At First Baptist Church we believe in going beyond the border because it’s a way to love, it’s a way to reflect God, and its a way to reach out.
Danny & Philippa Brooks
Ethnos360: Philippines
Danny, Philippa, Isabela and Judah Brooks have been serving with Ethnos360 for twenty years now. Danny is Director of Church Planting in the Philippines. They are involved in equipping missionaries and serving the church in the Philippines to see churches established among unreached people groups and to see them grow in maturity. They thank the Lord for the privilege of serving the Lord in this way and are burdened for the many unreached still waiting to hear the Word of God presented to them in their own language and culture.
Acts 20:24
“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given to me – the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.”
Mark Burggraf
Awana Ministries
Mark and his wife, Donna have served in children’s ministry for over 20 years. Their passion is seeing children and youth come to know, love, and serve the Lord Jesus Christ both here in Paso Robles and through Awana missions all over the world. In addition to directing the local Awana program for the last 15 years, Mark and Donna also serve on the California Central Coast Awana Board, and are also Awana Global Missionaries concentrating on bringing the gospel to children across eastern Africa.
Gus Bess
Overwhelmed By Grace
Gus Bess, as OBG teaches, trains, and mentors leaders to live overwhelmed by grace, their lives are refreshed, their homes are refreshed, the work place is refreshed, and the church is refreshed. Living overwhelmed by grace builds community in the office, the church and in the home. This is the message of Overwhelmed By Grace. Gus Bess’s passion is to communicate that message wherever and whenever God allows.Overwhelmed By Grace is a ministry devoted to church revitalization and pastor/ministry leadership refreshment.
Central Coast Youth for Christ
YFC is an evangelistic youth organization which ministers to approximately 300-500 youth per month on the central coast.
Child Evangelism Fellowship
CEF’s goal is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the Word of God and in a local church for Christian living.
Darren Johnson
P.O. Box 1784, Atascadero, CA 93422
(805) 461-1146
cefsouthbay@earthlink.net
Nancie Dellaganna
ABWE: Bangladesh
Born and raised in Paso Robles, Nancie is a medical missionary to the people of Bangladesh at Malumghat Hospital. She also helps start AWANA programs for children in that country.
Dress a Girl
Dress a Girl Ministry meets the 2nd Saturday of each month in Room 109 from 10am – 2pm.
Contact Marianne Blevins for more info (805) 610-6739.
Keith & Debbie Gandy
BBFI: Germany
Keith and Debbie have been missionaries to Germany for over 20 years. Keith started and currently pastors a church in Aschaffenburg. The church has about 250-300 people in attendance and is one of the largest Protestant churches in Europe. They have three adult children.
Darrell Janzen, Mitch Janzen
(805) 544-3000
PO Box 1667, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
yfcslo@slo.cc
www.yfc.slo.cc
Loaves & Fishes
Loaves and Fishes is a cooperative ministry of Christian churches of the Paso Robles area responding to emergency needs of persons seeking help. They serve as a clearing house, referring clients to churches and other agencies where they might receive the help they need. They accept donations of food which they give out to those in need of assistance. Donations are accepted at Loaves and Fishes, 2650 Spring St., Paso Robles, 238-4742. Food donations are accepted Monday through Friday from 9am to 11am, 2pm to 4pm and Tuesday & Thursday 5:30 to 7pm. The morning hour deliveries are received at the back door.
Philippines
Loree & her husband Doming came to Christ through the Bible translation ministry of Joanne Shetler. Doming is now home with the Lord but Loree carries on the ministry in Bayombong and Balangao. She helps oversee many churches in their area as well as house college students who attend school in the city. Loree runs a very large Vacation Bible School program in the spring for many churches in their area. She has five children and four grandchildren.
Tom & Nicole Nelson
The Navigators
Tom and Nicole Nelson have served for 4 years on staff with The Navigators in San Luis Obispo. It is their privilege and joy to invest in the students at Cal Poly and Cuesta College. As a family, they have committed their lives to helping students, both Christian and non-Christian, have their hearts transformed by God’s grace and honestly engage their culture about the ultimate joy, security, and peace found in Jesus.
True Life Christian Fellowship, Lockwood, CA
Erick & Mary Ann pastor True Life Christian Fellowship in the greater Lockwood, Jolon, Lake San Antonio, Fort Hunter Liggett and Bryson-Hesperia (Whisper Canyon) regions. They have been working with local youth in their area since 1997 and pastoring the fellowship since 2000. Erick is also a volunteer fire fighter and department chaplain in the area (fire fighter since 1997) which is part of the many different ways they and their fellowship serve their greater community—assisting and ministering to broken and needy families; providing a place for local believers to come together, grow, and serve their region; ministering to local youth (most from non-church going families); and seeking to shine and share God’s light and truth in the region. They truly serve in a local “mission field.” They have two daughters, Bethany and Abigail. Bethany is getting married this Fall (2022) and Abigail will be entering her senior year of high school.
Joanne Shetler
Wycliffe: Waxhaw NC
Joanne (Jo) is a home-grown girl who was called to missions right here at First Baptist Church. As a Bible Translator with Wycliffe, Jo was assigned to the Balangao people of northern Luzon where she, with Balangaos, translated the New Testament and started the Old Testament. Those Scriptures, new to these people, have now produced churches in every Balangao village with local Balangaos as pastors and leaders. In 1982 she was asked to lead the Anthropology Department for the Philippine Branch, helping others “find the doorway” for the Gospel in their places. Her widowed mother’s declining health brought her back to the states with co-worker Amy in 1995 where she currently resides near the JAARS facility in Waxhaw, NC. She and Amy continue to travel the world conducting Culture meets Scripture workshops, equipping tribal believers as they struggle to align their cultures with the Word of God. The Lucasis came to Christ as a result of Jo’s ministry in the Philippines. Currently four other Balangaos have joined mission organizations, “once a mission field now a mission force.” Her story has been told in the book, And The Word Came with Power.
Reach Global Missions: United Kingdom
Matt & Rabecca are ministering to a people group in with ReachGlobal Missions. They have just returned from a 5 year mission stay in Africa. They are currenting in process of heading to the United Kingdom to minister to Muslims and Hindus in Birmingham. They have 3 sons, Joseph, Benjamin, and Elijah.
Whisper Canyon
Whisper Canyon is a rustic camp set among the beautiful hills in Bradley, CA. For more information or to reserve the camp, visit our website HERE.
Contact: Mike Goodman @ (805)238-4419 or mike.d.goodman@fbcpaso.org