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
Disaster Relief Services
Feeding Unit
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
LBC Missions & Ministries Team:
-Church & Community 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.
