First Baptist Christmas Mission Projects

Each year First Baptist engages in two major Christmas Mission Projects. One serves impoverished children in the Appalachian Coalfields. The other serves children in need around the world.

The Appalachian Coalfields Ministry seeks to meet physical and spiritual needs of people living in the Appalachian Area.  One of the greatest ministry needs for children in this area occurs around Christmastime. Our goal is to collect filled backpacks to be distributed to Appalachian children in areas of need in late November and December. The statewide collection date will be Saturday, November 3.

The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. They ship these simple gifts outside the United States to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine, and disease; and to children living on Native American reservations in the U.S. Our collection date is Sunday, November 3.