First Baptist Church of Wiersdale

First Baptist Church of Weirsdale hosted their first Back to School Bash on July 27^th. We are a small rural church who is starting to grow. There was a point where we had under 20 in attendance

To now averaging on 60-70 on a Sunday morning. Even though we have seen growth we are still small. We felt the leading to host this back-to-school bash to meet the needs of out community. Not only would we have a party for the children in our area to celebrate their return to school we were also providing back packs and school supplies to all those who pre-registered. Quickly we went from 10 children on the list to 180 on the list. This made our church a little nervous. How would we provide for all these children?  It seemed impossible but what’s impossible for man is possible for God. We continued to answer this large call in faith and before we knew it God was able to take our small loaves and fish and provide for all 180 children with extra to spare. But with such a small church how will we be able to host this event with over 300 people planning on coming. Well, we may be small in numbers, but we serve a mighty God! We had close to 345 people at this event. We had bounce houses, water slides, free haircuts, and even a chance to dunk the Pastor. We fed over 340 people with delicious BBQ pork and burgers and even had enough cotton candy to provide all the children! We were able to pray over 180 children getting ready to go back to school. We have 180 families now that each of our church members can be praying for. And the greatest joy for me as a Pastor was getting to see this congregation come together and come alive to serve our God. The only question left on this church’s mind now is what can we do next? Please pray for our church as we follow the lead of the Lord to start ministries in order to serve the needs of our community.

Pastor Jamie Scher

Immanuel Baptist Church  The Villages

Ministering together, Immanuel has been blessed to make a significant difference.

• 100’s of thousands of dollars invested back into our community and beyond.
• 10’s of thousands of hours serving our community.

We’re convinced our communities should be better places because we are part of them. Our primary goal is to represent Jesus well and extend a helping hand to those in need. 

We achieve this by consistently demonstrating our generosity of time and money, and by partnering with local non-profits to address the issues of housing and homelessness, at-risk children, and hunger.

Join us as we make a difference for Christ in The Villages, the Tri-County area, and beyond.

New Christian School in East Marion County

Ocklawaha Bridge Baptist Church in Silver Springs opened a new middle school in 2021 and is expanding in 2022-2023. David Moore, a writer for Florida Baptist Witness recently published an article about the school and it's impact on the community.