First
Baptist Church ministers the Gospel ("Good News") of Jesus
Christ to children, youth, and adults in a variety of
ways.
Ministries to
Children
Sunday School
Sunday Morning
Children's Church
Sunday Evening
Worship
Heroes
in Training / VBS Children's Worship Team
Wednesday
Night Live (begins August 2010)
Wednesday Evening
Children's Bible Study Activities
Ministries to
Youth
Sunday School
Sunday Evening Youth
Worship
Wednesday Evening
Baptist Youth Fellowship (BYF) Middle & High School
Men and Boys'
Breakfasts
Cub Scouts,
Boy
Scouts
Upward Basketball
& Cheerleading (Camps and Seasons)
Ministries to
Adults
Sunday Morning
Worship Services
Wide Variety of
Sunday School Classes
Hurricane Ladies'
Bible Study Classes
Various
Church-Wide Spiritual Growth Campaigns (2009: 40 Days of
Purpose)
Outreach Visitation
American
Baptist Women's Ministries / Guilds
American
Baptist Men's Ministries / ABMen of West Virginia
VIP's
Missions
FBC Supports
American Baptist Mission efforts, including:
WV
For Christ Offering (collected in
March)
50%
New Church Development in WV (New
Point
Church
)
25%
Youth
Mission
Trip
20%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
05%
ABW Ministries Scholarship Fund
One Great Hour of
Sharing (collected in June)
World Mission
Offering (collected in October)
Retired Ministers
and Missionaries Offering (collected in
December)
Alderson-Broaddus
College
Campus
Christian Center at Marshall University
Mountain
State Mission Offering
American
Baptist Women's Ministries / Guilds
American
Baptist Men's Ministries / ABMen of West Virginia
Baptist
Campus Ministries
International
Missionaries: The Turleys
(Japan), Debbie
Mulneix (India)
Haiti
Mission Support
Other
Missions supported by FBC include:
Weirton
Christian Center
Fellowship
of Christian Athletes
Christian Community
Cupboard (local food bank)
Habitat
For Humanity