Welcome!

I’m excited for Immanuel Baptist Church to begin this blog to help you connect with mission work around the world.  Our church has a passion for missions in our own backyard and around the globe.  In Matthew 28:19-20 Jesus told His followers, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."  We want to be intentional in fulfilling this command and hope that this blog will encourage you to do the same.  We believe that sharing the gospel of Jesus should be the center of any missional effort we make. 

Only faith in Christ can transform lives and give the hope all people search to find.   

Even as I write these words we have a group of teenagers ministering in Belize. They have given a week of their summer to work together to teach Bible School and do construction work.  Their work is no more important than those at home who support the mission work of IBC with their generosity and their prayers.   Our goal is that this blog will connect both. 

IBC sends out as many as eight mission teams throughout the year, each numbering from four to twenty-five members. Our hope is to share needs and updates both before and during trips.  This blog also will serve as a way for friends and family to stay connected to those ministering away from home.  In addition, we hope to continually add content to this blog that will equip and encourage you to be engaged in missions.

As the pastor, my vision for IBC is that we look beyond our own walls.  There’s a world of people lost in darkness.  Our focused passion must be to love all people and Reach the World with the light of the Savior we serve.

Bro. Todd