GO
2024 Short Term Trips
• Onion Conference
(Central Asia)
February 29-March 10
Cost: $2,500
Registration is due December 15, 2023.
Experience the work of the Lord amongst our friends in Central Asia. This trip is a wonderful ministry opportunity to assist our partners in providing childcare for the Onion conference and experiencing the local culture of our Central Asian friends during the days in which the conference is not meeting.
• Serve Week- DR
(San Pedro, DR)
April 1-6, 2024
Cost: $2,000
Registration is due January 15, 2024.
Experience life on mission in the Dominican Republic! Students in 10th-12th grades have the opportunity to spread the good news of the Gospel. This Serve week trip will be in partnership with DR Vision, our partners in the Dominican Republic, and will feature a variety of ministry opportunities. From ministry to women to sports ministry, there will be an opportunity for every student to use their gifts for the Kingdom of God.
• Serve week-NYC
(New York, NY)
April 1-6, 2024
Cost: $600
Registration is due January 15, 2024.
Come experience what God is doing in urban cities such as New York City. This trip is in partnership with the Metro Baptist Association in New York. Students will focus on assisting local partners in outreach and church planting strategies and have a wide variety of ministry opportunities.
• Serve Week- SPTBG
(Spartanburg, SC)
April 1-5, 2024
Cost: $75
Registration is due February 1, 2024.
Students will have the opportunity to serve locally right here in Spartanburg! This will be an exciting opportunity to partner with local ministries to saturate our city with the good news of the Gospel. Students will have various ministry opportunities.
Serve week SPTBG will be 8am-1pm each day for 6th-12th grade and includes lunch.
• Charleston Mission Trip
(Charleston, SC)
April 12-14
Cost: $150
Registration is due February 1.
Join what God is doing in the city of Charleston! This mission trip is open to anyone willing to serve the Kingdom of God for a weekend in Charleston. Trip members will partner with Fort Johnson Bapitst church in outreach to the local community.
• Paris Mission Trip
(Paris, France)
May 19-27, 2024
Cost: $3,500
Registration is due January 8, 2024
Paris, France will be a stragetic hub for mission work in the summer of 2024 due to the Summer Olympics. Team members will have the opportunity to share the gospel with the unreached in the city and partner with local churches in ministry efforts. This trip will be in partnership with IMB and their work to reach closed countries with the good news of Jesus.
• South Africa Mission Trip
(Johannesburg, SA)
July 24-August 1
Cost: $3,000
Registration is due March 1, 2024
Live life on mission in the city of Gold! Jo-Burg is one of the most diverse cities in the world. Partner alongside our International workers as they seek to engage the lost in this Global City of 16 million people.
•Additional Trips still to be determined:
Refugee Aid in Jordan- Spring 2024
Pittsburgh- July 2024
Colombia- Fall 2024
Israel – December 2024
Additional information is still needed on these trips before we are able to post registration information. Please check this page for more information regarding these trips in the near future. You may email Byan- bbiggerstaff@www.fbs.org to let him know you are interested.
Local Serve Opportunities
Local
• Bridge Builders
(Spartanburg, SC)
Whatever your skill set, the Construction Ministry has a place for you, with plenty to do! Some examples include wheelchair ramps, replacement windows and doors, painting, minor renovations. Contact Jim Barrett at 47bb2sc@gmail.com for more information.
• Refuge
(Spartanburg, SC)
Sundays 8 – 10 am
Refuge is a ministry to those living in homelessness. Offering Christ’s love to precious people who are struggling to secure the basic necessities of life.
Showers begin at 7:30, Breakfast at 8:45, and Bible Study at 9:15
• The Bridge
(Spartanburg, SC)
The Bridge provides needed resources like food and clothes to families in need. The Bridge is open daily, Monday through Thursday, 9 AM to Noon. Visit www.fbs.org/bridge for more information.
• The Bridge Kids & Bridge Scholars
(Spartanburg, SC)
Contact Jacob Comer at jcomer@www.fbs.org to be a part of this growing afterschool program for children and middle schoolers in the Northside.
• Disaster Relief
Be a part of one of the largest disaster response teams in the US. Help people with food and debris clearing following major natural and manmade emergencies. Visit www.scbaptist.org/dr to sign up for Disaster Relief Training.
Mid Term (2 months – 2 years)
National
• Gen Send
(Summer)
International
• Nehemiah Teams
Nehemiah Teams is an 8-week summer mission opportunity for students ages 17-29 which strategically involves them in cross-cultural missions among unreached people groups. As a program of the International Mission Board (IMB), NT partners with IMB personnel and other global Christians, connecting with state conventions, local Southern Baptist associations & churches to reach the unreached & hard to reach.