• Covenant Transport
• First Baptist of Atlanta
• Kennesaw Transport
• North American Missions Board
• Peninsular Florida District Council
• River Valley Baptist Association
• Travel Centers of America
• Trinity Cathedral
• Tugalo Baptist Association

Adopt - A- Chapel

This is a challenging but exciting time for Truckstop Ministries! The future is bright. God has blessed us with awesome supporters and amazing friends and volunteers like you, who are an important part of this ministry. In Luke 14:23 Jesus said, "Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled." As resources allow, the ministry of TMI really does go out to the highways.

The Adopt-a-Chapel Ministry is designed to provide a method of outreach for individuals, families, Churches, Sunday School classes, businesses, and corporations. It allows them to have ownership of a part of TMI, and it allows us to have coordinated support for our Chapels. 

The goal is to create ways for the body of Christ to support one another, to be a blessing, and to advance the kingdom of God by meeting the spiritual needs of Truck Drivers through training, teaching, and discipleship. With the Adopt-a-Chapel Ministry, your involvement (however much you decide) directly impacts the relationships of those serving at that location. 

This is an opportunity to partner with others to become more involved in mission work with minimal impact to you. The level of your involvement depends on you! 

There are four ways you can participate: 

1. Through prayer — with our 10:20 Prayer Impact Ministry
2. As a Hands-on Partner — Become a Chaplain, Assistant, Missionary Driver, or regular Attender/Worker/Member
3. Financially — Adopt a Chapel at random or select a specific one from one of our locations. 
4. As an Ambassador — Sharing our mission with others, encouraging their participation of reaching the lost with God’s Word.

10:20 Prayer Impact

Our ministry is committed to being effective in reaching those involved in the trucking industry with the good news of God's love. Therefore, the leadership of TMI is asking YOU to help us, through the catalyst of Chapel-focused prayer.

Is there a TMI Chapel in your area? If so, would you consider supporting the local team of Chaplains by being a part of their local prayer team and committing to pray for them? The ministry scope at each Chapel varies, depending on the location and available manpower. Your prayerful support could make the difference. Would you pray about heading up such a team?

Hands-on Partners

You may want to serve with a hands-on approach. Luke 10:2 says, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few.” If you have felt the call of God into the mission field, look no further! As a hands-on Partner you can choose the depth of your involvement.

We need Chaplains. If you have a strong biblical foundation and desire to teach or preach, we need you! We also need Assistants to support the Chaplains. 

Perhaps you’re an over-the-road Driver and you are looking for a place in ministry. Become a Missionary Driver! As a Driver, your mission field is endless. It may be as you travel, or at your next truck stop. Don’t miss out on this ministry opportunity.

Are you an over-the-road Driver, not able to be at your home church? We currently have over 80 locations across the US for you to choose from — become a faithful attender or member of Truckstop Ministries, Inc.! You can: 

1. encourage and communicate with other attendees and members;
2. attend and support your Chapel location as part of the TMI family; 
3. be a financial supporter of TMI;
4. talk with a Chaplain when you need Godly advice, or when you just want to see how things are going.

Financially

Adopt a Chapel at random or Adopt a specific Chapel location. Truckstop Ministries, Inc. has two types of Chapels. The first type is the free standing Chapel, located in strategic locations at various truck stops across North America. These locations require the most support and upkeep. Free standing Chapels require many supplies, such as Bibles, tracts, newsletters, teaching CDs, and other printed media. Interior and exterior maintenance — cleaning and routine cosmetic repairs — are also needed. Electrical power is another expense. What does it cost to maintain a free standing Chapel? On the average, it costs $150 for electrical and $175 for supplies and maintenance — a total of $325 per month. For a further breakdown of supplies or to find out how to support "Full-time” Chaplains, you can contact the National Headquarters.

The other type is located inside the truck stop facility, usually in the TV rooms. This type of facility requires much less support and fewer supplies. Some cleaning materials are occasionally needed. So what does it cost to maintain a Chapel inside the truck stop facility? On the average, it cost $150 for supplies per month. 

Other ways  you can help... 

In addition to the Adopt-a-Chapel Ministry, we are also looking for individuals, companies, or churches that would like to sponsor one of these outreach programs of Truckstop Ministries, Inc. which supply our Chapels: 

1. Our Audio Ministry: we send out over 1,000 CDs yearly at this time; this is a great help to Drivers. 
2. Our Bible Ministry: we ship over 2,200 Bibles per year. 
3. Our Bible Study Program: we also mail Bibles Studies to the Drivers, as a discipleship tool to teach them more about God’s word and deepen their spiritual walk.

Be an Ambassador 

At Truckstop Ministries, Inc., an Ambassador is a Christian representative who has a heart for sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the mission of TMI. It is a person that desires to bring the ministry of Jesus Christ into the lives of people, demonstrating how the Gospel can help a person live a more abundant life, filled with love, peace, joy, hope, and purpose. In other words, an Ambassador is a person who is "Kingdom-minded." 

The primary Mission of the TMI Ambassador Program is to offer a place in Ministry for those who are excited and gifted in promoting the mission of TMI. An Ambassador is a person who is bold, secure, confident, and a good spokesperson. If this is you, please join with us and be part of an awesome ministry reaching out to others.

For years and years, the only ways to give to this ministry were by mailing a check or giving cash in person.  Later, we were able to take your credit card information over the phone.  And in the last few years, you have been able to give on our website through PayPal.  As time marches on, all of these methods have developed drawbacks:

1. Fewer & fewer people carry cash these days, so when they’re inspired to be generous, they're not able to;  
2. Checks are slowly going by the wayside as society moves towards being “paperless,” focusing on electronic/digital transactions;  
3. Calling in to give us your card info every time you want to give can be cumbersome and, from a security perspective, rather unsafe; and  
4. Even though PayPal fits the bill in a digital sense, we are aware that for some, there is a lack of trust due to one or more factors – including morality.  

Therefore, we did a good bit of research, looking for something that could address these concerns and take us into the future.  So now, as the Apostle Paul said, “…I will show you an even better way!”

We’d like to introduce our new giving platform:   Realm, provided by ACS Technologies – a Christian organization dedicated to removing the barriers to giving.  Whether you want to make a one-time donation or set up a recurring donation, you can now do it quickly and easily.  (You can even support a specific Chaplain or Chapel this way!)

You can also text the keyword ‘Truckers’ to 73256, and get a link to give from your phone!

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TRUCKER’S PRAYER GUIDE

By Rev. Joseph H. Hunter

In Matthew 6:9, Jesus gave his disciples a guide on how to pray. What we call “The Lord’s Prayer” is actually an outline on how to pray. Hopefully this will help you develop or expand your prayer life.

I.     OUR FATHER, WHICH ART (who is) IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED (kept holy) BE THY NAME.

       A. ALWAYS START YOUR PRAYER TIME WITH PRAISE! Your prayer time shouldn’tbe a want list to a “sugar daddy” in Heaven! It should be a time of fellowship; acasual conversation with your loving Heavenly Father.

       B. Picture Calvary and begin to praise God. You can call Him “Abba, Father.”

     C. Praise the names of God corresponding with the benefits in the New Covenant thatare provided through the blood of Jesus:

II.    THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE
       

     A. First, pray this for YOURSELF, because if you aren’t in a right relationship withGod, you can’t lead others!

       B. Then your FAMILY. (Begin with your mate, then your children, then other familymembers.)

       C. Then your CHURCH (Pastor, leadership, faithfulness of the people).

       D. Then your NATION (city, county, state and national political and spiritual leaders).

     E. Any time you aren’t sure how to pray in any given situation, pray “Thy kingdomcome, thy will be done.”

III.  GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD

       A. BE SURE YOU ARE IN THE WILL OF GOD. (your prayer life, church life, workhabits, obedience in giving)

     B. KNOW THAT IT IS GOD’S WILL TO PROSPER YOU (3 John 2), but that is only sothat you can be a blessing to others. Also, you MUST plant in order to reap (Galatians 6:7-8).

       C. BE SPECIFIC. Learn to pray in specifics. Ask God for exactly what you desire (Psalm 37:4). Always remember that your first thought should be His will being done (Matthew 6:33).

       D. BE TENACIOUS. Matthew 7:7-8 says, “Ask and you shall receive; seek and you shallfind; knock and it shall be opened to you.” Be like a little child, close to Christmas --they won’t let you forget, and they are VERY specific as to what they want. We shouldbe the same when talking to our Father.

IV.   FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS

       A. ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOU. Notice that Matthew 6:12 says: “forgive us our debts (orsins) as we forgive our debtors.”

       B. FORGIVE AND RELASE OTHERS. Forgiving others may be hard, but it sure does bringrelief later!

       C. SET YOUR WILL TO FORGIVE THOSE WHO HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU. The hardestthing I ever do is ask for forgiveness when I haven’t done anything wrong, but this actbrings a cleansing to me that cannot be explained.

V.    AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

       PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD (put on the Lord Jesus Christ.) Ephesians 6:13-17

       A. Buckle the belt of TRUTH around your waist.

       B. Put on the breastplate of RIGHTEOUSNESS.

       C. Have your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of PEACE.

       D. Take up the shield of FAITH.

       E. Put on the helmet of SALVATION.

       F. Take the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

IV.   FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER!

     A. Make your faith declarations; begin to receive, by faith, the things you have asked Godfor. Stand on His infallible Word, the Bible, and know that “all things work together forgood to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose.”(Romans 8:28)

     B. Return to praising God! Keep praising God all through the day, no matter what thingsmay look like, no matter how you feel.

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Truckstop Ministries, Inc. collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from persons (Users) who fill out an application, attendance envelope, guestbook entry or use the www.truckstopministries.org website ("Site").  This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by Truckstop Ministries, Inc.

Personal identification information

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, register on the site, subscribe to the newsletter, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site and at our Chapels. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, phone number, and other personal information. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information.

Non-personal identification information

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.

Web browser cookies

Our Site may use "cookies" to enhance User experience. User's web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

How we use collected information

Truckstop Ministries, Inc. collects and uses Users personal information for the following purposes:

 Approval for volunteer
 Subscribe to Newsletter
 Donation Receipt
 Prayer List
 Hire full and part-time employees

How we protect your information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site and in our office. Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over a SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

Third party websites

Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website's own terms and policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

Truckstop Ministries, Inc. has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Truckstop Ministries, Inc.

PO Box 80 Jackson, GA 30233

770-775-2100
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This document was last updated on January 4, 2012.

Truckstop Ministries, Inc. 10:20 Prayer Impact

The ministry of TMI desires to build spiritual walls within the trucking industry and adhere to the words of Isaiah 54:2-3 — “Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations; spare not; lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.”  To fulfill this vision, our ministry depends on the power of prayer. 

Our ministry is committed to being effective in reaching those involved in the trucking industry with the good news of God’s love. To fulfill this vision, our ministry depends on the power of prayer. Therefore, the leadership of TMI is asking YOU to help us, through the catalyst of prayer, to carry out the TMI Mission Statement:

“Truckstop Ministries, Inc. seeks to partner with local churches in identifying and equipping those called to this ministry, according to His purpose, operating within the parameters and guidelines set forth by the Executive Board of TMI.”

10:20 Driver-Focused Prayer

Do you remember the inspirational prayer on I-70 a few years ago? Fifty Christian Truckers got together to pray that the sniper terrorizing the Washington, DC area would be caught. Ron Lantz of Ludlow, KY told the other Truckers there that perhaps God was going to use them to catch the sniper. The rest is now history—the snipers were taken into custody without incident. Truly, there is no greater force to be reckoned with than the power of prayer!

S.D. Gordon said, “The greatest thing anyone can do for God or man is to pray!” Thus, TMI is encouraging Drivers to become part of a focused prayer effort. Since 10-20 is radio code for “location,” we thought 10:20 would be a good time to pray, no matter your location! Experience the power of prayer when hundreds of Drivers across the nation unite in prayer every day at 10:20 AM (and/or PM). What a force this will be within an industry that moves America!

Ministry-Focused Prayer

TMI desires to build spiritual walls within the trucking industry and adhere to the words of Isaiah 54:2 —“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.” 

When you commit to be a prayer partner with TMI, you'll receive a monthly invitation to join us in a day of prayer, each with a specific theme and focus.

Chapel-Focused Prayer

Is there a TMI Chapel in your area? If so, would you consider supporting the local team of Chaplains by being a part of their local prayer team and committing to pray for them? The ministry scope at each Chapel varies, depending on the location and available manpower. Your prayerful support could make the difference! Would you pray about heading up such a team? 

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IMPACT!
A guideline for praying for specific needs for Truckstop Ministries, Inc.
The prayers of Christians have a powerful IMPACT!

I     Introduction of individuals to Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour; a revival of evangelism

M    Maximize our mission statement as we partner with the local churches in evangelism

P     Provisions to fulfil the vision:  prayer warriors, additional team members, and financial blessings

A     Anointing upon our Leadership, Chaplains, Missionary Drivers, and those they minister to

C     Collaboration and favour with the leadership throughout the trucking industry 

T     Truckstop Ministries, Inc. Team—TMI Chaplains and their families, TMI Missionary Drivers and their families, TMI Teams serving the Chapels, TMI leaders directing and guiding the ministry, and the National Office Staff.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. (Ephesians 3:14-21)