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.

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Annie's House

Learn from our “back door neighbors” about sustainable living practices through work days, TimeBanking and special events

Learn More

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Cuba Mission Partnership

Get to know our Cuban partner church, Iglesia Bautista del Camino in Guanajay, through a mission exchange in Cuba or Greenville

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IHN

Offer hospitality to homeless families living in our church four weeks per year

Contact: Cam McDade

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Knitting and Crochet Group

Create gifts to give to those who need a comforting reminder of God’s love

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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

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Mission Trips and Activities

For children, youth, and adults

Join in special opportunities throughout the year for local and global missions

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Monthly FBG Focus Collection

Contribute to our monthly collection and/or help deliver donations

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Neighborhood Partnership

Get to know our neighbors in Nicholtown and Haynie-Sirrine through special events and work days

Contact: Frank Smith

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Inasmuch Days

Serve the local community by participating in our Inasmuch Days throughout the year

Learn More

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Project Host Soup Kitchen

Join or form a team to prepare and serve lunch on a Sunday

Contact: Alec McCleod    Learn More

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United Ministries

Contribute to our on-going collection and/or help deliver donations

Contact: Clay Gilbert     Learn More

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Walks for Awareness

Participate in local walks with teams from FBG

 

More Opportunities

View more current opportunities to serve

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Habitat Greenville

Abraham Build 2022

Contact: Walt Herbert and Matthew Loomis Rehnborg 

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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

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

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

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...

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