Missions Are Local
We have a long history of local missions involvement that we continue to uphold today. We support many local missional organizations both financially and through service. Here is a list of different local organizations we support and how you can be involved in serving with them!
ETFB Monthly Food Pantry Distribution
The East Texas Food Bank Mobile Pantry sets up the 4th Wednesday of every month from 10-11:30am serving all Anderson county residents click here for more info.
First Resource Center
First Resource Center is a food pantry serving the residents of Anderson County, Texas. Serve by assisting clients with food needs, being a driver for food pickups, and unloading/sorting food.
Hope Station
Hope Station is a ministry to the homeless that provides clothes, hygiene kits, counseling, and male resident programs. Volunteers can help with job training and financial education, serving at the Thrift Store, and sorting clothing donations.
Hospitality House
The Hospitality House provides overnight lodging for families of prison inmates. Volunteers can serve here by cooking/eating a meal with residents and developing relationships, or by adopting a room to pray for.
Living Alternatives
Living Alternatives provides pregnancy counseling, sonograms, and more. Volunteers can help provide mentoring to clients.
Refuge of Light
Refuge of Light is a safe home that provides physical, mental, and spiritual healing of sex trafficked 18-21 year old women. Serve by eating a meal with residents and developing relationships and training residents with personal and professional skills.
Rock Bottom Ranch
Rock Bottom Ranch is a transitional home for women to break free from the bondage of addiction and find freedom in Christ. Serve by eating a meal with residents and devloping relationships or training residents with personal and professional skills.
Stock Pot
The Stock Pot serves daily meals to homeless and hungry here in Palestine. We send volunteers to serve meals, clean the kitchen and food pantry, and sort/stock food!
Missions Are Areawide and Statewide
FBCP partners with other churches in the Dogwood Trails Baptist Association, made up of churches in Anderson, Henderson, and Cherokee county. Cedar Creek Community Church (4C) was recently planted in the lake community of Payne springs, near Eustace and Gun Barrel City. 4C will give FBCP opportunities to partner in many vital growth areas.
We recently formed a new partnership with First Baptist Church in Matagorda, TX. We will be doing construction projects, VBS, Sports Camps, and other missions-ministry efforts over the next several years.
FBCP is part of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, which has over 5,300 churches. This state convention combines the efforts of our churches in sharing the Gospel, church planting, church revitalization, and missions. The goal is to send multiple teams throughout the year. Watch for details of upcoming trips!
We recently formed a new partnership with First Baptist Church in Matagorda, TX. We will be doing construction projects, VBS, Sports Camps, and other missions-ministry efforts over the next several years.
FBCP is part of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, which has over 5,300 churches. This state convention combines the efforts of our churches in sharing the Gospel, church planting, church revitalization, and missions. The goal is to send multiple teams throughout the year. Watch for details of upcoming trips!
Missions Are National
FBCP has begun a new partnership with the Quad Cities Area Baptist Association. This is a group of nine Illinois churches led by Associational Missions Strategist Jerry Hidden. We have recently worked with Jerry in one of these churches in Orion, IL. There is much work to be done in this area including construction projects, VBS, block parties, neighborhood canvasing and evangelism, leadership training, and much more. The goal is to send multiple teams throughout the year. Watch for details of upcoming trips!
Missions Are International
FBCP is part of the Southern Baptist Convention, made up of over 50,000 churches across the globe. We support missionaries both nationally and internationally in efforts of sharing Christ and making disciples.
We are currently supporting John and Sarah Fuller who are a part of the International Sports Federation, a missions group that puts on sports camps around the world and shares the Gospel. If you are interested in going on one of these trips, please see our Associate Pastor of Missions Dan Tice and he will put you in touch with the Fullers.
We are currently supporting John and Sarah Fuller who are a part of the International Sports Federation, a missions group that puts on sports camps around the world and shares the Gospel. If you are interested in going on one of these trips, please see our Associate Pastor of Missions Dan Tice and he will put you in touch with the Fullers.