First Baptist Church of Ponchatoula
Thursday, February 23, 2012
 
 
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Missions

First Baptist Church of Ponchatoula is responding to the Acts 1:8 challenge to reach out to people in our local community, throughout our nation, and beyond to the uttermost parts of the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The church offers opportunities for people to be directly involved in missions and indirectly involved through missions support.  

 

Direct Missions Opportunities-2011NSBA Logo

 
January
Global Maritime Ministry Collection (R.A.s)
9- GO! Missions Focus Sunday
 
February
G.A. Restoration House Baby Bottle Fund-Raising Project
 
March
North American Missions Emphasis & Annie Armstrong Special Offering
11- G. A.s to Fairhaven Children’s Home
11-12- R. A.s to Global Maritime Ministry, Reserve
 
April
8-9- R. A. Congress
8-9- Strawberry Festival
 
May
        Tentative Men’s Ministry Project
 
June
13-17- Vacation Bible School
27- July 1- North American  Mission Trip (Annette Gordon, coordinator)
 
July/August
11-16- Youth World Changers Mission Trip- Birmingham, AL (Dennis Ellzey, coordinator)
24-Aug. 1- Camp USA- missions come to us!
25-August 1- Native American Mission Trip; Gallup, NM (Dr. Presley, coordinator)
 
September
State Missions Emphasis & Georgia Barnette Special Offering
Fall Food Drive- Louisiana Baptist Children's Home
Hunter Safety/Wild Game Weekend
 
October
World Hunger Offering (R.A.s)
24-Nov. 4- Korea Mission Trip (Dr. Cranford, coordinator)
 
November
Operation Christmas Child
 
December 
International Missions Emphasis & Lottie Moon Special Offering
9-11- Christmas Spectacular
 
 
 
Ongoing Missions Opportunities
 
The people and organizations of First Baptist Church are involved in many "ongoing" missions opportunities. Below are some of the missions supported directly by FBC:

Apotheca Food Bank 
Camp Living Waters 
Cristo para Todos Iglesia, Natalbany
Restoration House Pregnancy Resource center
Serenity House 
General Benevolence
Men’s Ministry Support & Projects
R.A.s & G.A.s - Support & Projects
Youth Missions- Support & Projects
Women's Ministry Projects
Mission Trip Support
Special/Disaster Relief Projects

Through cooperation with other churches, the missions of First Baptist extend across the globe. At First Baptist Ponchatoula, missions giving is built in--a portion of every penny given to the church's general fund leaves the church. Below are some examples:


 
  
(2% of tithes/offerings given to FBCP go to NSBA)
 
 
Associational Mission Churches: 
Calvary Hispanic, Slidell
Cristo para Todos- Iglesia Bautista, Natalbany
 Grace Hispanic, Folsom  
Jesus Center of Prosperity, Slidell
Riverside, Slidell
 
 
 Association New Church Plants:
Crossbrand Cowboy Church, Loranger
Bridge Church, Madisonville
Filipino, Slidell
Iglesia Cristo Rendentor, Mandeville
Central, Slidell
Native American
 
 
Disaster Relief Services
Feeding Unit
Shower Unit

Block Party Trailer
Camp Living Waters
SLU Baptist Collegiate Ministry
 

 
 
(10% of tithes/offerings given to FBCP go to the Cooperative Program. CP monies are divided between the Louisiana Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LA Baptist Collegiate Ministries
 Louisiana Baptist Children's Home
Louisiana College
LBC Missions & Ministries Team:
-Church & Community Missions
-Church Starting Grants
-Language Missions
-Missions Volunteer Mobilization
 
 
 Southern Baptist Convention Missions Causes
 
 
North American Mission Board-
   New churches numbering over 1,364 are planted through the efforts of more than 5,304 North American Missionaries
 
 
International Mission Board-
Support approximately 5,624 missionaries who are engaging 655 people groups, of populations greater than 100,000, around the world.
 
Six Southern Baptist seminaries- 
 Golden Gate, Midwestern, New Orleans, Southern, Southeastern, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminaries educate in excess of 16,000 pastors, missionaries, and future church leaders each year.