Missions
Leading those far from God to encounter him and grow in the ways of Christ
Missions is a two-way street. That means that no person, culture or nation is the sole bearer of the Gospel. When we participate in God's plan to reconcile the world unto Himself, we see that people are transformed by people being transformed. In this way, the church grows the family of believers and the image of God is restored in Creation.
Our Mission Partners
Local Partners
Churches Touching Lives for Christ (CTLC)
CTLC is an ecumenical organization of over 30 local churches working with the support of area business and social service groups to meet basic human needs on a temporary and/or emergency basis. CTLC assists almost 400 families per week including homeless people, the elderly, the disabled and those marginally employed or unemployed.
Family Promise of East Bell County
Family Promise exists to help families experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.
Feed My Sheep
Feed My Sheep is a local non-profit in the heart of East Temple that provides a variety of services such as daily feeding our neighbors in homelessness and utility assistance.
Helping Hands
Helping Hands Ministry cultivates an environment in which individuals and families are empowered to work out of systemic poverty and toward wholeness, through ministries of relief, development, and advocacy.
CASA
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Bell and Coryell Counties (CASA) serve abused and neglected children by providing a trained volunteer to be the voice for the child’s right to safety in placement, permanence in family life and a loving home.
Domestic Partners
Vermont
Bill Smith — New Creation Fellowship, Chelsea, VT
After 35 years leading worship in churches in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, Bill and his wife, Jan have answered God's call to share the love of God as church planters in Orange County, Vermont. In 2015 New Creation Fellowship was launched and continues to grow and minister to residents in Chelsea, VT for over 5 years. The Smith's came as missionaries with the North American Mission Board and to work alongside other Vermont Church Planters and Baptist Convention of New England. They have 3 grown children and 6 grandchildren.
Texas River Ministry
Vanessa and Osvaldo Quintanilla-Lerma
We serve as missionaries along the Texas and Mexico border by strengthening churches, ministering families through various compassion ministries, medical clinics, community outreach, VBS, assisting churches and families with construction needs and meeting the immediate needs of refugees and immigrant families. We also coordinate mission groups as they prayerfully consider serving along the border.
GUM
Galveston Urban Ministries
Galveston Urban Ministries develops holistic relationships to transform our community. We are a relationship-focused nonprofit working to alleviate poverty in Galveston by empowering the poor and marginalized through asset-based Christian Community Development. We offer a “hand-up rather than hand-out” and walk alongside our neighbors as they do the hard work to change their life circumstances and ultimately lift themselves out of poverty.
Hearts 4Kids
Hearts4Kids is a ministry dedicated to live out the Matthew 25 mandate to serve people in need so they can reach their God-given potential. In partnership with agencies and churches, we radically transform the lives of desperate children and families by living out the gospel along the Texas-Mexico border.
New Hampshire & Vermont
Dave Coronato — YM 360, Littleton, NH
In 2015 God called Lori and me to love on the youth of the North Country by starting Youth Movement 360. YM360 offers Momentum, an area-wide youth group that meets weekly, along with small and large group activities. Our desire is to be a spiritual oasis for the youth and families we serve and for the amazing volunteer leaders we work with here in Northern New Hampshire and Northern Vermont.
International Partners
The Mediterranean
Friends with "Antioch Ministries International"
We have been serving in region for the past year and a half but had to return to the States due to Covid-19. We are sadly not able to return so after much prayer and council, we have decided to move to a country on the Mediterranean with a large population of refugees from our previous location and continue our ministry with them. We plan to move this spring as soon as Covid travel restrictions are lifted.
Poland
Second Congregation of the Baptist Church in Gdańsk
Led by Pastor Adrian Strozek
Love God and serve the people.
Partnerships are subject to change based on First Temple's mission requirements