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Welcome to
our local missions page. My name is Dan Leaf and
I am the local missions minister serving our neighborhood in
the south part of downtown Fort
Worth, Texas.
The first question in your mind may be, "What is
local missions?" Local missions is not
a title or a program; it is just a description and explanation of what
we believe that we were called to do. We are called to go into all the world and preach the "good news." Part of
all the world is our own neighborhood.
The Southside Church of Christ has recognized and targeted our immediate
area as a mission field. There are people who need to know and have a relationship
with a God who loves them, accepts them, and wants to heal their brokenness.
Before people will care about what you know, they want to know that you care.
Our ministry is named HOPE, which is an acronym for Heavenly
Options for Pain and Emptiness. We can live a life of hope because heaven
holds the answer for our pain and emptiness. When pain and emptiness become
more than we can bear, we have a tendency to seek to fill that emptiness
or to remove the pain in ways that have destructive consequences in our
lives. The only way for us to find peace in our lives is by surrendering
our will and allowing Jesus Christ to become Lord. The only one who can
restore sanity and make you new is the One who created you. He is heaven's
answer to finding hope and peace.
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