Smoky Mountain Resort Ministries

Mission Statement

The mission of SMRM is revealing the presence of God to those who live, work, and play in the resort settings of Sevier County and the Smoky Mountains.

Our Purpose

Our Vision

Transition in Leadership

Volunteers Trained Annually

Annual Visitors to Smokies

Our Goals

Evangelism

Our evangelism must be personal and intentional. We are to tell the Good News with urgency and sensitivity.

Ministry

Ministry is helping people meet their needs and hopes in Christ name.

Congregationalizing

Our task is to grow the Church through new Christians and through mission involvement.

Training

Training and Eduction to @400 volunteers including summer missionaries and groups.

We have Good News to share

Smoky Mountain Resort Ministries is a Christian ministry that functions as an independent non-profit ministry.   Its purpose is to reveal the presence of God to those who live, work, and play in the resort settings of Sevier County. Its roots are in the Sevier County Association of Baptists.

Resort ministry is communicating the Gospel of Jesus Christ to people caught up in a leisure lifestyle. Our purpose is to express the love of God and the care of the churches to those people who visit in the resort settings and to those people, both seasonal and permanent, who work in the resort industries of Sevier County.

Recent News

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On Giving Tuesday, SMRM will be helping families who have experienced loss in Hartford and Newport. Please giving to smrm.org/giving or to Amanda's venmo account to help! Christmas looks different for those who have lost so much!

Our Team

Volunteer

Resort Ministries

Listed below are different ministry programs in which SMRM works to share the Gospel with the leisure lifestyle people who live, work, and play in these resort areas.

Campground Ministry

Sunday worship services, day camps, family programs and chaplain relations

Ski Ministry

Employee Devotionals and bible studies, Skier Sunday worship services, Host program, Chaplain relationship

International Student Workers

Outreach to students working in the area including transportation, hospitality and relationship

Theme Parks/Special Attractions

Chaplain relationships with employees and guests

Special Events

Fourth of July Parade and the Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Fair to name a couple

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Core Value

The call to salvation is at one and the same time a call to mission.

Our Vision is Creatively sharing Christ with others, ministering to their needs and hopes, and growing the Church through mission involvement.

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Thanks be to God

- Bill Black