Missions
Get Involved. Make a Difference.
Missions at First Baptist Greenville is a way of approaching the world. It is Imago Dei, it is Namaste, it is the appreciation that we all belong to God and if we look hard enough, we might find Christ in each person we meet, including ourselves.
Missions at First
Missions at First Baptist Greenville is a way of approaching the world.
It is Imago Dei, it is Namaste, it is the appreciation that we all belong to God and if we look hard enough, we might find Christ in each person we meet, including ourselves. At First Baptist Greenville, missions involves members of all ages engaging in ministry with partners in our backyard, in Cuba, in South Africa, in Mississippi, in Puerto Rico, and places in between.
Whether partnering with IHN to welcome homeless families to our church, partnering with our sister congregation in Guanjay, Cuba to encourage the growth of the Joining Hands Cooperative and other community ministries, partnering with our neighbors in Nicholtown with local ministries through our annual Inasmuch Day or partnering in one of the many other opportunities we offer, missions at First Baptist Greenville is about people.
Missions at First Baptist Greenville encourages the development of individuals’ spiritual gifts as new ministries “bubble up” from the passions of members and their willingness to be servant leaders. Missions at First Baptist Greenville respects genuine reflection and the depth of experience we can have when we expand our comfort zones and get to know our brothers and sisters in other parts of the world, other parts of Greenville and within our church family. It celebrates that we can encounter God through these encounters with others.
More Information
For more information on getting involved with missions at First Baptist Greenville, contact Matt Rollins.
Monthly Focus
Each month we highlight a local organization or church mission partner and collect items needed to support their ministry.
Please bring your donations to the collection boxes located throughout the church, where volunteers will collect and deliver them.
This Month
September: Canned Fruit Collection
As we have done each September for several years, we will be collecting canned fruit throughout the month as our September Missions Focus. Fruit is one of the most requested items from the pantry, and pop-tops and fruit cups are preferred. Please help us make a big impact by bringing your canned fruit donations any time during the month to our drop-off locations on campus: Front Desk, Fellowship Hall Lobby, or AYMC Lobby. (Please make sure items have not reached their expiration date.) You may also order and ship directly to the Food Pantry by shopping from the United Ministries Amazon Wish List! At the end of the month, our Children on Mission attendees will count all the fruit we have collected and load the cans into trucks to be delivered to United Ministries.
Thank you all for your continued generosity in providing canned fruit for the United Ministries Food Pantry! The pantry—one of many crisis assistance programs offered by United Ministries—uses a client-choice model which allows families to choose the food items that fit their needs. In 2022, the Food Pantry provided food to 1,171 families. For more information about the impact this organization is making in our community, visit united-ministries.org/crisis-assistance.
Get Involved
Find a place to get involved and make a difference.
Here are some of the ways you can get involved in missions at First Baptist Greenville. To learn more about these or other opportunities, contact Missions Coordinator Laura Stout at 370-2522 ext. 145.
Annie's House
Learn from our “back door neighbors” about sustainable living practices through
Cuba Mission Partnership
Get to know our Cuban partner church, Iglesia Bautista del Camino in Guanajay, through a mission exchange in Cuba or Greenville
IHN
Offer hospitality to homeless families living in our church four weeks per year
Contact: Cam McDade
Knitting and Crochet Group
Create gifts to give to those who need a comforting reminder of God’s love
Mission Backpack
Donate items to fill weekend food bags for local children and/or help shop for, fill or deliver the bags
Contact: Susan Shelley and Amanda Paton-Znak
Mission Trips and Activities
For children, youth, and adults
Join in special opportunities throughout the year for local and global missions
Monthly FBG Focus Collection
Contribute to our monthly collection and/or help deliver donations
Neighborhood Partnership
Get to know our neighbors in Nicholtown and Haynie-Sirrine through special events and work days
Contact: Frank Smith
Inasmuch Days
Serve the local community by participating in our Inasmuch Days throughout the year
Project Host Soup Kitchen
Join or form a team to prepare and serve lunch on a Sunday
Contact: Alec McCleod Learn More
United Ministries
Contribute to our on-going collection and/or help deliver donations
Contact: Clay Gilbert Learn More
Walks for Awareness
Participate in local walks with teams from FBG
More Opportunities
View more current opportunities to serve
Habitat Greenville
Abraham Build 2022
Contact: Walt Herbert and Matthew Loomis Rehnborg
World Relief
Participate on a Good Neighbor Team to welcome a refugee family to Greenville
Women’s Mission Groups
Circles
First Baptist Greenville is home to four Women on Mission groups. Groups gather monthly for Bible study, book study, mission study, and prayer. Groups support various mission partners through giving and hands-on support.
Please email the group leaders or Camille Loomis Rehnborg if you’re interested in attending one of these groups.
Lula Whilden Circle
Women 20’s- early 50’s
2nd Tuesdays of the month
September – May | 6:30-8:00pm
Meets at a member’s house
Contact: Sara Herbert
Crazy Eights Circle
The Crazy Eights Circle has different FBG or community members come speak each month and supports various mission projects. This group is focused on meeting the spiritual and support needs of women regardless of age (30s – infinity)!
3rd Tuesday of the month
September – May | 7:00 pm
Meets in various locations: members’ homes, restaurants, AYMC
Each monthly host plans the program
Contact: tbd
Margaret Allen Aiesi Circle
The Margaret Allen Aiesi Circle, named for a beloved late Circle member, has various speakers and local authors come to their circle and supports a variety of missions projects. Members are ages 60 and older.
3rd Tuesday of the month.
September – May | 9:30am
Meets in members’ homes
Contact: Carol Ann Bell or Becky Bouton
Susie Lee Bagwell Circle
The Susie Lee Bagwell Circle is a group of senior adult women who enjoy Bible study or book study with occasional guest speakers.
3rd Tuesday of the month
September – May | 10:00 am
Meets in members’ homes
Contact: Janet Huskey
More Current Opportunities
Missionaries Visit
As is often highlighted in the Lula Whilden Offering, First Baptist Greenville supports various field personnel who have been commissioned by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to serve all over the world. One team we support is that of Carson and Laura Foushee, who...
Wynn Again
Reading the recent article in the Branch highlighting the call for us to bring cans of fruit to be taken to the food pantry at United Ministries brought to mind a treasured memory. Some of you will remember Schaefer Kendrick. He was a prince of a guy, a strong and...
School Tools: July Focus on Missions
Though children (and teachers) may not be ready to admit it just yet, school will be back in session soon, meaning it’s also time for the annual School Tools program through United Way of Greenville County! Each summer, United Way collects back-to-school items for...