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2024 Operation Christmas Child Final Report

Each Christmas Faith Community Baptist Church participates with many other churches and organizations in Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child. Here is a video that summarizes what the shoebox ministry was able to able to accomplish this past Christmas. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1A76djdnWw In case you missed it …… almost twelve million shoeboxes were collected and prayed over by…

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Sermon Links for Sunday, November 24, 2024

Yesterday, in my sermon I listed several ministries that talk about real Christian persecution. Here are the links to those ministries as well as the links to the lyrics/videos I referred to. Open Doors: https://www.opendoors.org/ Voice of the Martyrs: https://www.persecution.com/ Barnabus Aid: https://barnabusaid.org/us/ Praise the LordLyrics: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/elevationworship/praise.html Worship Through ItLyrics: https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/tashalayton/worshipthroughit.html Finally, to sign up…

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2024 Jesus Loves the Little Children Christmas Project

Faith Community Baptist Church has done outreaches throughout our history. Even though we are small in number, we have a huge heart for missions! Every year, we collect funds to send to a missionary in the Philippines so he can purchase toys for the children in his church and orphanage. We also collect toys to…

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God is Moving in our Midst

God is moving at Faith Community Baptist Church! We had our first baptism of 2024 on April 7 in our morning worship service. Ferel Gage, the Director of Missions of the Palo Pinto County Baptist Association stepped into the water to baptize his niece, Hayden. We continued with our worship service with singing, giving, and…

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A Busy Sunday and Monday

Over the course of two months, our church collected toys and goodies as part of our “Jesus Loves the Little Children” outreach project through Samaritan’s Purse. On Sunday, November 19, our members gathered around our Lord’s Supper Table and prayed over the fifty-one shoeboxes that our members had filled. We prayed that God would bless…

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2023 “Jesus Loves the Little Children” Outreach Project

For the past few years, we have dedicated the last Quarter of the year to a project we call “Jesus Loves the Little Children”. For part of this project, our church members give money to send to our Missionary to the Philippines, Paul Byars. Paul, in turn, purchases toys and other items to give to…

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Golden Quarter 2023

When I worked in retail, the company called the last Quarter of the year the “Golden Quarter”. In fact, many retailers make most of their money during the Golden Quarter. Some companies may even operate at a loss for the first three Quarters of the year but make up for the losses in just three…

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Happy Birthday, Faith Community Baptist Church

Today, Faith Community Baptist Church turns three years old! Three years ago today, two churches became one as we constituted a new church. We’ve been through a lot: Covid, new members joining, baptisms, a few members graduating to Heaven, lots of fellowship, lots of worship services (in person and online), lots of mission outreaches, lots…