Missions

First Baptist Cross Hill 

Some churches tend to function like forts. The church members retreat into their exclusive holy huddles and disengage from their culture. The church becomes a fort that protects the people from the outside world.
 
God designed His church not to function as a fort but as a FACTORY! While a fort protects, a factory produces.We are called by God to produce Christ like disciples who faithfully represent Jesus in their world. We are called to be “salt” and “light” which means we must engage the decay and darkness of the world and join King Jesus in His mission to rescue perishing people (Matthew 28:19-20).
 
At First Baptist Cross, we are seeking to operate as God’s Missions factory by following Christ’s prescribed strategy in Acts 1:6-8 of sharing the transforming truth of the gospel from our neighborhoods to the nations. We are convinced that every one should participate in the mission endeavor  and experience the joy of serving the eternal purposes of King Jesus (I Peter 4:10).
 
So prayerfully consider your gifts and God’s specific assignment for you to engage in mission action (Isaiah 6:8)! Now is the time to help with the harvest by translating your earthly resources into making an eternal impact (John 9:4; Matt. 9:36-38). As Jim Elliot stated, “A man is no fool to give that which he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.”