First Baptist Church HendersonA Church on Mission

Missions & Ministries

Missions Opportunities in 2014 for Praying, Going, and Giving
Call the church office 903-657-1646 for additional information.
"You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,and to the ends of the earth." (Acts 1:8)
A call to prayer: Every member of First Baptist Church is called upon to choose at least one of the following missions opportunities to pray for throughout 2014.

OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR 'JERUSALEM' (HENDERSON AND RUSK COUNTY)

 *Local Missions & Ministry Team: Men and women taking care of the needs of our congregation and also our community. FBC contact persons: Beverly Hall and Donnie Powers.

 *Restorative Justice Ministries: Opportunities for men and women to minister in a variety of ways to offenders inside the Rusk County Jail, the Bradshaw State Jail, and the East Texas Treatment Facility, and to ex-offenders upon their release. FBC contact persons: Rickie Watson and Fred Powell.

 *Christian Women's Job Corps: Reaching women with biblical truth through free classes in Basic Life and Job Skills, English as a Second Language, and GED and literacy.  A huge variety of volunteer needs. Classes offered on-site and at Son Shine Lighthouse in New London.  FBC contact person: Christie Gambrell (CWJC, 903-655-1684 or 903-657-2410, Home).

 *Christian Men's Job Corps.Volunteer teachers and mentors helping men who are seeking employment or better employment through Bible study, Jobs for Life,personality profile and computer classes. FBC contact person: Richard Brown.

 OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR 'JUDEA AND SAMARIA' (TEXAS AND THE USA)

 *Refuge of Light.Tyler, TX, in connection with Buckner International: The mission of Refuge of Light is to provide a safe haven, redemptive rescue and restoration of female victims of domestic minor sex trafficking through advocacy, awareness and holistic care. FBC contact person: Sidney Horton.

 *L.I.T. (Leaders In Training) Mission Trip, July 5-12: An evangelistic mission trip that is open to 5th& 6th graders who have been actively involved in the L.I.T. program.  Preteens will go into apartment complexes and lead every aspect of Backyard Bible Clubs including presenting the gospel. FBC contact person: Miriam Johnston.

 *High School Mission Trip, July 19-28: We will take 40 high school students and adults to Lakeland, Florida on mission with Parker Street Ministries. Through PSM, we will work on homes (roofing, painting, and minor construction), lead back yard Bible clubs in low income areas, and assist with a day program that reaches kids living in apartments on Parker Street. Please pray for safe travel, productive work, God’s power, and for effective ministry to the Parker Street area. FBC contact person: O'Brien Satcher.

 *New England Mission Trip: TBA. We hope to have a team to go again this year to help one of the churches affiliated with the Baptist Convention of New England. FBC contact person: Jo Freeman.

 *Volunteer Christian Builders and Retired Volunteer Christian Builders: Men and women participating on teams for church-related construction and repair jobs. FBC contact persons: Tommy  Moore and Bill Cobb.

 OPPORTUNITIES FOR US 'TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH'

 *Bangladesh Mission Trip in partnership with GOSPEL FOR MUSLIMS (www.gospelformuslims.com): Gospel for Muslims (GFM) is a Christian organization dedicated to bringing hope to the 1.3 billion Muslims around the world by helping Muslims follow Christ.FBC contact person: Harold Sadler.

 *Embracing the Kohistanis: This people group in northern Pakistan has no Bible in its heart language and remains unreached with the gospel. In cooperation with the International Mission Board (IMB) we are partnering with PAK MISSION SOCIETY that ministers to the Kohistanis through a small medical clinic and through agricultural and hydroelectric projects. We are funding the translation and distribution of 27 Bible stories in the Shina dialect. We are planning to have an 'Experiencing God' retreat with the clinic staff in October. TBA. FBC contact person: J. T. Ramsey.

 *Emmanuel Baptist Church, Lugansk, Ukraine: Partnership since 1993. Pray for their children, youth, and orphan ministries, as well as a ministry to homeless, street people, especially in the winter months. Help is needed for their food ministry. FBC contact person: Carolyn Parker.

 *Equipping the Saints in six states of Ukraine: Six training institutes meeting in homes, equipping pastors/leaders.In 15 years 120 churches have come out of the work; there are 75 new preaching points/evangelizing groups. Pray for pastors and church leaders not to get discouraged. Pray for the leaders Anatoly Skirdin and Vlademiir Semonov. FBC contact person: Doyle Sumrall.

 *The Bucket Project of Baptist Global Response: The BGR Hospice Kit is a five-gallon bucket filled with medical and hygiene supplies that provide a touch of physical and spiritual healing to people in Africa who are dying from HIV/AIDS. (See www.gobgr.org or email bgrbuckets@gobgr.org or call 615-367-3678.)FBC contact person:

 *EMBRACE by East Texas Baptist Area churches: This is a way for us to participate with several local churches that are planning to jointly embrace one or two unengaged, unreached people groups (UUPGs)in Central and/or South America. TBA. FBC contact: Church Office