First Baptist Church - Centralia, MO

Missions:

  Pray - "Pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers"  Matthew 9:38
  Go - "Go ... and make disciples of all nations" Matthew 28:19 
  Give - Out of love for the Lord, give regularly to Him through our church

People Need the Lord: Living out the Great Commission
The photostories below depict Southern Baptist missions outreach to various international people groups.  You will need to have Windows Media Player installed on your computer to play the movies.  Photos courtesy of the International Mission Board.  Movies composed by Susan Martin, Copyright 2009.

Mission Churches supported by FBC Centralia:

• Musselfork Community Church - Keytesville, Missouri
• Epoch Church - Columbia, Missouri

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Cooperative Program

This is a means of supporting the mission efforts of our Southern Baptist Convention.  It begins with you, giving yourself first to God.  Out of gratitude and obedience to God for what He has done for you, you commit to give back to Him a portion of what He provides.  Scripturally, this is called a tithe and represents ten percent of your income.  The church then decides how much of its undesignated gifts will be committed to reaching others for Christ, throughout the state of Missouri and around the world. The gifts are used by Southern Baptist entities to send and support missionaries and train pastors and other ministry leaders.  Basically, through the Cooperative Program, people around the world hear the Gospel message and receive Christ!  In the state, a wide range of ministries are supported, including evangelism, children's homes, volunteer missions, missions education, new churches, collegiate ministries, camps, and much more.  Internationally, Southern Baptists support some 5300 missionaries who are ministering to 1100 different people groups around the world.