Location: Eastern N.C.

 

Hometown: Savannah, Ga.

 

Commissioned: 2009 (LaCount), 2010 (Anna)

 

Anna and LaCount Anderson are being the presence of Christ in their own “backyard” in eastern North Carolina. And they want to help churches do that, too.

The Andersons' ministry is based from their home in Scotland Neck, N.C., in rural Halifax County. The area is among the state’s poorest, and the Andersons see that firsthand.

The Andersons are expanding the ministry to include partnering with a women’s homeless shelter and recovery program in Enfield, N.C., and cultivating a community garden that will supplement what the local food bank already provides to the area’s neediest people.

Through their ministry, the Andersons hope to engage local and regional churches in poverty ministry “in their own backyards,” LaCount said. “I want them to know they don’t have to go far to make a real difference.” 

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GIVE
 The Andersons are self-funded field personnel of CBF Global Missions. As an affiliates, they are responsible for raising their own support in order to minister in eastern N.C. If you would like to make a pledge toward that support, call (800) 352-8741 or pledge online. After you make a pledge, you can mail your contribution to:
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, P.O. Box 101699, Atlanta, GA 30392.
Include “Anna and LaCount Anderson” on the memo line.

Download: Printable brochure on Anderson's ministry