1. The EAC Men’s Ministry
Godly men in the body of Christ Jesus, with a mission to develop strong friendships and accountability among the men. To the glory of God, The Christian men’s fellowship is undoubtedly one of the noticeable pillars in the vineyard of the Lord. Every man in the Anglican Church identifies with the Men’s Ministry as part his spiritual responsibilities and commitment to Christ.
2. The Women’s Ministry
The Mother’s union is a Christian organization which promotes the well-being of families. It is especially concerned with all that strengthens and preserves marriage and Christian family life. And its aim is the advancement of the Christian faith in the sphere of marriage and family life. It is open only to women whose marriages have been solemnized in the church.
The Objectives include:
- To uphold Christ’s teaching on the nature of marriage and to promote its wider understanding.
- To encourage parents to bring up their children in the faith and life of the church.
- To maintain a worldwide fellowship of Christians united in prayer, worship, and service.
- To promote conditions in society favorable to stable family life and the protection of children.
- To help those whose family life has met with adversity.
Other arms of the Women’s Ministry include:
- The Women’s Guild
The women’s Guild (WG) was founded with a much more open membership. It is open to all women; wedded in the church, married according to traditional law and custom, married in court, widowed, single mothers, ladies of the knights, wives of traditional rulers. It serves as the umbrella group of the women. - The Girls Guild
Like all other arms of Women Organizations, the Girls Guild was established to nurture the girls into adult Christians. The motto for the G.G. is: “We are for Christ” . This Youth Organization was introduced to comprise young girls from ages 2 to 16 years, and it is aimed at teaching girls to love God right from their youth.
The girls will learn to lead in Bible study and other activities like knitting, cookery, sewing, participate in evangelism etc. In addition, they also participate in camp meetings, Bible quiz competitions, seminars, excursions, and essay competitions. The Requirement for enrollment is that members must: Accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and know the Lord’s prayer, Christian creed, aims and objectives of the Guild.
3. The EAC Youth Ministry
The Anglican Youth Fellowship provides the youth and youth leaders with opportunities and resources for fellowship, discipleship, and worship.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
- To help in projecting the Christian principles and teachings in accordance with relevant provisions in the national constitution of the parent body, “The Anglican Youth Fellowship (Nigeria)”.
- To provide opportunities for the understanding and progress in corporate worship and private prayers: to enable young people to learn together the meaning of Christian faith and its relevance to the life of their generation.
- To lead young people to offer their work and leisure to God as members of this Church, in local, national, and international levels.
- To give due recognition to the importance of fitness of body and mind, and the provision of suitable varied forms of recreation in all Christian Youth organization and groups.
- To help inculcate the spirit of love, peace, and unity as enshrined in the Bible.
4. The Children Ministry
The motto of ACM is “Catch them young for Christ”.
Aims and Objectives:
It was founded or formed purely for evangelism which is the heartbeat of God.
The aims and objectives of ACM, therefore, include the following:
- The upbringing of children and young people in the fear of the Lord.
- Guiding them to learn, to study and to pray daily.
- Instructing children and young people in the Anglican faith,
- Helping children and young people in the Anglican faith to become disciplined and growing Christian.
- In several other acceptable ways to help them to deepen their spiritual life through worship.
6. The EAC Music Ministry
Psalms 98:4 “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.”
Music has always played an important role in the worship of God’s people. The purpose of the Music Ministry is to share the gospel of Jesus Christ through song, encourage believers in their walk with Christ, lead the congregation in worship and provide an avenue through which individuals may share their gift and be an integral part of the worship service. The Music Ministry spreads the Word of God through music experiences. The Music Ministry also enables choir members to grow spiritually by committing their time and talents to God. The Music Ministry provides worship music for assigned church worship services and special services outside of the church.
MUSIC MINISTRY MISSION
The Music Ministry of Emmanuel Anglican Church Raleigh, NC is a diverse ministry that enhances the worship service as well as merge and discipline our talents to worship God more effectively. The ministry presents a variety of music to include: Traditional Hymns, Traditional Gospel, Contemporary Gospel, and Praise and Worship.
The Music Ministry encompasses Choirs, The Emmanuel Angelic Voices with a Music Staff. Praise Team Ministries: Known as The Emmanuel Angelic Gospel Band, leads the Praise and Worship sessions, while the Choir focuses on Traditional Hymns with a Music Staff as the leader.
MUSIC MINISTRY VISION
“One Choir, One Voice, One Spirit, on One Accord Striving toward a Unified Purpose through Unified Praise.”
Psalm 34 1-3
I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.
7. The EAC Council of Knights
Knights and their ladies of this Holy order are people of proven character, called into the knighthood ministry for the defense of the faith of Christ. And for the furtherance of the Gospel of our Lord anywhere, anytime using God’s given endowed means.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
- As people saved and called to serve shall pay allegiance first to Christ, secondly to the Church/the Diocese and the Diocesan that has bestowed on them this means of grace as God’s commissaries and faithful soldiers of the cross.
- We are a spiritual organization (holy order) not a social gathering like Rotary club, not a cult, whose activities are Bible based and daily living out the Bible’s teachings.
- We are bearers of the light of the Gospel in religions, social, economic, political, and all strata of life. By this we seek to make Him known in all places and palaces.
- We offer selfless and humanitarian services in the society as we routinely offer support like empowerment to the widows and bursary awards to the indigent students within our faith community.
- We assist other functionaries of the church as support base, to achieve the common goal of spreading the Gospel of Christ through all evangelical activities like crusades, social responses, and numerous services.
- We strengthen the faith of the knights and ladies of this holy order through our yearly retreat to refresh and reload for the noble task of our calling.
- We also hold fellowship with the parishes within the Diocese and partnership with the churches to meet obvious and genuine needs in the church.
- We shall serve as God’s emissaries and the eyes of the Bishop in the Diocese.
- In collegial, we shall extend warm hand of fellowship to other knights and ladies within our communion.
- We hold yearly luncheon, a platform for fundraising to meet our increasing humanitarian services.
- We seek to portray knighthood as a call to duty and not a reward for services. Only God can offer a lasting reward.
- We shall offer ourselves laboring for His services, die empty so that long after we have left, posterity will chant saying, ‘You were once here’. This is our thrust.