Missions
A passion to be obedient to Jesus' plan for missions is the motivation for our vision for missions, Jesus gave us the plan in Acts 1:8.
Some of the ministry opportunities we have been a part of and are currently involved in:
- Ministry to area schools. LifeGroup classes have committed to feeding faculty at the Rankin Learning Center (Alternative School) every month this school year. We are in contact with the administration of area schools and are actively pursuing opportunities to minister to school personnel and students. Please contact us if you know of needs or would like to be invovled in ministry to area schools.
- Through ministry opportunities such as Church at Work on Easter Sunday, "Blitz Bowl" on Super Bowl Sunday as well as others, FBC Brandon is consistenly involved in and searching for creative ways to be involved in ministering to physical/spiritual needs in the Brandon and Rankin County area.
- Other opportunities to serve/donate to in Brandon/Rankin Cty. area
Grace Baptist Church (food pantry) 601.824.7334
City of Pelahatchie (food pantry) 601.854.5223
Marvin United Methodist (food pantry/clothing closet) 601.845.7524
South Rankin Food Resource Center, partenered with FBC Richland (help with food) 601.939.1715
FBC Florence (food pantry) 601.845.7578
Christian Women's Job Corps (clothing closet) 601.826.0442
Healing Touch Ministries (clothing/furniture/food) 601.624.2125
Judea
- Shine 2011- FBC Brandon members joined with other churches to paint at Provine High School on April 9, 2011
- We are consistently involved and providing opportunities for individuals, families, and lifeGroups to be involved in ministry in the Jackson/Metro Area. Some of the ministries we have worked with and recommend are:
Mississippi Benevolence - Charles Holmes 601.540.3643
Stewpot - Tara Lindsey 601.353.2759 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
We Will Go - Amy Lancaster 601.398.2410 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Opportunity Center/Poindexter Park - Provide lunches, clothing, blankets, sleeping bags and minister to the homeless
Ruth Refuge - (Women's shelter) Shirley 601.961.3025 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Southside Baptist Church 601.372.9161
Center for Pregnancy Choices 601.939.9009 or 601.713.3113
*If you are interested in these or have ideas for other Jackson/Metro ministries, please email our Metro Missions coordinator, Whitney Tyler
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Samaria
- Family Mission Trip to New Orleans, March 13-16, 2011. What an incredible time! 98 people went to New Orleans and served a city so in need of Christ. We served a senior adult daycare, an inner city preschool daycare, and a new church plant in Metarie with door to door evangelism. The most exciting aspect of this trip is parents model and teach missions/serving to their children and that through a 1/2 week "mission trip" families will return to our community and make local missions/service a part of their lives on a consistent basis. *Stay tuned for information on the 2012 Family Mission Trip opportunities in New Orleans, LA and Clarkston, GA during Spring Break 2012, March 10-14.
- Navaho Reservation Mission Trip, June 4-13, 2011. Trip will include a Vacation Bible School for children, evangelistic type services for adults/children at night, and other ministry to the residents on the Reservation. *Planning for the June 8-18, 2012 Navaho trip is currently underway. If you're interested in this adventurous mission opportunity, contact FBC Brandon member Jay Rogers ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
"remotest part of the earth"
- Eastern Asia Mission Trip, June 1-June 12, 2012. The 2011 trip was amazing! We are specifically looking for male/female basketball/volleyball players as we pray/plan toward using basketball, volleyball games and other sports as a means of building relationships and sharing the Gospel. Other areas of ministry will be teaching English, establishing connections in communities that the native Christians and IMB missionaries will follow up on, prayer walking, etc. Contact trip leader Mark Bowman (601-825-6766 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) if you are interested in joining this team for 2012. *Trip introduction/informational meeting Sunday, October 16 after evening worship service (approximately 7:15pm) in room 114.
- Southern Asia Mission Trip, July 17-July 27, 2012. Ministry opportunities to include leading men's/women's conferences, working with children in slums, encouraging native church leaders and IMB missionaries, and leading small evangelistic services in slums and villages. Contact trip leader Linda Taylor ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) if you are interested in joining this team or would like more information. *Trip introduction/informational meeting Sunday, October 24 at 4:00 pm in room 114.
- Birmingham, England, July 2012 *tentative date, July 20-30. Mississippi Baptist have partnered with English churches committed to radically sharing the Gospel to their communities as well as the multitudes from all over the world who will be in England for the Oylympics in July/August 2012. We have partnered with Moneyhull Church in Birmingham England to serve them as they share the Gospel with their city. Contact trip leader Mark Bowman (601-825-6766 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) if you are interested in joining this team for 2012. *Trip introduction/informational meeting is Sunday, November 6 after evening worship service (approximately 7:15pm) in room 114.
*We are also praying about a trip to Uganda in 2012. Please pray with us over these trips and make plans to attend a meeting if you feel God leading you to join one of these exciting opportunites to take the Gospel to the nations. Contact Mark Bowman, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you would like more information.
*Visit the Missions Table on the Glass Hallway (west side of 1st floor) on Sundays for more information about our Missions Program at FBC Brandon.
Stay tuned for exciting Mission opportunities locally, nationally, and internationally in 2012!
*Please call/email Mark Bowman, Director of Activites, Missions & Special Needs if you would like more info about these mission opportunities or have ideas for other mission opportunites or trips. Phone (601-825-6766) Email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )