international mission board

The International Mission Board exists to partner with churches to empower limitless missionary teams who are making disciples and multiplying churches among unreached peoples and places for the glory of God.

southeast asian peoples

In 2010, First Baptist Powell adopted a large Unreached People Group located on a prominent island in Southeast Asia.  Since that time, we have partnered with workers from the United States to impact this Unreached People Group with the gospel.

kenya

Maples Family:
As the Maples family served First Baptist Powell through leadership, short-term missions, refugee and international ministry, and children’s ministry, they prayed for clarity and direction from the Lord as they felt a clear call to international missions. God grew their faith and used many situations, ministry opportunities, and mentorship to prepare them to serve Him in East Africa.
The Maples serve with Redeemer Bible Church, a church plant, in Kenya. Their desire is to passionately proclaim the gospel in their city through:
Campus outreach among the 20,000 students in 7 major universities within 20km of the church.
- Connection/Evangelism/Discipleship through International Student Ministry, reaching international students (representing 30 nationalities).
- Training local youth leaders in Redeemer Bible Church.
- Evangelism and discipleship among youth/young adults/singles at Redeemer Bible        Church.
- Sports Outreach evangelism and discipleship among coaches and youth in settlements within the city.

Salama Baptist Orphanage:

In the early 2000s, First Baptist Powell began a partnership with Pastor Gideon Makuthi, of Salama Baptist Church, Kenya. Over the past 20 years First Baptist Powell has sent multiple teams and hundreds of volunteers to work with Pastor Gideon and the members of Salama Baptist Church. In the mid-2000s Pastor Gideon founded the Salama Baptist Orphanage and Academy. Since that time First Baptist Powell has continued to be a key financial partner in this ministry.

Japan

Eli & Katie (Folden) Guiltner serve as missionaries with BMFP on the field in Japan, which is the least-Christian nation in the 10/40 window (of open countries).  The area they work in has a large and growing elderly population, a high suicide rate, and very few missionaries. Pray for Eli & Katie as they serve together to take the Gospel to “forgotten peoples.”

south asia

In 2004, First Baptist Powell adopted a large unreached people group in South Asia, and in 2017 we partnered with international and national partners to bring strategic training to the believers and churches of the city in order to lead to evangelism, disciple making and church planting. For more information on South Asian peoples click here.
In 2022, we partnered with Kingdom Church Network in South Asia. The purpose of this network is to unite churches in South Asia that refuse to compromise the Word of God while fulfilling His global mission. For more information click here.

Central asia

In 2022 the Lord is opening doors for new partnerships in Central Asia. The work here will be among unreached peoples.

Guatemala

Since 2019, we have partnered with Pastor Eric as he has worked to plant a church in Santa Elena, Guatemala. Pastor Eric seeks to share the gospel in this predominantly Roman Catholic area through ministry at local schools, nursing homes, and with the local police.