An Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift is an opportunity for a child to discover, know, and share Jesus Christ. This year our church packed 296 shoeboxes, and we saw more than 11,000 leave the Tallahassee/Big Bend area. As we plan for 2022, we will be adding a new hands-on approach to the ministry of OCC […]
Read More »This Sunday, Nov. 28, is the first day of Advent, which we begin with our Hanging of the Green services. Advent is a season of preparation that helps us as a church to look forward to the celebration of Christmas, and beyond Christmas to the second coming of Jesus Christ. During this season we remember […]
Read More »The Winter Festival is back! The annual celebration of lights, music, and the arts is coming back to downtown Tallahassee on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, from 3-10 PM. FBCTLH will once again open our doors wide to minister to the community with a warm drink or a place to sit and rest for a few […]
Read More »Join best-selling author and Baptist Theologian Dr. Donald S. Whitney for a mini conference on the importance of life together in the local church on Saturday morning, Oct. 30, from 9 AM-12 PM in the Fellowship Hall. This mini conference is in partnership with the FSU Baptist College Ministry and is free for the entire […]
Read More »It is that time of year again! We are gearing up for our annual First Love day of service, which will happen on Saturday, Oct. 16, 8 AM-12 PM. Just like last year, we find ourselves in the midst of the pandemic. Nonetheless, we are planning to once again serve other ministries that will allow […]
Read More »We live in a fallen world where sin abounds. We have all either wrestled with the consequences of our own sinfulness or the consequences of the sinfulness of others. Though it is often easier to sweep our hurts under a proverbial rug, the Bible commands us to bear one another’s burdens. Sometimes we disobey this […]
Read More »I am excited to announce that on August 22 we will have a special called business meeting at the end of both of our services to vote on calling an Associate Pastor of Music Ministries. During this meeting, we will hear from our candidate, both his testimony and his call to this position, and then […]
Read More »My dear First Baptist family, It is with a tangled web of both joy and sadness that I announce to you my plans for retirement at the end of September. My last Sunday at First Baptist will be September 27. Serving you has positively been one of the greatest joys of my life – and […]
Read More »Last week I and three others (Terry Delaney, Martha DeWitt, and Wayne DeWitt) attended the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in Nashville, Tenn., as messengers from our church. We joined more than 17,000 other messengers, along with almost 4,000 registered guests. This was an important week in the life and direction of the SBC, and I […]
Read More »For over a year, we have been praying together digitally through the pandemic. I have been encouraged by many of the comments as to how the Lord has used these prayers in the lives of our own church members as well as countless others. I even had a conversation with a lady at a gas […]
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