Announcing: Institute of Missional Studies (view info)

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Do you want to be part of our Missions Team @ FBC Jax? Our church is involved in a number of organizations and programs that are spreading the Word to a hungry world.

Baptist Children’s Home
The Florida Baptist Children's Home serves boys and girls who come from tragic and heartbreaking circumstances such as abuse, abandonment, and neglect.

World Missions
We have many couples and singles from First Baptist Church that are missionaries all over the world and are supported through this giving.

Cooperative Program
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has always had one mission - the Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20). Churches in our state work together through our state convention to support a wide array of ministries and missions including: evangelism efforts, children's homes, volunteer missions, missions education, new churches, college and universities, collegiate ministries, camps, and much more.

Associational Ministry
The Jacksonville Baptist Association is a networking ministry of diverse churches seeking to stimulate church health, develop leaders, and multiply ministry in the Jacksonville, Florida area.

International Ministry
First Baptist Church has an outstanding International Ministry program. They have their own Bible Fellowship classes and worship service. This ministry also has English classes to help them with the language. They help internationals find housing, jobs, clothing, furniture, and other needs. The ministry reaches out to provide medical care as well. Along with all of these, they reach the internationals for Jesus.

Chinese Ministry
This First Baptist ministry reaches out to all oriental nationalities. They have their own Bible Fellowship class and worship service, which is taught and then interpreted in their language. This atmosphere allows the oriental people to worship together as a group. [top of page]

Prison Ministry
A group of First Baptist men go to various prisons in our state to minister to inmates in an attempt to lead them to faith in Jesus Christ.

Download: Missions Trip Application

July 1 - 10 : Ukraine Trip

Please note the following:
*Exact dates have not been finalized
**Trips are dependent on recruitment of teams
Unless specified as a designated trip, most trips can include family team members.
Countries and dates are subject to change.
Please check with the missions office for an up-to-date schedule, missions@fbcjax.com

Attention
Pastors, Church Staff, Members and Individuals interested in being on Mission with God.

The new Institute of Missional Studies is jointly sponsored by Global Focus and First Baptist Church Woodstock, Dr. Johnny Hunt, Sr. Pastor.  The Institute, formerly known as the Minister of Missions School, Session 1 will be held at FBC Woodstock, February 8&9, 2010 with orientation and the first three of fourteen modules. Sessions 2-10 will be offered on-line the second Tuesday of each month 1-3pm EST IMS has three tracks of study:

• Track I - Missional Minister Certificate:
  10 monthly sessions, containing 14 modules.  Upon completion of all modules and submission of all required assignments, projects, reading and testing. You will receive a certificate qualifying you to serve as Missional Minister in a local church.
• Track II - Missional Leadership Certificate:
  10 monthly sessions, containing 14 modules.  Upon completion of all modules and required testing. You will receive a certificate qualifying you to serve as Missional Leader in a local church.

Listed below are a few of the module titles offered:

• What Does a Fully Mobilized Acts 1:8 Local/Global Church Look Like?
• Essential Principles of Mobilizing an Acts 1:8 Local/Global Church
• Current Realities of Mission in the Church and the World
• The Believer on Mission (how to help believers discover their “ministry fit”)
• The Process of Discovering and Implementing God’s Mission for the Local Church
• The Mission Leadership Team
• Integrating Mission into the Life of the Church
• The Short Term Mission Journey
• The Global Mission Celebration
• The Sending Process of the Missional Church

Vision 2015
We will teach 5 Million Church Leaders, thus we believe we will see 500,000 churches mobilized and 50 million Christians engaged in God’s global cause.