Partnerships & Affiliations
Affiliations
The following are organizations with which FBG is officially affiliated through the Missions and Affiliations Committee:
- Alliance of Baptists
- Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists
- Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty
- Baptist Peace Fellowship
- Baptist Seminary of Kentucky
- Baptist Women in Ministry
- Baptist World Alliance
- Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF)
- CBF of South Carolina
- Duke Divinity School Baptist House
- Emory University’s Candler School of Theology Baptist Studies Program
- Furman University Exploration of Vocation and Ministry
- Furman University Mere Christianity Forum
- Furman University Cothran Center for Vocational Reflection
- Gardner-Webb School of Divinity
- Good Faith Media
- Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary Baptist Studies Program
- McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University
- South Carolina Christian Action Council
- Wake Forest University School of Divinity
Missions Partners
The Missions and Affiliations Committee receives funding requests by October 1 each year, makes funding decisions by December 1, and distributes funds by December 31 to be used for ministry in the following calendar year. Below is a list of mission partners receiving funding for 2021 for ministry in 2022. Funds given were provided from the Foundation for a total of $102,000.
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- Baptist Church of the Way (Guanajay, Cuba)
- Crossing Over (South Africa)
- Denmark Cares
- Fostering Great Ideas
- Gateway
- Greenville Homeless Alliance
- Jasmine Road
- Loaves & Fishes
- Mayan Intercultural Seminary (Chiapas, Mexico)
- Mental Health America of Greenville
- Mere Christianity Forum
- Momentum Bike Clubs
- Pendleton Place
- Pride Link
- Project Host
- Sustaining Way/Annie’s House
- United Ministries
- West Greenville School
- YouthBASE
Through the generosity of the congregation in a 2019 capital campaign, the Missions and Affiliations Committee was able to grant an additional $50,000 in 2021 to the following organizations:
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- Habitat for Humanity (2022 Abraham Build)
- Greenville County Interfaith Justice Network
- Greenville Housing Fund
- Project Host (capital campaign)