We are assured that the Word of God teaches a missionary to be a church planter, Acts 13:2 -Acts 28:31.  Paul and other missionaries planted churches and only churches in the New Testament!  We are assured from the Word of God that a missionary is qualified, approved and trained through his local church, Acts 13:1 & Acts 13:46-49. We are assured that the Word of God teaches us that a missionary is sent out of the local church, Acts 13:2-4, and that the missionary answers only to his local church, Acts 14:27-28, not to a mission board or any other para-church organizations. 

Therefore, as a church body, we desire to support only local church sent missionaries who are not under the authority of any boards, who are sent out by their local church, who seek to start independent Baptist churches and train national men, who will then in turn, pastor and plant additional new national, local independent, fundamental Baptist Churches.  

As a whole, we believe that Christianity should be alarmed with the consistent and preventable failures in many of today’s mission programs.  Some Independent Baptist’s

have exchanged the God-ordained power of the local church for the simplicity and convenience of para-church mission boards.  These boards have not and cannot supercede God’s evident and fruitful blessings upon his creation - the local independent Baptist church.  Christ is the only head of the church (Ep. 5:25). Therefore, He is also the head of any local churches missions program.  A program that should not be cluttered with unbiblical boards, unbiblical authorities, and unbiblical authorization over God’s choice servants.    

As a church body, we are well aware that there are many Christians and organizations who do not hold true to what we believe to be Biblical, New Testament, local church missions. We also recognize that our mission statement limits our field of “supportable” missionaries. Having said this, we also recognize that little is much when God is in it.  We seek to please God, be blessed of God and become a blessing to godly missionaries  who follow God’s plan for local New Testament missions. It is not our desire to fight and fuss with the brethren over this matter, rather we seek to hold unto the precious Scriptures as the only method and practice for local church missions. 

We pray that you can be a part of our church-supported missionary family at Faith Baptist Church.