About
Hale Community Ministries, located in the mountains of East Tennessee,
is a ministry of the Watauga Association of Baptists and is a partner in
the
Tennessee Baptist Mission Board's
Compassion Ministries.. Our purpose is to meet the spiritual and physical
needs of the people of Carter and Johnson Counties through a variety of
means, including food and clothing distribution, counseling, and children's
Bible clubs. We are staffed primarily by volunteers from various
churches from the Watauga Association and by mission teams from around
the United States. Most of our clients are low-income families or
elderly persons on fixed incomes who are struggling financially and/or
spiritually.
We currently work out of three locations: a main office in Elizabethton (Carter County), a smaller facility at Lynnridge and Lynnwood Apartments (Carter County), and an office in Mountain City (Johnson County). The Carter County office is located across the street from a low-income housing development, and the Lynnridge-Lynnwood Office (Elizabethton) meets at Lynnwood-Lynnridge Community Church, which is located at the entrance to the Lynnridge and Lynnwood Apartments public housing development, the proximity of both providing a variety of ministry opportunities.
Hale Community Ministries is named after former associational missionary Gertrude Hale. For more information about her, click here.
The mission of Hale Community Ministries
is to evangelize the lost; demonstrate the love of Christ by promoting,
encouraging, and facilitating Christian ministry and outreach to individuals
and families residing in Carter and Johnson Counties who have physical
and spiritual needs.
We believe that we were placed
by God in this community to love others unconditionally, regardless of
their social status. Our intent is not to judge the validity of each
person's request, but to offer love to that person in the name of Jesus
through our gifts of food, clothing or counsel.
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Hale Community Ministries - Carter County
1301 Arney Street
Elizabethton, TN 37643
Tel: 423.547.2560
Fax: 423.547.2561
hcmwba@gmail.com
For assistance with food, please call to make an appointment.
Hale Community Ministries - Johnson County
359 Industrial Drive
Mountain City, TN 37683
Tel: 423.727.1521
Fax: 423.727.2750
For assistance with food, please call to make an appointment.