RESTORING HOPE IN SIERRA LEONE By Cindy Wiles The African choir, swaying in smooth rhythmic soul, sang from the rich depths of wounded and tested  hearts, “I need you, you need me, we are together, a family…I love you, you love me, working together in God’s family,” as the friends and partners of Restore Hope: [...]

RELEASED TO SERVE By Miriam Plowman “To live under mandate is to be entrusted with a task of lasting significance. Mandates are not commands. A mandate releases authority and responsibility to pursue endeavors of historic importance. God has entrusted to Christ, and with Him to the Church, a mandate to fulfill His purpose for all [...]

ARE YOU THE MISSING PIECE? By Ben Stokes Have you ever worked a puzzle and gotten to the end only to realize you were missing some pieces?  The picture on the puzzle would never represent its intended meaning as long as there were missing pieces. You search high and low, but the pieces are not [...]

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 [...]