For more information about how you can walk alongside us in missions, please contact Missions Pastor, Brenda Cohen through the church office at 352-376-4681 or email her at brenda.cohen@fbcgainesville.net. Watch for updates in our weekly and monthly Beautiful Feet section in the church newsletter
Missions close to home …
Bread of the Mighty Food Bank: Acts against hunger and food insecurity in the Gainesville community and the surrounding area by distributing donated food to those in need.
Christians Concerned for the Community: Believes God has supplied everyone with special gifts and would love to use your talents to help serve our neighbors in the community.
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Global: Offers resources for missions both near and far.
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Florida: A network of individuals and churches that is dedicated to being the presence of Christ to the most marginalized, first in Florida and the Caribbean, and then the world.
Family Promise of Gainesville: A member of the leading national nonprofit addressing family homelessness, providing homelessness prevention, emergency shelter, workforce development, education financial capability, health and wellness.
Gainesville Community Ministries: Provides practical assistance to the elderly, the disabled, and the "working poor" who are vulnerable to economic crises and have fallen between the cracks of other programs.
Gideons International: An Association of Christian business and professional men and their wives dedicated to telling people about Jesus through associating together for service, sharing personal testimony, and by providing Bibles and New Testaments.
Greater Faith Baptist Fellowship: A Bible based, family oriented and community minded congregation. They have an intense desire to do all they can to demonstrate the love of God to others and lead them to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ our Lord.
Helping Hands Clinic: Seeks to improve the physical and mental well-being of the homeless and poor by delivering comprehensive health care, sensitizing providers to the special needs of the homeless and engaging the community in meaningful contribution.
North Central Florida Baptist Association: Mission is to "Work Together for Kingdom Impact." They share resources, energy, prayers, and goals to reach the communities of 47 churches.
One More Child: Mission is to provide Christ-centered services to children and families in need. Their vision is to bring hope to hurting children, to show that the love of Jesus changes lives and to impact the life of one more child. This organization operates the Florida Baptist Children's Home and the Single Moms Program.
Peaceful Paths: A certified domestic violence center that serves survivors of domestic violence in several counties. They provide emergency shelter, 24-hour helpline, victim advocacy, children's programming, education and training, crisis counseling and support groups, community awareness and intervention and violence prevention programs. Projects for Haiti - CONNECT people from all walks of life to form mutually beneficial relationships leading to positive change. EQUIP partners with skills, knowledge and experiences to transform their communities. EMPOWER people to look beyond circumstances to see the potential in others.
Ronald McDonald House: Mission is to create, find and support programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children and their families.
Sira: Offers a safe place for counseling, education, and health care for pregnant women free of charge. Encourages donations and volunteers to keep this service available to those in our community who need help.
St. Francis House: Mission is to provide a means of addressing the diverse, critical needs of the underserved.
… and around the globe
Amani Sasa: Mission is to love refugee neighbors by offering safety, wholeness and empowerment. Amani Sasa means Peace Now in Swahili. Missy Angala and her husband Francis lead this ministry.
Missionary Ventures: Mission is equipping and empowering the church worldwide to make disciples. Our MVI connection is Brenda Rose, Missionary in Matagalpa, Nicaragua.
Projects for Haiti Global: Mission is to invest in the capacity of individuals and communities through various training programs with the goal of sustainable development.
Wycliffe Bible Translators: Mission is to see Bible translation programs in progress in every language still needing one by 2025. Vision is to see God’s Word made accessible to all people in the language of their hearts. To connect with our own missionaries Jeremy and Christina Graves go to https://www.wycliffe.org/partner/JCGraves.