It is a dangerous thing to become fooled by the enemy into believing that evangelism and mission work are only necessary in third world villages halfway around the world. While the need for the gospel can be seen everywhere, it is often most evident and yet most ignored right in our own communities. In fact, [...]

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Week two update: Giving toward our church goal remained strong in week two. As of December 19, we have collected $38,087! This represents over 3,000 unreached people groups and puts us at just under fifty percent of our goal. Please continue to encourage giving amongst [...]

The annual community Thanksgiving service will be held at First Baptist Belton on Sunday, November 22, at 6 pm. An offering will be taken to support the Helping Hands Ministry. Everyone is invited.
As host church, it would be wonderful to have a large crowd to worship with our brothers and sisters from other denominations. This [...]

Girls in Action (GA) is a comprehensive missions education program, for girls in first through sixth grade, which includes learning about missions, praying for missions, giving to missions, doing missions, and participating in the work of the church.
Through participation in GA, girls will learn about missionaries and unreached people groups around the world, as well [...]

Thank you for responding to the call of missions.  You have exceeded our goal of $35,000 for the Annie Armstrong offering for North America missions.  Thank you for your faithfulness.
The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is much more than an offering envelope and an annual missions-giving emphasis. When people give to the offering, 100 percent of [...]

We have sent out statements of charitable gifts for the 2008 tax year.  The majority of contributors will receive a notice via e-mail that their statement is ready online.  Others have requested a paper version to be mailed to their home.  If you have requested a paper version, you should expect to receive it within [...]

Engage XP will be held on February 2, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.  Engage XP is a one day jolt of inspiration, encouragement and training in the lifestyle of intentional and relational evangelism. The conference is designed to help leaders and all believers develop and sharpen their commitment to reaching central Texas [...]

(Written by Barbara Springer)
As of January 2, we have given $66,053.97 toward our goal of $75,000. That’s 88% of our goal. Thank you so much for your generous giving to the Lottie Moon offering for International Missions!
I would like to share with you some information that I read recently. There are more [...]

(Written by Barbara Springer)
A total of $13,787.00 was given toward our Lottie Moon offering for International Missions this past Sunday. To date, we have reached 22.2% ($16,683.01) of our goal of $75,000. This is a wonderful beginning! I want to remind you all that 100% of this offering goes to the support [...]

It thrills my heart to know that we are a part of the Great Commission.  We were recently notified that First Baptist Belton is one of the top 200 churches in amount given to foreign missions through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
Last year, we gave approximately $75,000 to the Lottie Moon offering.  I praise God [...]