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 Eunice Chambless Hospitality House
The Hospitality House provides rooms for families of inmates who come to visit the John Middleton or French Robertson Units. If you are interested in helping out with Eunice Chambless Hospitality House, please contact Tim or Yogi Christesson at
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or 548-2180.
 Big Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters enriches, encourages, and empowers children to reach their full potential through safe, positive mentoring relationships. It’s people of faith mentoring children of promise. If you are interested in helping out with Big Brothers Big Sisters, please contact Jamie Bearden at
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or 674-3113.
 Christian Homes & Family Services
Christian Homes & Family Services was established in 1962 to provide foster care for children rescued from neglect and abuse and has since then added adoption planning and maternity to our ministry. They offer free maternity care for women facing unplanned pregnancies while simultaneously recruiting, screening and preparing Christian couples to adopt the precious babies many of the young women choose to place. Christian Homes provides foster care and foster-to-adopt in the greater Abilene area with the hope of finding forever families for those precious children. If you are interested in helping with this ministry or in becoming a foster parent, please contact Mike Spell at
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or 677-2205.
 Noah Project
Noah Project is a shelter and non-residential center for victims of domestic violence. Our mission is “Advocating for Victims and Working to End Family Violence.” We have been providing services in Abilene and the surrounding area for over 30 years. If you are interested in helping out with Noah Project, please contact Karen Dansby at
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or 672-6626.
 Abilene Hope Haven
 Refugee Ministry
The world is coming to Abilene! First Baptist Church has began a ministry that will impact the world be building relationships with refugees here in our own community. Refugees and asylees are building new lives in Abilene through the help of the International Rescue Committee. FBC will partner with the IRC to help people in three different ways. 1. Mentoring Refugees 2. English as a Second Language and 3. Special Needs (such as transportation, apartment set-up, and IRC office help).
 City Light Community Ministries
City Light Community Ministries, a ministry of First Baptist Church, seeks to spread the love and power of Jesus Christ by serving, teaching, and connecting with the various groups common to the downtown Abilene area. Much of our focus is on families, children, and teenagers. The building includes offices for personal charity counseling and assistance, a functioning commercial kitchen for meals three days a week, space for Big A children’s ministry, shower facility, and a prayer room.
“Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you...and pray to the Lord in its behalf, for it its welfare you will find your welfare.” Jeremiah 29:7
 Christian Women’s Job Corps
Christian Women’s Job Corps, a ministry of WMU, helps women in need develop the spiritual, personal, academic, and career skills they need to become self-sufficient. Working with volunteers and mentors they develop skills to become successful in life and employment.
 Texas Baptist (BGCT) Mission Team
The Missions Mobilization Team (BGCT) offers a wide variety of mission opportunities in Texas, in the USA, and around the world.
 Global Samaritan Resources
Non-profit organization dedicated to providing emergency relief goods worldwide to areas struck by disaster, as well as promoting Jesus Christ.
 Connecting Caring Communities
Connecting Caring Communities (CCC) exists to build meaningful relationships that foster safe, caring, whole communities. Launched from the HSU Neighborhood Enhancement Center in 2005, CCC now serves the entire Abilene community as a social impact organization. CCC trains and encourages neighbors to live missionally through our Haven House program; leads Friendship Houses in vulnerable neighborhoods; and unites businesses, churches, individuals, organizations and the city to make our community a safer, better place for everyone.
 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) is a body of Christians and churches engaging in God’s mission in the world. It’s a fellowship of Baptist Christians and churches who share a passion for the Great Commission of Jesus Christ and a commitment to Baptist principles of faith and practice. Their vision is to be the presence of Christ in the world and our mission is to serve Christians and churches as they discover and fulfill their God-given mission. They celebrate their partnership with First Baptist Church.
 Paws for People
Paws for People uses carefully trained dogs to highlight a pet therapy type ministry. The dogs and their handlers visit church’s homebound members, as well as our sick and shut-ins. Many of these members owned dogs until they could no longer care for them.
 Women/Adults on Mission
Over a century before missional became a word, Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) was helping Christians understand and be totally involved in the mission of God...sharing the message and love of Christ at home and around the world. As part of WMU, 21st century Women/Adults on Mission (ages 18 and up) seeks to inspire and help Christians to influence our world for Christ by (1) learning and doing missions; (2) praying and giving; (3) growing spiritually; and (4) adjusting our lifestyles to do missions intentionally, individually, and in partnership with others.
WMU do this through a number of ministries and activities: Global Awareness luncheons and small groups, Round Table book discussions; missions action, Hands-On Crisis Ministry, sewing, lunches for Christian Women’s Job Corps; praying and giving to missions (local, state, national, and global).
  Abilene Baptist Association Social Ministry
Abilene Baptist Association Social Ministry (ABASM) is here to help those less fortunate that live in Taylor County. If you are at the end of the month and have 6 hungry people in your home, if you need money for the electric bill and face disconnection, if you just got a part-time job and need a white shirt, jeans, and/or walking shoes, if you face an emergency and need household goods, if you are lonely and need to know someone will pray for and with you, the ABS Social Ministry is ready to respond.
If you are interested in this ministry, please call Bill Dent at 692-3850.
 Baptist World Alliance
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is a global movement of Baptists sharing a common confession of faith in Jesus Christ, bonded together by God’s love to support, encourage and strengthen one another, while proclaiming and living the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.
 Abilene Baptist Association
Abilene Baptist Association (ABA) assists fifty-two Baptist churches in Taylor County in carrying out the Great Commission through cooperative ministry and mission projects, starts new works, coordinates disaster relief efforts (Haiti), provides evangelistic opportunities, strengthens existing churches through training, and provides a Director of Missions, who is a friend to the pastors.
 Hardin Simmons University
Founded in 1891 by a dedicated group of ministers, ranchers, and merchants, Hardin-Simmons University continues its commitment to developing the mind and nurturing the spiritual life of its students. Affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas since 1941, HSU provides an academically challenging undergraduate education based on a liberal arts foundation, and advances scholarly growth by offering specialized graduate and professional degree programs.
 Salvation Army
DOING THE MOST GOOD.....The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
 Baptist Convention of New England
To really understand the scope of work in the Baptist Convention of New England, one must realize that only 280 churches and mission church plants exist to serve all six states. This has been the work of many sacrificial servants, missionaries, pastors, and pioneers over the last 50 years.
At the BCNE, we help resource and assist in any way that we are called upon. We attempt to work together as partners to accomplish such a large task for any one group. Challenges are everywhere, and with God’s great grace we will prevail.
We need missionaries who will start a church that begins other proclaiming points in and around their area. These in turn will become new churches. Our goal is to begin 25 new church plantseach year (which are not enough for the immensity of work which abound), keeping in mind the average 80% survival rate. This is a very large, God-sized goal!
 Hardin Simmons Logsdon Seminary
The purpose of Logsdon Seminary is to prepare servant leaders for Christian ministry through an academically challenging theological education centered on the Lordship of Christ, guided by the authority of Scripture, and focused on the global mission of the church. This purpose statement embodies a threefold foundation that is central to the ethos and mission of the seminary: Christ, the Bible, and a global mission. Logsdon Seminary equips students who, in response to God’s call, seek the necessary academic and spiritual foundations for a lifetime of servant leadership in the Kingdom of God.
 “Just” People
The mission of “Just” People Inc., a private non-profit organization, is to provide a variety of social services, job development and training, transportation and independent living assistance to adults with developmental disabilities.
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