Know God and make Him known. This is the one phrase that encapsulates the heart and soul of the global ministries department at First Baptist Church Arlington.  We subscribe to a fundamental belief that engaging in mission requires an intimate knowledge of the Father and a dedicated commitment to make that knowledge known among all [...]

Welcome to the latest edition of Worldview! As you read the stories and digest the information recounted on these pages, you will get a sense of the depth of our commitment to The Great Commission. Our church is praying, giving, going, training and sending. It truly is remarkable how much we have matured in missions [...]

In addition to the to the Herreras and Hills serving in West Africa, our church and the Direct Mission Sending Council has commissioned workers who are putting down roots in other areas of the world. Many of these are sensitive areas, so we must protect their identity. Please pray for all our workers as they [...]

The continued development and growth of the Global Connection Partnership Network (GCPN) remains one of the more dynamic journeys incorporated into the missional DNA of FBCA. As a close partner with our church, the growth of this ministry has had an undeniable impact in our approach to reaching the world. At FBCA we currently have [...]

Direct Mission Sending Council – Bob Garrett It has been such a blessing to watch the DMSC at work to help new missionaries to to the field and to support them once they are there. It still boggles the imagination that in a single local church God has put together a team that can do [...]

Project Restore Hope Sierra Leone – Sada Herrera We started our journey to Sierra Leone this past May. We were trained by and sent out from  our church family. We are working with a project called Restore Hope which fits perfectly as Sierra Leone has just recently ended a long civil war. While preparing to [...]

Gathering The Scattered Sheep – Ben Stokes one man’s life-changing moment on the banks of a river in Niger The moment for which this Fulani Christian had been waiting had finally arrived. The bush taxi came to a stop, and seven gentlemen stepped out. Women and children began frantically rushing to the river, gathering their [...]

From New York To Niger – Regina Fancher Our little troupe must have been a sight, dressed in the West African cloth, walking through the Bronx. I noticed the man working in front of the shoe store. He was watching my friends that had just passed him, with great interest. As I approached, he asked, [...]

Junior High Students Learn What It Means To Serve – Carlos Montoya In June thirty-three members of our Jr. High Ministry worked with the City of San Antonio Neighborhood Services to remove grafiti from an underpass of a 4 lane bridge and a spillway for a lake. The City of San Antonio was extremely impressed [...]

God Stirs the Winds In Brownsville – Pat Neulist I had the privilege of working in the evenings in nearby La Paloma in a mobile home community where the local church is wanting to start a mission church! A young couple living there, Noe and Araceli, are very excited about getting a church started. We [...]