Club 180

For many years, FBC has supported the work of Club 180, a ministry that exists to meet the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs of children, youth, and families in Lynch, KY. Terry and Angie Burkeen are the Directors of Club 180 Ministry. In 2006, God called them, along with their two teenage daughters, to move to Kentucky to live on mission for Him. FBC sends our people to serve with Club 180 to hold activities, events, Bible studies, and mentoring for kids and parents.

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND

Alexis & Mitchell Hill - Growing up at First Baptist, Alexis heard the gospel, surrendered her life to Christ, and grew in her faith as a follower of Jesus. In college, she began serving with Campus Outreach on their leadership team. As a recent graduate, Alexis will now serve on staff for two years with Campus Outreach in Birmingham, England. As England’s second largest city, Birmingham is a strategic location because of its diversity and number of university students from all over the globe. Alexis has a passion to see a multiplying campus ministry spread in Birmingham and throughout the U.K. to impact the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. To contact Alexis, click here.

Evan and Ruth Anne McRae & Family (GEM - Greater Europe Mission)

Members of our church who are planning to move to Bristol, England as missionaries sometime next year. Evan currently works for NAMB Send Relief and was with the IMB in London before that.

LONDON, ENGLAND

In 2023, our church sent out Terry Quick to serve with the IMB in London. 

For years, FBC has partnered with a Baptist church in Pattaya, Thailand to show and share God’s love with those who have never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Mission team members teach English, conduct community events, and distribute Christian literature in the Thai language.

SOUTHEAST ASIA

Our church supports a couple in Southeast Asia where they are learning a new language in order to share Jesus and a plant a church among a people group who has never heard the good news of Jesus.

James and Lisa Atkinson are members of our church and are moving to Turin, Italy in 2023. They will open a coworking space in Turin as a means of making disciples and planting an international church in the city. They will be serving with ABWE (The Association of Baptists for World Evangelism). Read more about their role here.