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Old Mill Ministries' focus is to be a light by serving and ministering to both the physical and spiritual needs of the people in Eastern Tennessee and the Appalachian Mountains.
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Welcome (continued)
You will find poverty that has extended itself from months into years into generation upon generation. These people are living in darkness, lost, without hope and have accepted this as a way of life. Many of those who have been blessed are oblivious to seeing the needs locally. Sure, they know there are people living in poverty. they say - "poverty is everywhere and the poor will always be among us" and this is true but this kind of poverty is not everywhere in our country because this has gone on for several generations. Those living in other parts of the country may have fallen on hard times but opportunities are available to them or the next generation at the very least. It has gone on for so long here both the haves and the have not's have accepted this as just part of life. People believe those in poverty are cursed and those who are not, are blessed. This too is true but curses are made to be broken and we all are called to greatness and God wants all of His children to be blesses and to live life abundantly.
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Radio Broadcast (continued)
We invite you to listen to WMCT 1390 AM and we are stream live on the web each Sunday at our new time at 4:00 - 4:30pm EST.
Tune in to 1390 AM if you are in the area each Sunday from 4:00 - 4:30pm EST to hear Old Mill Ministries Director, Andy Zeggert present a wonderful teaching message. You can also visit http://www.wmctradio.net for a live stream. We invite you to join us from where you live.
COMING SOON, we will have our messages available for download via the internet or you can request a CD Copy for a donation of any amount!!!
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Responding to the need (continued)
The people of Northeastern Tennessee have little to live on, few opportunities for employment and struggle to survive. You can't build factories on mountainsides. And for more than a hundred years, large corporations have extracted natural resources while putting little back in the form of taxes or community support. These industries were drastically and negatively impacted many years ago but in more recent years many manufacturing operations have moved to third world countries for cheaper labor or closer to customer base. Because Johnson County only has twisting and winding roads and no real easy access to Interstate-81 or Interstate-26, it makes it difficult for heavy truck transportation. With no rail system within the county it makes this area less attractive to industry when factoring in the demand for meeting the needs of their customers at a competitive price and timely deliveries, companies are just not moving to the area. This action has caused extreme poverty, economic distress to the area, high unemployment or forced to work menial jobs at low wages or forced to commute out of the area which is not feasible for many and this has gone on for years, generation after generation. This condition is called generation poverty but we call it a generational curse.
We see children and the elderly go to bed hungry and without medication. Governmental housing and social programs exist but they cannot fill the need. These programs are designed as stopgaps, not a solution to the problem. Just in Johnson County, TN alone the average annual income is below $18K per household with a poverty level of over 27% per capita (2008 U.S. census and U.S. Labor of Statistics). If we remove the income from people who relocate to the area for retirement and to take advantage of lower taxes, the average household income would be much less. To see the impact to the community even further, 75% of our school children are on a state funded reduced lunch program with 48% on the state free lunch program. School lunches are the only hot meal some of these children get. For the average person living in this area, we are talking about many people who heat their homes with wood because they cannot afford a furnace or if they have one, they cannot afford the oil or added expense to operate it and in some cases people cook with wood and have poor or no indoor plumbing. We see children who don't own a coat or hat to wear in the winter. They wear hand-me-down clothes and shoes. These people see no hope, they live in darkness and they live under the curse. Sure most believe there is a God, many profess Christianity yet their situations remain the same. Our focus is to be a light by serving and ministering not only to their physical needs but also to their spiritual needs.
They physically need our help but just as important they need to be set free and to experience the love of God and receive all the gifts our Savior has for us.
I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness. John 12:46
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