Missions
Local | National | International
Local Partners
We partner with local and national organizations to serve our community, advance the Gospel, and make a lasting impact for Christ.
CHM is a Christian based 501(c)(3) in Forsyth County, GA. Cumming Home Ministries works with people facing homelessness and drug addiction by assessing their needs and sponsoring them in a program that will best fit their current needs.
The mission of Family Haven is to provide comprehensive services to individuals and their children who have experienced family violence and to educate and train the community on the issue of family violence. Ladies from First Baptist lead a Bible study group at Family Haven. If you want more information on how to get involved with this partner, please contact Latrelle Elliott.
FCA has a vision to see Forsyth County impacted for Jesus Christ through the influence of athletes and coaches. If you want more information on how to get involved with this partner, please contact Brian Weaver.
Friends of India is led by Joshua Sunderraj. For more information on how to get involved with this partner, please contact Joshua.
The Multicultural Ministry is led by Wanderson Goncalves. For more information on how to get involved with this partner, please contact Wanderson.
Everlove Korean Church in Cumming, Georgia is a new church that was started in 2020 by Joseph Lee and his family. From the early days of pioneering during a global pandemic, the church exists to support and sends missionaries locally and globally. The church meets at Lambert High School.
Hope Church Union Hill exists to make and send disciples of Jesus Christ. At Hope Church, we hold fast to the historical doctrines of the church while seeking a lifestyle that flows out of strong doctrinal foundations. Paul told Timothy in 2 Timothy 1:14, "By the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, guard the good deposit entrusted to you." The good deposit is the gospel of Christ, and Timothy is admonished to guard the integrity of the gospel message.
Every February, FBC is able to serve our local community by hosting one of Tim Tebow Foundation’s Night to Shine events. This event is an unforgettable prom night experience, centered on God's love, for people with special needs ages 14 and older. Hundreds of volunteers and guests make each year more incredible than the last.
God expects the church to care for orphans (James 1:27). The Orphan Ministry Team of First Baptist encourages Christ-followers in our church and community to get involved in adoption and foster care. If you want more information on how to get involved with this partner, please contact Mark Wethington.
First Baptist has a long-term partnership with The Place, a nonprofit social service organization serving Forsyth County families with emergency basic needs in difficult times. If you want more information on how to get involved with this partner, please contact Michael O’Neal.
Whispering Hope offers compassion, hope, and help for anyone vulnerable to abortion by presenting life-affirming alternatives and support and by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For more information about Whispering Hope, click here. If you would like to get involved with this partner, please contact Michael O’Neal.
National Partners
We partner with local and national organizations to serve our community, advance the Gospel, and make a lasting impact for Christ.
For many years, FBC has supported the work of Club 180, a ministry that exists to meet the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs of children, youth, and families in Lynch, KY. Terry and Angie Burkeen are the Directors of Club 180 Ministry. In 2006, God called them, along with their two teenage daughters, to move to Kentucky to live on mission for Him. FBC sends our people to serve with Club 180 to hold activities, events, Bible studies, and mentoring for kids and parents.
The Church is God’s plan—you are God’s plan—to reach North America and the nations with the hope of the gospel, and the North American Mission Board is here to help.
International Partners
To learn more about what God is doing in these global cities and how to get involved, please contact our evangelism & missions pastor, Michael O’Neal.
Growing up at First Baptist, Alexis heard the gospel, surrendered her life to Christ, and grew in her faith as a follower of Jesus. In college, she began serving with Campus Outreach on their leadership team. As a recent graduate, Alexis will now serve on staff for two years with Campus Outreach in Birmingham, England. As England’s second largest city, Birmingham is a strategic location because of its diversity and number of university students from all over the globe. Alexis has a passion to see a multiplying campus ministry spread in Birmingham and throughout the U.K. to impact the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Evan & Ruth Anne McRae & Family (GEM - Greater Europe Mission)
Our church sent out the McRae family to serve on mission among university students in Bristol, England. Evan McRae serves on staff with Christian Union, a ministry with a vision to give every university student the opportunity to hear and respond to the good news of Jesus Christ.
To find out more about how you can partner with the McRae family, please contact Evan: emcrae311@gmail.com.
As one of the world’s most influential cities, London is a global, strategic city with 10 million people from 190 nations speaking over 300 different languages. The top 100 unreached people groups in all the world are represented in London. Tim Keller says, “There’s no better choice of ministry setting than London—if you really want to make an impact on the world.”
In 2023, our church sent out Terry Quick to serve with the International Mission Board in London. Terry focuses on partnering with UK churches to share Jesus, make disciples, plant churches, and develop leaders. One of those partner churches is All Saints Church in Wandsworth, London.
To learn more about how you can get involved in what God is doing in London, please contact Michael O’Neal.
Our church supports a couple in Southeast Asia where they are learning a new language in order to share Jesus and a plant a church among a people group who has never heard the good news of Jesus.
For years, FBC has partnered with a Baptist church in Pattaya, Thailand to show and share God’s love with those who have never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Mission team members teach English, conduct community events, and distribute Christian literature in the Thai language.
IMB missionaries tirelessly work for gospel access across all boundaries, aiming for transformed lives and local ownership of the mission. Our vision, rooted in Revelation 7:9, is God’s vision for a multitude from every corner of the world knowing and worshiping Jesus Christ.