Greater Things

Dear First Naples Family,

God is good all the time, and all the time God is good!

We cannot reflect on 2024 and not see the faithfulness of God to our church family. This year has been a historic year for us as we continue to chase after the vision God has given us to reach from our Neighbors to the Nations. We have had thousands of people worship with us regularly each weekend and have seen hundreds trust Jesus as their Savior.

This year we broke an all-time record in baptisms and witnessed hundreds of people take their next steps in their discipleship journey. We broke records in Kids and Student Ministries and have seen incredible discipleship opportunities with the next generation through the ministry of First Baptist Academy. We have been able to BE THE CHURCH in our community through local outreach and come alongside those who need us the most. We also saw the successful launch and growth of our Cape Coral campus, making a difference among our SWFL neighbors, and have had boots on the ground in countries around the world to help train indigenous church planters, taking the gospel to the Nations!

There is so much to be thankful about this year! As we look to 2025, we truly believe that God has greater things in store for our church family. We have seen remarkable growth, especially among our Academy and Kids Ministry. In 2025, we will break ground on a new kids building, creating more space for our Academy to continue educating our students with excellence through a Christian worldview, and giving us room to host unprecedented numbers of first-time families, gospel responses, and life-changing decisions.

As you read the stories here, I pray that the Holy Spirit encourages your heart to reflect on what God has done, is doing here, and will continue to do through you. My prayer specifically is that you ask how you and your family can personally be involved in the vision of our church. God is doing great things but the best is yet to come. Let’s continue to chase after our mission of being the church, helping people love Jesus, to live for him every day.

Love and Blessings in Christ,

Pastor Alan

What your giving is going to

We are prayerfully expectant that God will do even greater things! He has shown his faithfulness in many ways throughout this past year, and that leads us to trust that greater things are yet to come. We are committed to helping people love Jesus to live for Him every day!

Will you partner with us as we financially support the mission God has given our church? You can participate by:

PRAYING. Ask God how He would lead you to give generously and sacrificially, in addition to your normal tithe, as we anticipate Greater Things in the coming year.

GIVING. STARTING IN DECEMBER - All offerings given in the month of December will go toward the Greater Things offering. Scan the QR code on the chair backs to give online, or use the Greater Things envelopes located at the giving boxes and drop your offering inside.

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Missions

Local, national, and international - we are committed to being a SENDING church. Our missions giving supports missionaries and organization partnerships around the world who are committed to preaching the gospel in word and in deed.
New Kids Building

Our kids area needs more room for continued growth, FBA Fine Arts needs a space for practice + performances, freeing up current classrooms and creating space for a STEM Lab, and we have a need for additional space designed for easy set up for special events + worship overflow

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Launch 2025 Ministry

Day in and day out, our church family is encouraging, growing, worshiping, and serving together to make disciples of Jesus Christ of all people. Your giving supports the daily work that allows that ministry to expand, grow, and raise up the next generation of disciples.

A God Sized Goal

Our Greater Things Goal this year is 3 million in the month of December. This goal will support missions + church planting, set us up well for ministry in 2025, and provide seed money for ground breaking on the new Kids Building.

God has shown his faithfulness time and time again through the generosity of His people. With this in mind, our GOD-SIZED goal is $5 million. The additional $2 million of this God-sized goal will go directly to funding the new kids building!

We are prayerfully expectant that God will do Great Things as we train up the next generation of leaders and church planters, both here and around the word; helping people love Jesus to live for Him every day!

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Greater Things Stories

Read through some of the stories of God's faithfulness to our First Naples Family!

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