Tucker and her IMB teammates are using community outreach to minister among refugees.
She accepted a position serving among the same refugee people group overseas. The Lord kept bringing to mind the faces of the refugee women at the center. Tucker had begun the process to serve with the IMB and prayed as she drove to a job-matching conference about where the Lord would have her serve. Through listening to her story, the Lord planted a love of the woman’s people group in Tucker’s heart.
Tucker’s home church, Forest Hills Baptist Church in Nashville and Nashville First Baptist Church partner with Tusculum Hills to minister to refugees.Īt the ESL center, Tucker met a woman who shared her story of fleeing her country, living in a refugee camp for five years, losing her husband in the camp and her difficult journey to the U.S. The Lord answered by directing them to open their facilities for ESL classes. She recalls hearing how Tusculum Hills began praying for the Lord’s direction and how they could be involved in reaching their neighbors. Tucker, a missionary with the International Mission Board, said there are 91 different people groups in Middle Tennessee and there are between 30 to 40 unreached people groups represented in a one-mile radius of the church. Tusculum Hills Baptist Church is located in this part of town, and before moving overseas, Tucker taught at an English as a second language center located in the church. Many of the refugees live in one section of town that has become a refugee resettlement location. Nashville, Tucker’s hometown, is home to the largest population of refugees from one Middle Eastern people group. NASHVILLE - Meeting a refugee at a community center in Nashville helped set the trajectory where Evie Tucker finds herself today, working among Middle Eastern refugees in a community center overseas. The sign in front of Tusculum Hills Baptist Church welcomes attendees.
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