10 Years and Going Strong in Essex County, VA
Any one who has ever started something knows how hard it is to keep it going. New events, organizations or programs usually begin with an exciting vision—dreams about what is possible, about how the world (maybe just the community) will be better as a result of the vision–but that vision almost always fades with the passing […]
Inasmuch United Brings Unity
The following story is the kind that makes what we do at Operation Inasmuch so rewarding, and encourages us to keep on keeping on! There are two Concord Baptist Churches in Chase City, Virginia. Following the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, the black members of Concord Church requested permission to form their own autonomous congregation. Property […]
Operation Inasmuch Has Much to Celebrate
Oldest Inasmuch Volunteer Some congregations are reluctant to conduct an Inasmuch Day because “our congregation is mostly old people and there isn’t much we can do,” they say. Don’t try telling Jim Garrison of Christiansburg, Virginia, that. At 102, Garrison is among the volunteers who serve the Radford, Virginia community in each Inasmuch. In the […]
Inasmuch in the Philippines
Inasmuch United Taken to a New Level Many churches are learning that they can impact their community with Inasmuch, but what about the world?! Congregations in Radford, Virginia, would answer in a resounding Yes! Four Radford churches (Baptist, Methodist, Christian and Presbyterian) conducted their first Inasmuch United event in September of 2014. But they didn’t […]
Inasmuch Transforms
“The Church Is Changed!” West Hampton Baptist Church in Hampton, VA, is not the same church. The building looks the same. For the most part, the same people attend and most of the activities are the same as they have been for a long time. But according to Sohn McGough, Coordinator of West Hampton’s recent […]
Inasmuch Blitzes Virginia
What’s faster than a speeding bullet, more interesting than a Dan Brown novel, and more challenging than an Army drill sergeant? No, It’s not Superman; just David Crocker zigzagging across Virginia telling the Inasmuch story and training dozens of churches to conduct Inasmuch events later this year. For two years the Inasmuch ministry has been […]
Collegians Tap Inasmuch to Serve
It’s common knowledge that college students love to “give back,” or serve people in need and more of them are discovering that the Inasmuch model is useful in achieving that worthy goal. Last fall 46 members of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, conducted an Inasmuch Day on their campus. They […]
Inasmuch Revival Produces 125% Participation
What’s an Inasmuch Revival? It is an effective, intensive way of motivating church folk to be the hands and feet of Jesus in their community. In September, Colosse Baptist Church, West Point, VA, conducted their first Inasmuch Day. They had 125% of their average Sunday attendance involved!! They attribute much of that extraordinary success to […]
Inasmuch Spans the Rappahannock
The Rappahannock River runs from about King George, Virginia (east of Interstate 95) to the Chesapeake Bay. As it gets closer to the Chesapeake, it becomes a substantial river of up to 1.5 miles wide! Turns out this expansive river is not much of a barrier for Inasmuch! Essex County, Virginia is on the western […]
Two Churches Serve Suffolk, VA
The following article was published on August 4, 2012, in the Suffolk (Virginia) News-Herald: Church Members Reach Out by Tracy Agnew Dozens of members of two downtown churches spread out across the city Saturday on a mission of hope. It was the second year of Operation Inasmuch for West End Baptist Church and Suffolk Presbyterian […]
