Go. Serve. Make Disciples.

One More Mission started with a simple observation: in the Tri-Cities, Tennessee the need and the ability to meet it are usually about two miles apart, and neither one knows the other exists. A widow cannot get up on her own roof. Three streets over, a roofer has a free Saturday. Nobody ever introduces them.

So we keep a list. Neighbours tell us what they need. Volunteers tell us what they can do. A person - not a machine - reads both and puts them together. That is the entire project.

What we believe about the work

We think the gospel shows up with a toolbox as often as it shows up with a sermon. A repaired step, a working furnace, a bag of groceries carried to the kitchen counter - these are not the warm-up act for the real thing. They are how people find out that somebody sees them.

We do not means-test people and we do not ask anybody to sit through anything to earn help. We will pray with you if you want it, and we will fix your door if you do not.

How we keep people safe

Most of the folks who ask us for help are elderly and living alone. That shapes everything. Every request is read by a real person before it is posted. Every volunteer account is approved by hand. Every match between a volunteer and a home is approved separately, and only then does anybody get an address. Volunteers phone ahead. Nobody knocks unannounced.

Street addresses, phone numbers and notes about getting into a house are never published. The public board shows a town and a first name.