Local Missions Volunteer Opportunities

We are the hands and feet of Jesus! Members of Salem are actively serving Jesus every day in our local community in many different ways! If you are looking for an opportunity to serve locally, we have options for adults, students, and families to get plugged in throughout the year, both on- and off-campus. This page will be updated often as needs change and new events are added throughout the year.
"Working with MissionApex families gives me a way to reach out in my community and take another person's hand and make their day a little brighter. Giving children an opportunity to hear about what Jesus did for them because he loves them."
– Terry

Serving the Community during COVID-19

Here are several ways the church can serve during this time:
  • Write letters to Salem members who are isolated in their homes, nursing homes, or assisted living. Contact the church office for a list.
  • Donate to Western Wake Crisis Ministry here: http://wwcm.org/financial-donations
  • MissionApex Produce Ministry: Help sort or deliver food. If interested, please contact the church office. Donate toward the purchase of farmers market produce, or coordinate your small group/BFG to sponsor a month: donations of any amount can be made by check or cash to Salem Baptist Church with the memo designated "West Haven Ministries Produce", or online by selecting "West Haven Ministries" from the drop-down menu and adding "Produce Co-op" to the optional memo.

Bringing the Community Into the Church

MissionApex Ministry Activities

On-campus local missions activities will resume when the church is safely reopened following COVID guidelines.
"The love of Jesus is a blessing meant to flow through a person. I don't want to be that person where the blessing gets stopped up, because it turns out blessings flow both ways!"
– Tricia

Serving Inside the Church

Learn how you can use your gifts and talents serving within the body of Salem to glorify God, make disciples, and share His story through music ministry, childcare, teaching or facilitating a small group, becoming a prayer partner, joining our story team, or other leadership positions. Contact our church office to get started.
"God spoke to me out of John 10 — where Jesus teaches us He is the shepherd and we are His sheep. He also says He is the gate and we will come in and we will go out. The “going out” part is where God spoke to me — I was serving in the church but He also wanted me to go out into the community. I am not cool and my husband is not cool, nor do we want to be, but God calls and He equips. We have the privilege of teaching these young people [through Teen Club] that God loves them and has a plan for their life. We talk about Jesus and His kingdom A LOT. We love these crazy teens and tell them all the time that we do. We are two people in their lives who show up every week in the van — Thursday after Thursday — we keep showing up. I know that it’s not our efforts that make a difference, that it’s all God, yet somehow He uses us in this."
– Michelle

Serving Outside the Church

MissionApex Produce Ministry

A thriving produce co-op that delivers fresh and very affordable produce to local communities we serve. This ministry is made possible by the subsidized funding donated by several BFG classes and backed by the missions committee. Ways you can help:  
  • Volunteer as often as you'd like to sort and pack produce for delivery in Apex every other Friday from 9:00 – 10:00 am or 11:30 am if assisting with delivery. If interested, please contact the church office.
  • Sponsor a month with your small group or donate to the produce ministry. The cost of this ministry is partially funded by Salem's missions budget, but the remaining $200/month relies on member donations. Donations of any amount can be made by check or cash to Salem Baptist Church with the memo designated "West Haven Ministries Produce", or onlineby selecting "West Haven Ministries" from the drop down menu and adding "Produce Co-op" to the optional memo. 

Prison Ministry

The desire of this ministry is to seek to care and encourage our brothers and sisters who are incarcerated. Each year over 700,000 men and women are released from prison and return to our communities. A successful re-entry can make a life-changing difference for them, their family, and the whole community. Crossroads provides bibles and bible studies to incarcerated men and women in North Carolina, ministers to their family members through Angel Tree and more, and provides support when they are released. Learn more.

E3 Ministry in Durham

We support former Salem member Rodger Shull's ministry through E3 partners, an international church planting organization that also serves locally. In partnership with SEBTS, Rodger serves in RDU, specifically in the Rochelle neighborhood of East Durham. His goal is to increase the number of people in that area saying they know Jesus. Contact Rodger for information on how to get involved. Ways you can help:
  • Pray for the growing number of believers, church planters, and disciplers
  • Men needed for mentoring/discipling