Lula Whilden World Missions Offering
For more than 25 years, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of South Carolina (CBFSC) has been leading efforts into some of South Carolina’s most destitute areas and communities. It has successful community development initiatives in Allendale and Metanoia and has partnered with Koinonia of Columbia, Carolina Immigrant Alliance, Palmetto Works and has disaster relief teams ready […]
Focus on Missions: Trunk or Treat
Sunday, October 27, will mark the 8th year we have partnered with the Nicholtown community to provide a Trunk or Treat experience for children from Nicholtown and First Baptist. For the last several years, we have served over one thousand children from the trunks of First Baptist and Nicholtown Baptist members. The church-wide missions […]
Lula Whilden World Missions Offering
As a leader in the modern missionary movement, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship seeks to build beloved community, bear witness to Jesus Christ and to seek transformational development among communities and people otherwise forgotten. Field personnel serve alongside congregations within three primary contexts—global poverty, global migration and the global church. CBF is currently supporting 120 long-term […]
Mission Trips and the Mission of God
The Transfiguration is a familiar story that is found within all three of the synoptic Gospels. In it, we find that Jesus, Peter, James and John have ascended a mountain. There they experience God in new and extraordinary ways. Following the event, Peter exclaims that they should stay right there and bask in the presence […]
Change a Life with United Ministries
I am thankful our congregation is supportive of United Ministries throughout the year, as individual volunteers as well as through collective efforts. Some of the ways we partner with United Ministries are through hosting homeless families in the IHN ministry; helping to sponsor the Uniting for Change luncheon and Transformation Walk; collecting canned fruit for […]
Focus on Missions: United Ministries
The United Ministries mission is to serve and empower those on the transformative journey to self-sufficiency. United Ministries offers help with education and employment, crisis assistance, and homeless services. Its food pantry offers help with one of the immediate needs of those in crisis. According to Johanne Puckett, the United Ministries Volunteer Food Coordinator, September […]
Rustlings (August 19, 2019)
I walked into my first meeting over a decade ago. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long. I attended three times a week—two different locations. It wasn’t until the third week that I could utter a word. Even then, the words were mixed with tears. It took a while to sift through the wad […]
Tutudesk Delivery
On your marks, Get set We are children of Ramalema We are hungry, We are hungry for education On our visit to South Africa in July, we were warmly greeted by hundreds of children singing this song, clapping, stomping and welcoming us to their school! On behalf of you, our First Baptist family, we had […]
Abraham Build Scheduled
Hopefully, you have heard about the Habitat for Humanity “Abraham Build” of which our church is a partner, along with Temple of Israel, Christ Church Episcopal, and the Greenville Muslim Community. We are honored to partner alongside these other Abrahamic faith communities in Greenville’s first interfaith build. The build will begin August 8 with an […]
Puerto Rico: Reflections on the Mission Trip of a Lifetime
As you can see from the following, our mission to Puerto Rico was the trip of a lifetime. One of the most beautiful aspects of this trip is that none of it would have been possible without the help of our First Baptist Greenville family. Your faithful attendance at our fundraisers, gifts, donations and prayers […]