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Our Mission
We exist to make disciples of Christ

Our Mission at First Baptist is to fulfill the parting command of Jesus when he said "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matthew 28:19-20)
Our obedience to this command is the foundation of every ministry we do at FBC. From worship services to Children's Ministry to Student and Adult Ministries, our chief aim is to make authentic disciples of Christ. 

Our Vision
To see lives transformed through God's unchanging Word

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind..." (Romans 12:2)
Every weekend we're opening the Bible together and learning from its pages in ways that speak right into our lives. In our services, our ministries, our music—in everything we do at FBC, our passion and focus is to see lives transformed through God's unchanging word. In Hebrews 4:12 Paul writes "For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." We believe that as we evangelize, worship, edify, fellowship and serve that God is going to do His work of transformation in us and through us!

Our Values
We value unconditional, sacrificial, love for God and others
Jesus taught that the most important measures of spirituality are loving God and loving others. The love that Jesus was talking about here is this deepest level of AGAPE love. 

In 1 John 4:7-10 we are given this standard "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1 John 4:7-10

As Disciples of Christ we are commanded to love one another unconditionally and sacrificially as Christ demonstrated to us when he went to the cross. Unconditional love means that we choose to love others not based on our feelings or emotions toward them. Sacrificial love means that we serve one another even when it costs us. Sometimes this involves shared times of celebration. Other times it requires us to change our plans, help someone in need, or to lovingly confront, rebuke, or correct another member. In it all Christ is our example of what love looks like.