Missions
"All of history is moving toward one great goal, the white-hot worship of God and His Son among all the peoples of the earth. Missions is not that goal. It is the means. Missions exists because worship doesn't." John Piper
Pleasant View's goal is to make the name of the One True and Living God known among the peoples. God reconciled us by His Son through the gospel. We live in the gospel, and we live out the gospel so that others might see Him.
It starts where we live, work, go to school, and have relationships. Because of Acts 1:8 we encourage our people to live on mission towards the people all around them. We also provide organized opportunities each year to serve in North America and all over the world. We have previously taken our people to the poverty stricken areas of “Appalachia” and to the homeless in inner city Baltimore. Our members have worked with Baptist Global Response shortly after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. We are currently sending teams and supporting Disciple's Village ministries as a way to continue to serving the people of Haiti.
Internationally we have supported our members who have gone on “short-term” trips to Mexico, Belize, Nepal, Brazil, India, and China. In addition we pray, give, and go in partnership with our denomination's International Mission Board and North American Mission Board. Five years ago we adopted 20 pastors/church planters from South Asia who work with Serve India Ministries and continue to support them today. We have also prayerfully adopted the unreached Shaikh people group in Asia beckoning God to send the light of Jesus to them!
The James Isaac House
Life is precious to our God. He is the Creator and He makes no mistakes! Pleasant View proudly supports The James Isaac House. It is a pregnancy resource center where you can find loving, caring guidance concerning your pregnancy. They can provide pregnancy tests, trained counselors who will educate you on the development after conception, and pregnancy and parenting classes for mothers and fathers.
Pleasant View supports The James Isaac House through our church budget as well as collecting a special "Mothers Day" offering each year. We also have ladies from our church that work as volunteers. Click here to view the JIH Website.
Disciple's Village - HAITI
Pleasant View returned to Haiti in November of 2017 to work with Disciple's Village and adopt a new church in the mountain village of Viello. Our members have taken trips every year into Haiti since 2010. We have had the opportunity to share Jesus through relief, orphanage construction, and medical work. We are a partnering church with Alex's House Orphanage, which ministers to orphans and neighboring communities with the gospel of Jesus. The Main objective: To Bring Glory to God! Click here to view the Disciple's Village Website.
ADOPTING THE SHAIKH
Globally, around 6,700 people groups remain unreached with the gospel, including the Shaikh (Dhundari) people of India, numbering 439,907. This Muslim community, part of the larger Bengali people cluster (225,311,896 globally), has no known evangelical Christians or churches, and limited access to the gospel. Our church has prayerfully "adopted" the Shaikh people group, specifically those near Jaipur, and we're urgently praying for God to send missionaries, transform hearts, and enable a future church plant. Please join us in fervent prayer for their salvation, that they might come to know Jesus.
South ASIAN MISSIONs
Asia is vastly unreached considering their vast population. Some Asians will go their entire lives without ever knowing a single Christian. We support ministry that works with independent pastors. Through partnership, biblical training, and ministry tools, we equip these pastors to go into unreached villages, proclaim the gospel of Jesus, and plant churches. Pleasant View Baptist Church is a partnering church supporting a field of 20 indigenous pastors.
international mission board
IMB's (International Mission Board's) mission is to make disciples of all peoples in fulfillment of the Great Commission commanded by Jesus Christ to His followers found in Matthew 28:18-20. Over 6,000 people groups - 1.7 billion people - still live with little or no access to the Gospel.
IMB is an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through a cooperative effort between some 40,000 churches, over 5,000 missionaries are supported financially and prayerfully.
NOrth american mission board
The North American Mission Board (NAMB) assists Southern Baptists in their task of fulfilling the Great Commission in the United States, Canada and their territories through a North American strategy for sharing Christ, starting churches and sending missionaries, in cooperation with Acts 1:8 Partners.
A major funding for the North American Mission Board comes from an annual Easter Offering in memory of Annie Armstrong, a former missionary from Baltimore, MD.
Click here to visit the NAMB website.
SEND RELIEF: This ministry responds to crisis, clean-up, and rebuilding after natural disasters. Our trailer is equipped to help clear trees, debris, water and mud as well as minor construction. If you would like to inquire more about SEND RELIEF, please email us your specific situation.