Administrative MinistriesAdministrative Ministries

Pastoral Ministry primary Pastoral Ministry primary purpose is to:purpose is to:

Serve as overseer of the church Serve as overseer of the church under Christunder Christ

Share the Word of God through Share the Word of God through preaching and teachingpreaching and teaching

Support the membership through Support the membership through prayer, counsel, guidance, etc.prayer, counsel, guidance, etc.

Deacon Ministry Deacon Ministry primary purpose is to:primary purpose is to:

Provide assistance to the Pastor in Provide assistance to the Pastor in ministering to the congregationministering to the congregation

Provide aid to the membership by Provide aid to the membership by ministering to the congregationministering to the congregation

Provide awareness to the membership Provide awareness to the membership concerning the importance of ministry concerning the importance of ministry involvementinvolvement

Provide association between the Provide association between the deacon ministry and membership.deacon ministry and membership.

Trustee Ministry Trustee Ministry primary purpose is to:primary purpose is to:

Manage the finances, financial Manage the finances, financial affairs, and properties of the affairs, and properties of the churchchurch

Monitor the policies and Monitor the policies and procedures of the church as it procedures of the church as it relates to state and federal relates to state and federal mandates.mandates.

Church Clerks primary Church Clerks primary purpose is to:purpose is to:

Keep records of church and Keep records of church and executive committee meetingsexecutive committee meetings

Keep records of membership Keep records of membership applications, and input applications, and input membership information in the membership information in the computer.computer.

Budget Committee Budget Committee primary purpose is to:primary purpose is to:

Review ministry leaders budgetary Review ministry leaders budgetary ministry requestsministry requests

Recommend to ministry leaders a Recommend to ministry leaders a proposed budgetproposed budget

Report an annual budget for the Report an annual budget for the year to be approved by the churchyear to be approved by the church

Review and monitor approved Review and monitor approved budget during the year and budget during the year and provide quarterly reports to provide quarterly reports to ministry leaders at ministry leaders at Servant Leaders’ Meeting.Servant Leaders’ Meeting.

Announcing ClerksAnnouncing Clerks

Announcing Clerks Announcing Clerks primary primary purpose is to keep the purpose is to keep the membership aware of church and membership aware of church and community activities through community activities through public announcements during the public announcements during the worship services.worship services.

Media MinistryMedia Ministry

Media Ministry Media Ministry consists of two consists of two components, audio and visual. The components, audio and visual. The purpose is to enhance the spiritual purpose is to enhance the spiritual maturity of the membership by maturity of the membership by making available sermons and making available sermons and songs for an after Sunday morning songs for an after Sunday morning worship experience and are worship experience and are available free to shut-in members to available free to shut-in members to help provide comfort and help provide comfort and encouragement. encouragement.

Christian Education Christian Education and Discipleship and Discipleship

MinistriesMinistries

King David Men’s MinistryKing David Men’s Ministry

Strives to improve leadership at home Strives to improve leadership at home by fulfilling the responsibilities of a by fulfilling the responsibilities of a loving father, husband, and spiritual loving father, husband, and spiritual leader for all members of the family; leader for all members of the family;

Strives to improve leadership at the Strives to improve leadership at the church by fulfilling the responsibilities church by fulfilling the responsibilities as stewards of the Word and the as stewards of the Word and the progress of the church;progress of the church;

Strives to improve leadership in the Strives to improve leadership in the community by fulfilling the community by fulfilling the responsibilities as visible and working responsibilities as visible and working examples of Christianity. examples of Christianity.

Esther Circle Women’s Esther Circle Women’s MinistryMinistry

Strives to improve Christian Strives to improve Christian womanhood by educating the women womanhood by educating the women in the church to fulfill the in the church to fulfill the responsibilities of a loving mother, responsibilities of a loving mother, wife, sister, friend, and spiritual wife, sister, friend, and spiritual example for all members of the family;example for all members of the family;

Strives to provide strong female Strives to provide strong female leadership and support in the church, leadership and support in the church, the home and the community.the home and the community.

Sunday SchoolSunday School

Provides for weekly instruction in Provides for weekly instruction in the Word of God. the Word of God.

Instruction is provided for all age Instruction is provided for all age groups. groups.

The focus of instruction is to The focus of instruction is to provide members with the provide members with the necessary knowledge and insight necessary knowledge and insight to mature as Christians. to mature as Christians.

Membership Orientation Membership Orientation MinistryMinistry

Provides for the smooth transition of Provides for the smooth transition of new members into the church family.new members into the church family.

Classes of instruction are provided to Classes of instruction are provided to new members to explain the scriptural new members to explain the scriptural principles that govern the church. principles that govern the church.

Members completing Orientation Class Members completing Orientation Class are extended the Right Hand of are extended the Right Hand of Fellowship which affords them the Fellowship which affords them the rights and privileges of membership in rights and privileges of membership in the First Baptist family by the pastor.the First Baptist family by the pastor.

Learning CenterLearning Center

Is designed to educate, enlighten, and Is designed to educate, enlighten, and encourage our most precious resources encourage our most precious resources through an after school program. through an after school program.

We seek to pour a foundation for We seek to pour a foundation for spiritual, mental, physical and spiritual, mental, physical and intellectual growth through various intellectual growth through various experiences and encounters.experiences and encounters.

It is our goal to provide a positive It is our goal to provide a positive outlet for educational strengths and to outlet for educational strengths and to capitalize on needed aspects for capitalize on needed aspects for enhancement. The facility is equipped enhancement. The facility is equipped with a computer lab with internet with a computer lab with internet service and a library. service and a library.

Wednesday Night Bible Wednesday Night Bible StudyStudy

Is designed to ministry to the Is designed to ministry to the needs of the congregation needs of the congregation through the teaching of biblical through the teaching of biblical principles that will bring about principles that will bring about spiritual preparation for ministry spiritual preparation for ministry and participation in ministry.and participation in ministry.

Child Care MinistryChild Care Ministry Is an opportunity to provide Is an opportunity to provide

appropriate evangelism and appropriate evangelism and discipleship of children through the discipleship of children through the nursery and children church. nursery and children church.

It provides biblical instructions that are It provides biblical instructions that are specific to the children of the church.specific to the children of the church.

This ministry serves children ages four This ministry serves children ages four (4) to ten (10) years of age. Children’s (4) to ten (10) years of age. Children’s Church is held on the second, third and Church is held on the second, third and fourth Sundays during the 10:45 fourth Sundays during the 10:45 worship service. Provisions are being worship service. Provisions are being made for the 8:30 worship service.made for the 8:30 worship service.

Children/Youth Children/Youth Ministries Ministries

Teen Timothy and Teen Timothy and Teen Titus 2Teen Titus 2 Youth Youth

MinistriesMinistries Have the responsibility of providing Have the responsibility of providing

biblical, educational, and fun programs biblical, educational, and fun programs and activities specifically geared to the and activities specifically geared to the youth of the church. youth of the church.

These programs and activities are to These programs and activities are to ensure that every teen has the ensure that every teen has the opportunity to grow spiritually, opportunity to grow spiritually, physically, mentally, and socially.physically, mentally, and socially.

The goal is to equip our youth with the The goal is to equip our youth with the skills necessary to live a godly life and skills necessary to live a godly life and to evangelize those they come in to evangelize those they come in contact with daily. contact with daily.

Wednesday Night Wednesday Night Children & Teen Bible Children & Teen Bible

StudyStudy Is designed to minister to the needs of Is designed to minister to the needs of

children and youth from ages four to children and youth from ages four to eighteen.eighteen.

All Children meet in the Learning Center All Children meet in the Learning Center for homework assistance and tutoring for homework assistance and tutoring activities. Teens meet in the Men’s activities. Teens meet in the Men’s Classroom. Classroom.

Our focus with the teens is on establishing Our focus with the teens is on establishing a solid biblical foundation by providing a solid biblical foundation by providing studies that focus on character, values, studies that focus on character, values, and a student’s personal relationship with and a student’s personal relationship with Christ. Christ.

Outreach Ministries Outreach Ministries

BenevolenceBenevolence MinistryMinistry& & EvangelismEvangelism Ministry Ministry

Provides for the Provides for the physical needs of physical needs of members and the members and the community. Its scope community. Its scope includes provisions for includes provisions for financial assistance, financial assistance, provisions for meeting provisions for meeting food and clothing food and clothing needs, and efforts to needs, and efforts to meet spiritual needs meet spiritual needs for our members and for our members and the community. the community.

Reaches out to the Reaches out to the unsaved by sharing the unsaved by sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. In gospel of Jesus Christ. In addition, the evangelism addition, the evangelism ministry provides ministry provides instruction in the various instruction in the various strategies of lifestyle and strategies of lifestyle and street evangelism. The street evangelism. The goal of this ministry is to goal of this ministry is to recruit, train and use recruit, train and use Christians to lead others Christians to lead others to Jesus Christ, utilizing a to Jesus Christ, utilizing a variety of methods and variety of methods and through distribution of through distribution of Christian literature in the Christian literature in the neighboring community.neighboring community.

Raven Ministry &Raven Ministry &My Brother’s Keeper My Brother’s Keeper

MinistryMinistry Is a food outreach Is a food outreach

ministry designed to ministry designed to meet a physical meet a physical need that we are need that we are instructed to make instructed to make available as a body available as a body of believers. The of believers. The food outreach food outreach ministry is a food ministry is a food basket service for basket service for the many needy in the many needy in our community and our community and church. church.

Ensures every member Ensures every member of the Church can be of the Church can be visited during times of visited during times of hospitalization or hospitalization or confinement due to confinement due to illness, injury or periods illness, injury or periods of grief and loss. It is of grief and loss. It is personal outreach to personal outreach to the sick, hurting, shut-the sick, hurting, shut-in and needy in the in and needy in the hospital, nursing home, hospital, nursing home, and at home. Our goal and at home. Our goal is to pray, encourage, is to pray, encourage, and assist them. and assist them.

Mission Ministry &Mission Ministry &Clothing ClosetClothing Closet

Promotes the Promotes the conversion of the conversion of the lost, establishment lost, establishment of the church, of the church, assistance of the assistance of the needy, and the needy, and the glorifying of God’s glorifying of God’s grace by grace by spreading the spreading the Gospel throughout Gospel throughout the world.the world.

Provides clothing, Provides clothing, coats, blankets, coats, blankets, personal hygiene personal hygiene items and other items and other valuable and valuable and vital commodities vital commodities to the needy. to the needy.

Senior Adult Ministry &Senior Adult Ministry &S.T.E.P. MinistryS.T.E.P. Ministry

Functions on the Functions on the principle that Christian principle that Christian values, service and values, service and spiritual needs do not spiritual needs do not stop with age. Senior stop with age. Senior adults are a vital part of adults are a vital part of our family! These saints our family! These saints of the Lord have given of the Lord have given so much to our so much to our congregation through congregation through the years, and our the years, and our desire is to minister to desire is to minister to them in a special way. them in a special way. It is the goal of this It is the goal of this ministry to continue to ministry to continue to enhance the learning of enhance the learning of God’s Word and provide God’s Word and provide fun fellowship outings.fun fellowship outings.

An acronyms for An acronyms for serving to equip serving to equip people provides the people provides the membership an membership an opportunity to serve opportunity to serve in community in community outreach work by outreach work by providing mentoring providing mentoring to at risk youth in to at risk youth in the community. the community.

Worship Ministry Worship Ministry

Proclamation Ministry &Proclamation Ministry & Mass Choir Mass Choir

Consists of the Consists of the preaching of the preaching of the Word of God in Word of God in an instructional, an instructional, informational, informational, inspirational, and inspirational, and inerrant manner inerrant manner to equip, to equip, encourage, encourage, empower, and empower, and evangelize the evangelize the hearer.hearer.

is to minister is to minister God’s Holy Word God’s Holy Word through song and through song and to prepare the to prepare the congregation for congregation for the spoken Word. the spoken Word. Psalm 100:2 Psalm 100:2 states, “…come states, “…come before His before His presence with presence with singing.”singing.”

Praise Dancers & Praise Dancers & Praise Team Praise Team

consists of young consists of young female children who female children who don’t mind praising don’t mind praising him with the him with the liturgical dance. liturgical dance. Psalm 49:3 states, Psalm 49:3 states, “Praise the Lord “Praise the Lord with dance…” Praise with dance…” Praise Dance glorifies, Dance glorifies, praises and lifts up praises and lifts up the name of the the name of the Lord, through Lord, through synchronized synchronized movements, steps, movements, steps, music and song. music and song.

consists of skilled consists of skilled singers who usher in singers who usher in the presence of the the presence of the Lord so that He may Lord so that He may dwell in the dwell in the presence of His presence of His people. This group people. This group sings songs that sings songs that cause you to stand cause you to stand up, clap your hands, up, clap your hands, pat your feet, and pat your feet, and sing along.sing along.

Servant Ministries Servant Ministries

Floral Ministry & Floral Ministry & Beautification MinistryBeautification Ministry

Provides comfort Provides comfort and compassion and compassion through floral through floral expressions of expressions of love to those who love to those who are experiencing are experiencing sickness as well sickness as well as bereavement.as bereavement.

Promotes through Promotes through out the facilities out the facilities of First Baptist an of First Baptist an environment that environment that reflects the reflects the beauty and love beauty and love that the Father that the Father has for all who has for all who enter His gates. enter His gates.

Deaconess Ministry &Deaconess Ministry &Student AchievementStudent Achievement

Serves as a Serves as a helper to the helper to the Deacon Ministry Deacon Ministry by providing by providing assistance with assistance with communion, communion, baptism, and the baptism, and the spiritual life of spiritual life of the church.the church.

Provides and Provides and promotes promotes academic academic excellence by excellence by recognizing and recognizing and rewarding rewarding students for their students for their success in success in school.school.

Transportation & Transportation & SecuritySecurity Transportation Transportation

MinistryMinistry provides provides and arranges and arranges transportation to transportation to members for members for various activities various activities conducted by the conducted by the church. This church. This ministry supports ministry supports the other programs the other programs at the church by at the church by providing members providing members with a means by with a means by which they can which they can access the services access the services and the other and the other ministries offered.ministries offered.

Security MinistrySecurity Ministry provides assistance provides assistance in directing traffic in directing traffic and patrolling the and patrolling the parking lots during parking lots during service hours. The service hours. The mission of the mission of the Security Ministry is to Security Ministry is to ensure that church ensure that church members have a safe members have a safe and secure worship and secure worship environment within environment within and around the and around the Church.Church.

Welcome Ministry &Welcome Ministry &Usher MinistryUsher Ministry

Welcome MinistryWelcome Ministry is is designed to greet our designed to greet our members and visitors members and visitors during our regular during our regular services and provide services and provide a friendly atmosphere a friendly atmosphere for all who enter the for all who enter the doors of the Lord’s doors of the Lord’s house. They provide a house. They provide a welcoming smile to welcoming smile to members and visitors. members and visitors. They also serve as They also serve as tour guides. tour guides.

Usher MinistryUsher Ministry serves as serves as doorkeepers and doorkeepers and welcomes visitors. welcomes visitors. Ushering is the art of Ushering is the art of making the members making the members and the visitors feel and the visitors feel comfortable lending comfortable lending spiritual dignity to spiritual dignity to the church service. the church service. Through promptness, Through promptness, courtesy, and tact, courtesy, and tact, the usher assists the the usher assists the Pastor and promotes Pastor and promotes the worship the worship experience. experience.

Health Ministry &Health Ministry &Recreation MinistryRecreation Ministry

Provides education Provides education programs about health programs about health related issues, related issues, coordinates and provides coordinates and provides information about information about accessibility of health accessibility of health care services offered in care services offered in the community. The the community. The ministry also addresses ministry also addresses the care needs of the the care needs of the membership, and strives membership, and strives to establish to establish communication, communication, interaction and interaction and collaboration of efforts collaboration of efforts with local health with local health organizations. The organizations. The ministry sponsors an ministry sponsors an annual Health Fair. annual Health Fair.

Provides a program of Provides a program of physical activities for physical activities for the membership in an the membership in an effort to help produce effort to help produce a well-rounded a well-rounded individual and assist in individual and assist in the church’s overall the church’s overall program of ministry. program of ministry. The ministry provides The ministry provides activities for the activities for the membership through membership through basketball, kickball, basketball, kickball, dodge ball and dodge ball and volleyball teams. The volleyball teams. The Ministry also offers Ministry also offers aerobics, and fitness aerobics, and fitness exercising equipment. exercising equipment.

Kitchen Ministry, Lawn Kitchen Ministry, Lawn Care & Building Care & Building

Maintenance MinistryMaintenance Ministry Mostly provides service Mostly provides service

in support of events held in support of events held at our church. The at our church. The Kitchen Ministry’s Kitchen Ministry’s purpose is to guide, help purpose is to guide, help with planning, and with planning, and provide the physical provide the physical assistance in the use of assistance in the use of the kitchen facilities for the kitchen facilities for the church. This ministry the church. This ministry cooks, prepares, and cooks, prepares, and serves food with the serves food with the spirit of the Christian spirit of the Christian servant.servant.

Provides Provides maintenance of the maintenance of the lawn to ensure a lawn to ensure a pleasant and peaceful pleasant and peaceful environment of environment of beauty outside the beauty outside the church.church.

Provides Provides maintenance of the maintenance of the building to ensure building to ensure proper operation of proper operation of equipment and equipment and building upkeep.building upkeep.

Public Relations Public Relations MinistryMinistry

The purpose of this ministry is to The purpose of this ministry is to inform the congregation and inform the congregation and community by communicating community by communicating church-wide special events in a church-wide special events in a positive and professional light positive and professional light through flyers, invitations, the through flyers, invitations, the internet, or other forms of media. internet, or other forms of media. Matthew 5:14 states “You are the Matthew 5:14 states “You are the light of the world, a city set on a hill light of the world, a city set on a hill cannot be hid”.cannot be hid”.